Production Scheduler – Fresh Processing; TPC)

Position Overview:

Coordinates daily and weekly production schedules and finished-goods allocation for the Fresh Processing portion of the business. Ensures customer commitments are met by aligning demand priorities, raw material availability, production capacity, and shipping timelines. Works cross-functionally with Demand Planning/Sales, Raw Processing Operations, Cut Floor, Sausage Kitchen/Grinding, Shipping, Maintenance, and Quality to prevent shortages, avoid downtime, and manage last-minute changes.

Harvest-related scheduling coordination (harvest plan inputs, special marks/holds, and downstream impacts).

Cut-floor/ fabrication and transfer timing for customer programs.

Sausage Kitchen / Grinding plan coordination (e.g., VC999, Raiser, Grinder) and changeover planning.

Special claims & customer programs (e.g., Prime, Organic, RWA, GAP) with required cut / pack timing.

Rework / inventory correction coordination to protect order fill-rate and freshness.

Communicates with transportation, shipping and sales

Create and distribute daily production/pack sheets and weekly outlook schedules; issue revisions as conditions change and clearly identify updates.

Run a short daily scheduling review cadence to confirm priorities, constraints, and ship/pick-up deadlines; document and communicate the "day plan".

Coordinate inter-department timing (cut -> pack -> ship) so orders with near-termload-outs are sequenced first.

Compare customer demand against on-hand inventory and WIP; allocate finished product to orders while maintaining freshness expectations.

Coordinate with Shipping to confirm product availability, staging readiness, and customer pickup/ship timing; proactively communicate expected completion times.

Identify inventory discrepancies (e.g., product showing in inventory after orders shipped) and drive corrective action with Production/Shipping to reconcile.

Maintain the weekly “special claims cut/transfer” cadence and communicate expected ship/transfer days (e.g., Prime early-week, GAP mid-week, RWA/Organic later-week) as the baseline plan.

Validate that scheduled items for special programs appear on the correct schedule and elevate immediately when a required item is missing.

Coordinate special marking/holding requirements from harvest (e.g., marked carcasses or dropped items) and communicate counts/availability to Production before cut begins.

Initiate and track rework actions (e.g., return cases for rework, bone-out for grinds, re-code/convert) and ensure inventory is corrected after rework completion.

Recommend feasible sequencing alternatives when the plant is behind schedule or capacity constrained; align changes with Shipping/Operations priorities.

Coordinate substitutions or recodes when needed to satisfy customer demand while protecting label/spec requirements.

Stay Informed regarding equipment constraints that impact schedule execution (e.g., VC999, VP machine); coordinate with Operations on estimated return-to-service and adjust the schedule accordingly.

When downtime or staffing shortages occur, promptly update stakeholders on impacts to ship dates and required schedule changes.(TPC1 and TPC2)

Maintain scheduling distribution groups (e.g., harvest schedule group) to ensure coverage during absences and rapid dissemination of changes.

Support Shipping/Operations when system issues occur that delay…