Production Scheduler

Production Scheduler owns the day-to-day and week-to-week production schedule. This role turns demand and supply plans into real, executable schedules while balancing labor, materials, inventory, quality, safety, and compliance. You’ll be working with a high number of SKUs, changing priorities, and real-world constraints. We’re looking for someone who can think ahead, stay flexible, and roll up their sleeves when things don’t go to plan .

This role is critical to minimizing inventory risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enabling profitable growth. The Production Scheduler serves as the central decision-maker for production sequencing, acting as the connective tissue between Sales, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Operations, Quality, and Compliance.

In this role, it is a requirement to occasionally travel and work from Warwick, Rhode Island.

Responsibilities

Production Scheduling & Execution

• Own and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) across all product categories.
• Convert monthly production plans into detailed weekly and daily schedules by department and process.
• Sequence production to optimize throughput, minimize changeovers, and protect quality outcomes.
• Continuously adjust schedules based on:
  • Demand changes
  • Labor availability
  • Material constraints
  • QA release timing
  • Regulatory limitations
• Establish and maintain routings, run rates, batch sizes, and standard hours for all unit operations.
• Balance line loading across departments and shifts, including overtime planning and resource reallocation.
• Spending approximately 50% of your time on the production floor.

Cannabis Regulatory & Compliance Scheduling

• Integrate state and company regulatory requirements into all production schedules, including:
  • Batch size limits
  • Lot and genealogy dependencies
  • Mandatory QA hold and testing timelines
  • Quarantine and remediation scenarios
• Coordinate production timing with state traceability systems (e.g., METRC or equivalent).
• State inspections and audits
• Compliance-driven process constraints
• Proactively identify and mitigate compliance risks related to production timing or sequencing.

Inventory & Material Planning

• Monitor and manage WIP and Finished Goods inventory to align with shipment velocity and sales forecasts.
• Build and maintain input allocations based on:
  • Inventory availability
  • Demand priorities
  • Shelf-life considerations
• Confirm material readiness prior to schedule release and
  ** escalate
  * * shortages or risks compared to 90-day inventory schedule plan.
• Partner with Inventory and Finance teams to ensure reconciliation between AFS (available-for-sale) and state systems

Demand, Supply & Tradeoff Decisions

• Review demand forecasts and call out when plans don’t match capacity or constraints.
• Help leadership understand the tradeoffs between:
  • SLA (Service Level Agreement)
  • Inventory
  • Labor cost
  • Compliance risk
• Participate in S&OP / planning conversations as the voice of production reality.
• Own schedule changes and escalation when plans break.

Labor & Capacity Planning

• Build and maintain capacity models by department and process.
• Identify bottlenecks and work with Operations to improve flow.
• Use historical performance to improve schedule accuracy and labor planning.
• Help translate staffing plans into executable schedules.

Quality & Release Timing

• Coordinate schedules with QA for:
  • Sampling
  • Testing turnaround
  • Release timing
• Adjust production plans when quality outcomes change.
• Support continuous improvement tied to yield, quality, and efficiency.

Systems, Data & KPIs

• Act as a key owner of scheduling-related systems, including ERP, traceability, and reporting tools.
• Track and report key metrics such as:
  • Schedule adherence
  • Plan attainment
  • Inventory accuracy
  • Changeover efficiency
  • Production efficiency impacts
  • Labor Utilization
• Use data to spot issues early and drive improvements.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a production environment as a Production Supervisor or similar supply chainand procurement experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook). Tableau & State Tracking systems (METRC, Biotrack, & MJ Freeway) a plus.
• Initiative-taking, self-directed, innovative, and able to…