Production Support Scheduler

Lighthouse Professional Services, a division of Staffing 360 Solutions group of companies, has been providing contract and direct hire talent to client companies, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations for over 50 years. Our offices are in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, and we work with clients across the country. Our management and recruiting teams are led by experienced industry professionals. We invest in excellent working partnerships, powered by people.

We are currently seeking a Production Support Scheduler in Enfield, CT.

Position Summary and Special Duties:

As a (an) Production Support Scheduler your day-to-day duties will consist of and may not be limited to: Responsible for assisting in the overall production planning process of the assigned product group(s), that includes among other tasks:

• • Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders
  • Analyze supplier performance related to on time delivery, price variances and nonconforming materials
  • Maintain documentation control of all procurement related forms and practices
  • Processing and maintaining the Routing Operations and Bill of Material (BOM) for all production processes
  • Processing nonconforming material with supplies
  • Monitoring inventory stocking levels of purchases and semi-manufactured materials
  • Generating reports for releasing and processing of purchase orders domestic and international
  • Generating, releasing and processing of work orders
  • Planning of all production processes to meet production dates
  • Support the Material Requirement Planning (MRP) system to ensure the timely purchase, delivery and release of material to support and efficient build process
  • Must have experience with Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and production implementations, including maintaining expiration and effective dates of part revisions and their dispositions
  • Determines and maintains stock levels for manufactured and purchase parts based on historical usage and forecast analysis
  • Determines and maintains optimized production and purchase part lot sizes based on optimal capacity utilization and desired stock levels and ensures accuracy of production leads times for manufactured finished product
  • Must have detailed knowledge of:
    • Multi-level Bill of Materials and its function
    • Multi-level work orders including outside processing (OSP)
  • Advanced software skills in ERP systems required, preferably LN-Infor 5 or higher and/or SAP R/4 or higher
  • Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft platforms (Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Support in inventory management inducing bin location setup, Kanban, Yearly Physical Inventory (PI), cycle counts, warehousing
  • Enforces and complies with all company inventory signature and control policies, procedures, rules and regulations
  • Observance and compliance to applicable corporate standards in Quality Management System
  • Must have the ability to act independently and respond consistently with initiative to resolve issues
  • Must possess knowledge of plastic commodity procurement
  • Must exhibit effective communications skills throughout procurement and directly with supplies and Partner Brands.

  Requirements:

  • Two year (Associates) technical / engineering college degree or certificate and three to four years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of educations and experience.
  •  Experience in Production Planning qualifications is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Purchase activities, logistics and freight business functions and impact.
    • Innovative and Collaborative corporate culture
    • Contribute to improving the human living condition
    • Direct impact on business
    •  Maintaining the Master Production Schedule (Demand Planning

DETAILS:

• Duration: Direct Hire
• Location: Enfield, CT
• Salary: Depending on experience
• Benefits: Yes

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply immediately!

Please include a clean copy of your resume and salary expectations and any references.