Master Scheduler

Description

About LiveTrends Design Group

LiveTrends Design Group is a dynamic and fast-paced company at the center of the plant and home-décor industry that continues to grow and expand their brand portfolio.

The company functions like a fun startup, but with the creative and operational maturity of a much larger company. Ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s fastest-growing company, LiveTrends Design Group and its three North American brands (LiveTrends, Urban Jungle, BeYou) are currently available at over 16,000 stores in the US and Canada, including retailers such as Lowe’s, Target, Costco, Kroger, Walmart, and Publix. We are also here: http://www.livetrends.com

Culture Fit

Our culture is based on collaboration, accountability, empowerment, and continuous learning. The ideal candidate will bring talent, passion, and experience to the team but more importantly will embody our core values: team as family, passion for life, craving for excellence, creativity in everything, and achieving the impossible.

Responsibilities:

· Creates and publishes master schedule for all production centers based on capacity, materials, and shipping dates

· Coordinates with Supply Chain to ensure necessary components (live goods, hard goods, accessories, etc) are available to complete production work orders

· Serves as the central key organizer of all functions (sales, supply chain, production) in order to accommodate weekly production schedules.

· Facilitates meetings weekly to properly plan weekly buckets for production.

· Makes all necessary adjustments to the schedule, communicating with all interested parties to ensure efficient production to meet sales demands

· Ensures orders are completed on time and fulfilled to customer expectations

· Identifies delays, problems, and reports to Director of Production the issues and possible solutions

· If orders cannot be produced according to the planned schedule, makes all necessary communications and adjustments to ensure the orders are completed as soon as possible to meet sales order demand.

· Manages labor capacity and works with sales managers to create an efficient and manageable flow of sales orders/work orders

· Reviews at risk orders by working with production and sales team

· Tracks production against production plan/schedule

· Updates BOM labor costing on a regular as needed basis

· Develops and prepares production reports

· Monitor customer forecast variations and alerts team of potential challenges.

· Defer work orders monthly based on customer driven MRP changes

· Manages inventory system, currently through SAP

· Develop, implement, and monitor all key functions related to inventory transactions to assure accuracy and timeliness

· Perform inventory analysis and management

· Maintain inventory across various units of measure

· Develop and review inventory procedures and recommend improvements

· Coordinate cycle counts for raw materials with purchasing

· Reconcile inventory discrepancies and follow-up with an investigation to determine the root cause of the discrepancies

· Generation and maintenance of inventory reports within SAP

· Examine the levels of raw materials and supplies to determine shortages

· Overall discovery and analyzation of discrepancies in the inventory data and improving control systems

· Manage the correction or adjustment of negative inventory quantities in a timely manner

· Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications:

• BA/BS
• Planning and Scheduling experience in a manufacturing/assembly setting
• Understanding of Production and Supply Chain issues and challenges
• Previous MRP/ERP experience
• Strong Communication and Excel skill

BENEFITS

• Competitive pay structure
• Matching 401k
• Medical insurance and additional health benefits
• Paid time off and paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Onsite gym
• Sabbatical

Local Candidates Only

Apply: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Apply/1062584/Livetrends-Design-Group-LLC/Master-Scheduler

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LiveTrends is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors, or any other protected categories protected by federal, state, or local laws.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

LiveTrends does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other vendor services. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered property of LiveTrends and no fee will be paid in the event of a hire.

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