Master Production Scheduler

Salary Range: $90,000–$115,000 base + 10% bonus

MS Companies is recruiting a Lead Master Scheduler for a confidential manufacturing client in Leeds, AL. The plant builds engineered electrical equipment for utility and industrial customers in a make-to-order / engineer-to-order environment.

This person owns the full-facility production schedule and leads ~5 production schedulers. Day-to-day work is hands-on: order review, past-due recovery, forecasting from backlog and safety stock, SAP planning, and a monthly KPI pack for the Materials Manager.

The ideal candidate has scheduled production lines in manufacturing, can discuss SAP T-codes in an interview, has led planners &/or schedulers, and can justify date and lead-time changes with data. This is not a logistics, warehouse, or production-planner-only role.

• Manufacturing production-line scheduling experience in discrete manufacturing (not warehouse, logistics, food, or finance SOP).
• Hands-on SAP/MRP: PP and MM required; WM preferred. Ability to discuss T-codes for material master, planning, MRP, work-order scheduling, exception messages, and master-data corrections.
• Experience leading planners or schedulers, including coaching, covering absences, training, and addressing performance.
• Forecasting, capacity/planning judgment, and ownership of schedule attainment.
• Advanced Excel and comfort presenting KPIs in PowerPoint.
• Available onsite Monday–Friday, approximately 7:30am–4:30pm or 8:00am–5:00pm; occasional overtime only.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

• Direct make-to-order / engineer-to-order experience, or equivalent high-mix discrete manufacturing with customer-date pressure.
• Full-facility schedule ownership versus commodity-only planning.
• Proven reduction of past-due orders and improvement in on-time delivery and forecast accuracy.
• Experience recommending committed-date and lead-time changes from demonstrated plant performance.
• Open to relocating to the Birmingham / Leeds, AL area.

• Own the entire plant production schedule and lead five production schedulers — coach, cover, train, and hold the team accountable.
• Review new sales orders and schedule additions daily; open work orders and keep shipment dates current.
• Work past-due orders and SAP exception messages; put recovery plans in place and communicate revised shipment timing.
• Build and maintain the production forecast from planned units per day, prior-month PSI, current backlog, and safety-stock gaps.
• Recommend changes to committed dates and lead times when material, capacity, equipment, or demand puts the plan at risk — with data to support the recommendation.
• Review SAP master data and propose corrections when plant data is inaccurate.
• Deliver monthly KPIs to the Materials Manager: schedule attainment, on-time delivery, forecast accuracy, past-due reduction, root cause, and corrective action.
• Support cross-functional schedule meetings and plant continuous-improvement forums.

Physical expectations and working conditions associated with the job may include sitting, standing, or walking for extended periods, occasional lifting up to 25 lbs, and work performed in a manufacturing plant office with regular time on the production floor. Standard plant noise and safety requirements apply.

• Direct-hire role with a manufacturer of engineered electrical equipment.
• Competitive base salary ($90,000–$115,000) plus 10% performance bonus.
• Relocation considered case-by-case for a true fit (lump sum or actuals).
• First-shift schedule, about 40 hours per week, occasional OT only.
• Opportunity to lead a team of five schedulers and own the full plant schedule.
• Competitive benefits package through the client; details shared with qualified candidates.