Production Scheduler

Our History: As global refractory leaders, we are in a position to drive positive change in our industry, and the industries that rely on us. The history of RHI Magnesita dates back to the year 1834. And we are proud of our long tradition. Our almost 200 years of experience in the refractory industry forms the basis of the position we hold today: We are the driving force in the refractory industry!

Responsibilities:

• Promote and actively participate in the safety process to ensure safe working practices within the plant, targeting hazard recognition and injury prevention.
• Have a solid understanding of all safety procedures and practices.
• Responsible for continually developing and maintaining the production schedule to meet customer orders and inventory requirements.
• Fosters the values and habits consistent with RHIM culture.
• Gain knowledge of all planning areas to fully understand the bottle necks and how downtime and efficiencies impact the schedule.
• Interface with Customer Service and production personnel to ensure optimal balancing of production efficiencies, scrap rates, and customer demands.
• Coordinate PM’s, maintenance, and outages with Production and Maintenance.
• Maintain inventory targets where appropriate, ensuring targets are kept up to date to meet customer requirements while maintaining planned inventory levels.
• Utilize the management system to meet established goals and objectives and drive continual improvement.
• Generate daily and weekly production reports.
• Position requires a 24/7 commitment with some scheduling calls taking place on nights/weekends.
• Position requires training as backup(s) to support the departmental needs.
• Assist in the coordination of process improvement implementations.
• Coordinate with other departments to develop and maintain scheduling parameters.

    Qualifications:

• Ability to effectively multi-task in a very fast paced environment is a must.
• Internal fortitude to make the tough, but correct, decisions when faced with competing interests from various departments (internal and external customers).
• Professional attitude and approach to work.
• Strong analytical skills. 
• Strong experience with purchasing, MRP/ERP systems (SAP).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations.