The Production Scheduler integrates information from the production plan and current production staffing levels to create a daily schedule by work center and full-time equivalent (FTE) to ensure that all production requirements are executed on time to provide customers what they need when they need it.

Job Category: Salary Exempt

Department: Plant Management

Reports To: Sr. Manager- Inventory Planning

Hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm, additional hours as needed.

1. Safety

· Tasks and Activities

· Wears PPE as outlined in the Sonny’s PPE Policy

· Identifies unsafe work behaviors and reports them to the Safety Manager

· Identifies unsafe work conditions and reports them to the Safety Manager

· Attends monthly safety trainings

· Attends weekly safety huddles or “toolbox talks” prior to shift start every Monday

· Maintains an organized and safe work area

· Keeps all walkways, emergency exits, and panels free from obstruction in accordance with Sonny’s requirements and all local, state, and national safety codes

· Accountability (Output)

· No lost time accidents (Time Span: 1 day)

2. Production Scheduling

· Tasks and Activities

· Creates and maintains a rolling production schedule for each work center in the manufacturing facility.

· Identifies and accounts for setup efficiencies within the production schedule for each work center

· Tracks the progress of parts and jobs through the shop to ensure schedule adherence in the production departments

· Collaborates with production management (supervisors and Plant Manager) to facilitate flexibility in personnel deployment and overtime requirements

· Interacts with Purchasing, Planning, and Production to identify and resolve challenges that impact the production schedule

· Monitors promised and critical dates and adjusts schedule as required

· Identifies capacity constraints, concerns, and potential issues, and communicates to Production and Supply Chain Management

· Reviews performance versus schedule and communicates required routing changes to the Plant Manager

· Accountability (Output)

· The Production Scheduler will maintain an up-to-date schedule that covers all work centers for a specified period. Any capacity concerns as related to the scheduled output versus the system-required output are communicated to Production and Supply Chain Management (Time Span: Up to 2 weeks)

· All routers accurately reflect production processes and actual time requirements (Time Span: Up to 12 months)

3. Material Management

· Tasks and Activities

· Ensures that parts are available for all scheduled work orders

· Validates production dates of materials that are scheduled to be used in subsequent work centers and expedites/reschedules as required

· Coordinates the flow of materials between production departments

· Communicates purchased part shortages to the Supply Chain department for parameter review

· Identifies systemic or frequent shortages of the same part number and communicates them to the Plant Manager for parameter review

· Coordinates flow for materials designated for subcontracting and outbound scheduling with Production Planning and the Subcontracting Coordinator

· Participates in production meetings providing status of production schedule and any changes in production requirements.

· Balances inter-plant replenishment requirements with outgoing customer order requirements to ensure material availability and minimize excess shipping costs

· Accountability (Output)

· All materials are available, in the proper location, for scheduled work orders when they are scheduled to be run (Time Span: Up to 3 weeks)

· All subcontracted items are available for pickup and/or shipped to the appropriate vendor for processing on schedule (Time Span: Up to 3 weeks)

4. Interplant Replenishment

· Tasks and Activities

· Ensures timing of production order completion supports inter-plant warehouse transfers

· Creates schedule to fulfill inventory requirements at all warehouse locations

· Reviews established min/max/SS metrics against realities of demand and replenishments

· Communicates concerns for stocking parameters to the production or supply chain management for manufactured and purchased items, respectively

· Schedules interplant truck load shipments and processes outgoing transactions as required

· Plans periodic (monthly, bi-weekly, or otherwise) consolidated replenishment shipments to remote warehouses

· Identifies parameter changes required to support consolidation of replenishment orders

· Balances LTL and truckload replenishment tactics to minimize excess freight costs

· Accountability (Output)

· 97% fill rate is maintained for all items extended to a customer’s primary warehouse (Time Span: Up to 6 months)

5. Product Discontinuation and Change Management

· Tasks and Activities

· Tracks use-up/go-to component changes

· Files ECNs upon scheduling of last production orders using the discontinued components.

· Notifies production and supply chain management of timing of functional design changeover in production

· Communicates timing and nature of component changes to Technical Support, Parts Sales, and Equipment Sales teams

· Updates shop floor paperwork as required upon deployment of change

· Integrates information from breakeven analysis (provided by others) into production schedule and change plan

· Accountability (Output)

· All products are built per the most recent designs or to the design plan as agreed upon in the breakeven analysis (Time Span: Up to 12 months)

6. Visual Management

· Tasks and Activities

· Posts current production schedule and past performance to schedule in each work center

· Maintains up-to-date scheduling and performance information in each work center

· Tracks output versus plan by work center and employee

· Execute reporting critical to the ongoing evaluation of production efficiency and performance

· Reviews scheduling details with Plant Manager for ongoing improvements in the scheduling process

· Accountability (Output)

· All work centers throughout the plant have visual management boards associated with them, and the boards are up-to-date on a daily/weekly basis as determined by production management (Time Span: Up to 1 week)

· Monthly and quarterly reviews are scheduled and executed on a regular basis with the Plant Manager. (Time Span: 1-3 months)

7. Training and Personal Development

· Tasks and Activities

· Completes annual self-evaluation review on time

· During annual review, clearly articulates goals for upcoming quarter to Production Supervisor

· Attends monthly 1-to-1 meetings with Plant Manager and brings provides on all topics

· Completes goals as agreed upon in monthly meetings and annual reviews within goal time period

· Takes initiative and ownership of professional development, in line with goals set during review and monthly 1-to-1 meetings

· Supports teammates in their development – provides training and mentoring in work centers to team members and new hires

· Trains other assemblers in work areas

· Attends internal training seminars as agreed upon and scheduled in collaboration with Plant Manager

· Accountability (Output)

· Prepares updates on all projects in advance of monthly 1-to-1 meetings with Plant Manager (Time Span: 1 month)

· Meets all deadlines related to monthly 1-to-1 meetings with Plant Manager (Time Span: 1 month)

· Maintains a personal development plan including aspirational goals and concrete ideas of trainings, seminars, or internal experiences that will be pertinent to desired development (Time Span: Up to 1 year)

8. Culture

· Tasks and Activities

· Be an effective model of the behaviors that support the company’s culture

· Tells stories of prior experiences that illustrate the company’s culture

· Displays the required behaviors connected to company and departmental culture

· Accountability (Output)

· The Production Scheduler will understand, demonstrate, and promote the company’s mission, vision, and values related to culture.

Education and Formal Training:

· High School Education required

· Associate Degree or higher preferred

Experience:

· Prior experience in a manufacturing environment required

· ERP software experience required (SAP preferred)

· Data analysis experience required

· Analytical proficiency in Microsoft Excel required

· 2+ years of experience in production planning / scheduling preferred

· Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices and LEAN preferred.

· APICS certification a plus

Tools Used:

· Excel schedules and spreadsheets

· Checklists, Charts, and Tracking Matrices

· SAP ERP system

· Meetings

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

· Working conditions are normal for a mixed office/manufacturing work environment.

· Must be able to work in non-climate-controlled environment where ambient air temperature can exceed that of the outside air.

· The use of safety PPE equipment to include but not limited to; eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, steel-toe shoes, and hardhats. Loose fitting clothes and jewelry are not permitted

· Regularly required to move about the facility. Ability to stand for 8+ hours per day.

Candidates will be required to complete a background check and drug screen before beginning work.

Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
M/F/D/V
DRUG FREE WORKPLACE

Sonny's Enterprises is the world's largest manufacturer of conveyorized car wash equipment, parts, and supplies. We are the industry leader, recognized and awarded by the International Car Wash Association for innovating new technologies to advance the industry with products proudly designed and built in the USA. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We embrace change and the opportunity it produces to maximize the potential of our most valuable resource — our PEOPLE! We invite you to explore our opportunities and grow your career with us.

We offer 100% employer paid medical plan. Other optional benefit programs are available to our employees and their families which include: 401(k) match,

additional medical plans, dental, vision, flex spending account, short-term and long-term disability & life insurance coverage.

EEO Statement

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Sonny’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.