Master Scheduler

Master Scheduler

Full‑Time Regular Fairfield, CA, US

6 days ago Requisition

Salary: $95,000.00 Annually

• Responsible for assisting with National Custom Packaging Center’s (CPC) areas of planning, allocation, production, scheduling and routing
• Schedule production orders by line and job type, maximizing output while ensuring capabilities match job requirements and customer fulfillment is met on time
• Coordinate directly with purchasing on inbound raw material, ensuring raw material on hand continues to stay at desired service and safety stock levels
• Collaborate with production supervisors and warehouse personnel to ensure production runs smoothly and support ad‑hoc requests as they arise
• Facilitate and complete time studies and cost estimates for custom and/or first‑time jobs
• Monitor material scrap rate, production line speeds and other critical KPIs
• Support daily warehouse reporting and MRP support
• Responsible for creating production orders and purchase orders for all third‑party logistics (3PL) products and Saxco facilities
• Help maintain Bill of Material’s (BOM’s), routes and plan settings within ERP system
• Monitor the flow of allocated orders through all warehouse processes, taking appropriate actions on out‑of‑standard issues
• Manage inbound/outbound intricacies related to special service repacks (gift packs, filled goods, reselect, other specialty services)
• Facilitate communication of routes added to new SKUs
• Act to ensure appropriate service levels are maintained for all customers
• Monitor and resolve MRP messages to support optimized production planning and customer fulfillment

• Forecast annual production requirements by month, present multiple scenarios to support labor planning, inventory management and working capital
• Forecast labor requirements to support annual production, provide recommendations on how to optimize labor and resources
• Conduct scenario analysis on production and labor requirements to size risk and opportunities on customer fulfillment and the associated financial impacts
• Work directly with purchasing stakeholders on the material resource plan to support the production schedule
• Work directly with ancillary suppliers to purchase dunnage (pallets, tier sheets, shrink wrap, etc.) to support the production plan and warehousing requirements, optimize to reduce costs and fulfill customer requirements

• Adherence and accuracy to the supplier consensus plan; timely identification of deviations to supply consensus plan and alternative solutions if needed to get back to consensus plan
• Ensures purchase orders are updated and maintained timely in AX Microsoft Dynamics to reflect the latest estimate of when product will be received at its end destination
• Review and resolve AX Material Resource Planning messages including advance, defer, increase, decrease, cancel and/or planned purchase orders
• Responsible for the preparation, submission for approval, communication to supplier and ongoing maintenance of a purchase order line and the associated charges until it is received at its end destination
• If there are changes in expected delivery, prices, quantities or other pertinent requirements of our purchase, the Master Scheduler is to notify their supervisor and key stakeholders immediately and present alternative solutions, if necessary, to avoid impacts to customers and Saxco
• Responsible for the accuracy of the receipt schedule and the coordination of logistics with transportation, the supplier and our warehouses/third‑party logistic providers to ensure product is received on time and within expected delivery appointments
• Understands the supplier’s production requirements, production lines, lead time, minimum order quantities, color/product campaigns, unit costs and additional charges (surcharges, etc.) and payment terms; using this understanding to support inventory optimization, supplier growth, new business development opportunities and other associated activities
• Collects, maintains, and communicates to relevant stakeholders unit costs, surcharges, price increases and other pertinent information
• Supports customer service and…