Job Details

Timber Products' Spectrum facility in White City, Oregon is looking for someone to join its leadership team in the role of Production Scheduler. This position supports the Company in meeting its production goals by ensuring the optimal scheduling of panels production and prefinish production. Oversees and coordinates the production priorities with sales and shipping schedules while monitoring availability of materials and employees. Ensures a safe and efficient work environment by communicating and managing Company established quality, production, safety, and human resource policies.

MAJOR TASKS

• Organizes orders and creates precise schedules to enhance production flow through panel production centers of operation. Orders raw materials to confirm that they arrive in a timely fashion for production. Plans capacity to ensure on-time delivery of product.
• Maintains on-going communication with production and sales staff. Ensures all exact order details are communicated to floor level and that orders are completed by the required deadline. Provides daily feedback to sales staff regarding order flow.
• Monitors production by comparing current progress to schedule. Identifies and resolves scheduling problems.
• Enters order status and information into production tracking system when order has been scheduled (i.e. manufacturing date, estimated ready, ready status).
• Develops and maintains all surplus lists and communicates availability of surplus to sales on a weekly basis.
• Coordinates traffic (railcars and trucks) to move completed orders to customers.
• Communicate labor and manning needs with shift supervisors. Update shift supervisors on production issues as they arise. Communicate critical production information to shift supervisors in timely fashion.
• Assists in maintaining quality control standards to maximize company profitability and achieve customer satisfaction.
• Promote the Company safety program and ensures that all company safety standards are being followed to provide a safe work environment. May conduct safety inspections.
• Maintain communication with other divisional schedulers to coordinate material flow between mills. Communicate with shipping department all materials transferring between divisions.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively to provide quality customer service.

• A BA/BS degree in production management, business administration, or related field preferred, but not required
• Two - four years of supervisory and production scheduling experience, preferably in wood products or other manufacturing environment
• High level of comfort in rapidly changing environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions and concerns
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a team environment
• Leadership and motivational skills that allow candidates to achieve productivity, quality and safety goals
• Strong computer skills and comfort in operating within various computer environments