Stella-Jones is North America's leading producer of industrial pressure-treated wood products. Responding to the vital infrastructure needs of our economy, we manufacture and distribute railway ties, utility poles, residential lumber and industrial wood products across the continent.
Stella-Jones recruits team members who embody our core values and desire an environment where growth is inspired, dedication is recognized, and achievement is rewarded. Our ever-expanding footprint provides a great prospect for career advancement as we seek to develop our emerging leaders.
The Master Scheduler at Stella-Jones ensures the execution of the demand plan into a schedule by prioritizing, analyzing and organizing workloads across the company treating plants. A key part of the role is managing production schedules across treating plants to maximize availability of product to meet customer required ship dates, while meeting inventory and service goals and optimizing equipment and plant utilization. The Master Scheduler works with facility and sales leadership teams daily to resolve any scheduling concerns.
This position is open due to an internal promotion and will be office-based in Tacoma, Washington or Arlington, Washington .
Principal Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain master production schedule.
Work with Account Managers and Regional Sales Managers to allocate sales orders to plants in such a way that optimizes supply chain costs while considering plant certifications, physical limitations and current order backlog.
Evaluate current scheduling procedures and recommend changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling, while specifically identifying opportunities to reduce demand volatility in schedules.
Represent Operations during the order quoting process.
Proactively works with Operations, Resource, Transportation, and Sales to ensure the smooth flow of material to production through the plant.
Collaborate with designated plant representatives and Sales to manage plant inventories and target levels
Compile production metrics from a variety of sources and locations to assess performance and identify opportunities
Provide FG replenishment guidance to the sales organization
Identify, assess and communicate risks to Sales, Operations, Transportation and Resource Managers
Coordinate and expedite priority orders
Maintain and report on KPI's
Provides guidance to Sales and Operation on location, condition, price and quantity of raw inventory.
Provide guidance to Operations and Resource regarding changes in sales profiles or velocities.
Participates and contributes to company safety program.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Qualifications:
Education: BA/BS Degree in Business, Supply Chain Mgmt, Logistics, Project Mgmt or related field preferred
Experience: Five or more years of experience in scheduling/planning or related field preferred
