Broad Function and Purpose of Position:The Master Scheduler responsibility is to create a high-level plan that outlines the production requirements, quantities, and by specific periods. The Master Schedule oversees the S&OE process within their technology clusters to ensure the right products are available to meet customer demand by optimizing resources, minimizing disruptions, and managing inventory levels. Specific Responsibilities:Analyze demand and supply at the item, customer, and master schedule levels, determine out of balance conditions, identify alternative and recommend actions for approval.Collaborate with sales, marketing, and manufacturing to understand and reduce internal and customer lead-times.Conduct rough-cut capacity planning prior to publishing master schedule to ensure alignment with SI&OP commitments.Oversee S&OE commitments within the sites to ensure efficient detailed scheduling and utilization of capacity.Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity across the manufacturing network.Create a master schedule that satisfies customer demand while leveling workload released to manufacturing, and optimization of inventory levels and resource utilization.Maintain scheduling parameters, such as lead-times, lot sizes, and cycle times.Monitor the implementation of schedules and evaluate their success as well as assess and mitigate risks that may impact the scheduleProactively identify potential scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks and work with relevant departments to resolve them.Collaborate closely with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Product Management, Quality and Sales teams to ensure that the schedule is realistic and aligns with overall business objectives.Evaluate and adjust schedules to account for inventories and capacity constraints.Communicates schedule changes to correspondent stake holders as changes occur.Review upcoming projects for complexity, special build requirement, line and capacity requirements, manpower allocation, etc.Identify areas for process improvement within the scheduling function and implement changes to meet stated lead times.
