Manufacturing Production Scheduler

Job Title: Manufacturing Production Scheduler Type of Engagement: 6-month contract (Not open to 3rd party C2C consultants. Visa sponsorship is not available) Work Location: Newark, DE You could be just the right applicant for this job Read all associated information and make sure to apply. Job Overview: Accountable for day-to-day activities required to create and maintain detailed production/supply schedules based on the master scheduling input or established pull signals. Point person between the supply organization and plant to clearly define / understand short term production issues and supply needs between the organizations. Utilizes detailed capacity plans, and interfaces with area managers and supervisors and/or production teams. Essential Job Responsibilities: • Issue detailed schedule for each asset based on a final time-phased production plan. • Manage daily production schedules during planning horizon. • Manage production details in line with business strategy (cost, rate, inventory and uptime). • Assure schedule is continually maintained and communicated throughout the supply chain. • Highlight and actively participate in the identification and resolution of inventory, customer order issues, and quality issues as they develop. Work closely with Master scheduler and order planning personnel. • Communicate production issues, supply changes, deviations from plan and potential resolutions to appropriate parties. • Coordinate secondary processing of finished product (e.g., rework and repackaging). • Manage performance standards and analysis methods to compare actual production performance against the established standards. • Monitoring process orders & assuring closed as needed, accurate process orders are used to maintain system & data integrity. • Primary interface between manufacturing and supply chain. • Works with manufacturing to optimize the plant schedule along with manufacturing capabilities. • Co-ordinates the production planning with maintenance planning and scheduling needs. xywuqvp • Validate material availability against asset schedule. Required Skills & Experience: • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering preferred, OR • 2- 3 Year equivalent SC or manufacturing plant experience with proven capability (Material Planner, First Line Supervisor, Product Planner/Coordinator, administrative, customer service representative)

Created: 2026-04-06