Site Scheduler

Company: Plastipak Holdings
Location: Champaign
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Position Description:The Scheduler / Raw Materials Planner is responsible for meeting customer demand by scheduling production, ordering raw materials, scheduling receipts, maintaining targeted inventory turns, communication with related functional groups, and tracking vendor performance.Responsibilities:

• Review PICS system stock requirements of assigned raw materials to determine actions required, such as ordering, delaying delivery, or expediting.
• Convert valid requirements into purchase requisitions, or purchase orders, to meet projected production needs.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors, other sites, other vendors, or competitors to obtain materials to meet customer demand and/or avoid production downtime.
• Maintain Raw Material Planning Values for new assigned materials.
• Review slow moving and obsolete materials.
• Maintain targeted inventory turns / levels for assigned material groups.
• Review vendor open order status reports for accuracy and update PICS accordingly.
• Provide inventory reports as requested.
• Serves as primary contact to our customers, receiving orders and entering them into SAP system.
• Serves as liaison between Customers, Conversion, Quality, and Logistics representatives.
• Responsible for the scheduling of the production lines based on customer orders, production line availability, and sales forecasts.
• Communicates with customers regarding issues and complaints, and coordinates actions with Quality representatives.
• Utilizes the SAP computer system for inventory verification and production planning.
• Formulates long term production plans for dedicated lines to plan and account for the building of inventory.
• Provide input regarding site capacity and sourcing of production alternatives as needed.
• Participates in customer visits and dialogues to improve production and quality deliverables.Plastipak is an Equal Opportunity EmployerIn order to process your job application, Plastipak collects and stores the personal information that you submit via this website. Please refer to Plastipaks to understand how Plastipak uses and protects the information that you provide.

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