Planning and Scheduling Specialist 2

Your Role:

The Senior Planning & Scheduling Specialist works on customer orders and is an upper-level technical resource who evaluates and analyzes local and regional supply chains and communicates results of complex data in an easy-to-understand format. The Senior Planning & Scheduling Specialist is a trusted subject matter expert (SME) who effectively runs cross-functional supply chain improvements and acts as a departmental technical resource throughout the implementation process.

Essential Functions:

• Support development of robust planning process to review short term requirements as well as longer term needs to plan for.
• Develop and run long and short-term capacity models to identify potential operational constraints.
• Coordinate across multiple supply chain functions to support high service and customer satisfaction.
• Partner closely with internal customer excellence teams to communicate regular updates and work collaboratively to solve problems
• Identify local/regional training or system related issues and create documentation for training or preparing enhancement requests for system development.
• Clearly communicate complex data and supply chains to the business teams.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to increase productivity, eliminate waste, and streamline processes
• Master Data maintenance and ownership including development of queries and reports to actively identify errors in master data tables for MRP
• Develop, Test, and Execute Models for Scheduling Operations
• Utilize MRP lists and identify new SAP generated reports to analyze worldwide service levels.
• Develop reports and processes to increase performance measures and identify opportunities for refinement of strategies, process improvement, and testing.
• Update and revise plans for changes in lead times, order quantities, service level and sourcing locations.
• Coordinate and facilitate Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) meetings
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Planning team
• Develop systems to track forecast vs. actual performance; review results with sales and marketing, determine best forecast and revise into final plan
• Exemplary attendance and adherence to schedule
• Miscellaneous duties and tasks as assigned

Location: onsite at our St Louis, MO facility

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain or similar discipline and 3+ years of experience working in Supply Chain or scheduling function using an MRP and/or ERP systems

or

• High school Diploma or GED and 5+ years of experience working in Supply Chain or scheduling function using an MRP and/or ERP systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years of planning & supply chain management and scheduling functions using an MRP and/or ERP systems
• B.A. in Supply Chain discipline or equivalent work experience 
• Masters degree
• CPIM and/or CSCP APICS Certification
• Documented leadership ability in process improvement techniques to reduce costs, improve service levels, and increase capacity

• Strong computer skills including proficiency in MS Office Suite and planning/scheduling applications
• Knowledge of basic scheduling techniques and material requirements planning
• Mathematical, organizational, spreadsheet, word processing, database management, problem solving, communication, attention to detail, teamwork, training, and leadership skills
• Ability to work independently with a sense of urgency to adhere to varying deadlines and requirement
• Ability to effectively communicate at differing levels of the business
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent judgment and analytical skills