Production Scheduler - 1st Shift, DC

We’re hiring a Production Scheduler to manage and optimize production schedules within a manufacturing environment, ensuring customer demand is met while balancing plant capacity, inventory, and operational priorities. This role works closely with Operations, Customer Service, Inventory Control, Receiving, Shipping, and plant leadership and serves as a key backup to the Production Control Supervisor.

This position plays an important role in connecting customer requirements with plant execution, helping ensure the right products are produced and shipped at the right time while maintaining appropriate inventory levels and plant efficiency.

• Develop, maintain, and communicate daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on customer demand, inventory requirements, and plant capacity.
• Monitor production performance and adjust schedules to address changing priorities, material constraints, capacity limitations, and customer needs.
• Manage finished goods inventory levels and analyze demand and inventory trends to maintain target stock levels while minimizing excess inventory.
• Track customer order fill rates, schedule attainment, and on-time shipment performance, identifying and addressing gaps as needed.
• Coordinate across Operations, Customer Service, Inventory Control, Receiving, and Shipping to resolve scheduling, inventory, and fulfillment issues.
• Generate and analyze production, inventory, and shipment reporting, identify process improvement opportunities, and provide backup leadership support to the Production Control Supervisor.

• Demonstrated experience developing and managing production schedules in a manufacturing environment
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• Strong knowledge of production planning, capacity planning, inventory management, and customer order fulfillment
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• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, Pivot Tables, reporting, data analysis, and trend analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to manage changing priorities and collaborate across multiple plant functions.

• Experience with ERP/manufacturing planning systems
  , preferably QAD or a similar system.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field and/or previous leadership or cross-functional project experience.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future;
Clarios will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visas for this opportunity.

Our St. Joseph, Missouri distribution center charges, packages, and ships the batteries used in cars, boats, motorcycles, and heavy-duty trucks. We opened in 2000, now employ more than 280 people and operate six days per week. We are actively involved in our local community and give back through The United Way, Camp Quality, Second Harvest Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity.

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire
• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
• Parental and caregiver leave programs
• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
• HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
• Clarios has been recognized as one of 2026's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the fourth consecutive year Clarios has…