Production Planner/scheduler - Vaughan, Canada - Flint Packaging

Flint Packaging

Verified Company

Vaughan, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

The Production Planner/Scheduler is responsible for scheduling trucking, machinery and ensuring that the lab our resources for all are arranged beforehand.

Core Competencies

Strong analytical abilities.
Ability to work in a fast paced, serviceoriented environment, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple projects and/or requests concurrently.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle numerous details, deadlines, and requests.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate on all levels within the organization. policies, practices,
Compliance to company procedure to obtain best results.

Job Duties

Coordinate all raw materials while ensuring on time delivery of all products.
Create trucking plans to deliver all products conforming to all delivery expectations.
Create production schedules based on customer orders, deadlines, and raw material availability.
Create a labour schedule to accommodate the trucking and machines needed to execute the schedule.
Communicate the plan to the front line team so that the level of expectation in terms of execution is identified.
Review the execution of the schedules and make adjustments where required.
Communicate with shipping and production to provide updates on issues impacting production, such as machine breakdowns, late shipments, expedited orders, or lack of supplies.
Communicate any potential failures to management.
Ensure waste is minimized through scheduling of seamless production handoff between departments.
Identifies production bottlenecks and collaborates with operations leaders to resolve.
Communicates accurately, effectively, and proactively to build relationships and trust with stakeholders to allow rapid problemsolving when required.

Requirements:

GED/equivalent; Associate's in a quantitative field preferred.
Experience working on the production floor with a crossfunctional team
3+ years of planning/scheduling experience, preferably in the converting industry.
Excellent complex problemsolving skills
Exceptional communication and teamwork/collaboration skills
Must be authorized to work in Canada.