Master Scheduling Manager

Description

About CTS:

Crown Technical Systems, a Flex Company, is a leader in power distribution and protection systems concentrating on sophisticated, state-of-the-art relay and control panels, medium voltage switchgear, and enclosures (power/control buildings/ E-Houses). We specialize in customized, turn-key solutions to the challenge of safe, secure, and reliable power distribution. Crown Technical Systems is headquartered in Fontana, California, with additional production and engineering facilities in Garland, Texas, and Ontario, Canada.

Job Summary

The Master Scheduling Manager is responsible for overseeing the development, preparation, and maintenance of the company’s master project schedule and production sub-schedules to guide the activities and resources to achieve maximum efficiency and meet output and timeline objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Hires and trains staff in assigned department.
• Organizes and oversees the assigned tasks of department staff.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.
• Engages in all leadership trainings, meetings, and initiatives.
  
  

Duties/Responsibilities

• Overall schedule responsibility from management through driving execution for the company.
• Maintains the Master Project Schedule as well as each departments sub-schedule in accordance with production capacity and customer requirements; updates and issues Master Project Schedule with current status of all department deliverables and completion dates.
• Determine which facility product lines are manufactured at.
• Establishes, measures, monitors, and adjust capacity levels to execute all manufacturing and engineering design schedules.
• Determine job readiness in all areas not limited to engineering, material status, and production capacity prior to starting a project in production.
• Performs capacity planning activities and performance analysis against capacity and plan to determine effectiveness of overall schedule
• Monitors progress against scheduled activities and identifies performance variances to facilitate focus on critical areas; develops and implements work-around or recovery plans to meet schedule requirements.
• Develop key milestones that must be completed before a project will move forward in the process.
• Engages in capacity management during sales and operations planning, master scheduling, materials requirements planning, and production activity control.
• Partners with internal teams to shift projects based on production capacity and engineering design capacity; identify critical path items and track closely in concurrence with Engineering Managers, Project Managers, and Production Managers.
• Collaborates with internal teams to assess and incorporate materials, inventory, resource availability, and delivery commitments into schedules.
• Utilizes ERP systems, planning and scheduling software, or other databases tools to develop and maintain master schedules and production sub-schedules.
• Establishes KPIs and reports regarding performance to the production plan.
• Suggests and implements improvement to Crown’s scheduling and planning processes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Requirements

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Solid Microsoft Excel Skills and Microsoft Project Skills.
• Ability to look at an overall schedule and identify risks with a critical thinking approach and discuss with supporting departments to develop a resolution.
• Ability to maximize relationships internally & communicate well with others to host meetings on a weekly basis to get information needed to maintain overall schedule.
• Ability to drive change while promoting improvement to the current Master Schedule with a focus on real time information.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to perform work accurately.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Reading comprehension skills with the ability to interpret and follow written directions, blueprints, and engineering diagrams.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Must be comfortable demonstrating courage to lead with influence in a 360-degree capacity (all levels including peers, subordinates, managers, executives)
• Experience leading people and obtaining results through others, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to manage multi projects and have a high level of detail and accuracy.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  
  

Experience/Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field; relevant experience may be substituted in place for education.
• At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment related to operations management, project management, or engineering.
• At least 2 years of leadership experience.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Periods of standing, walking, and sitting at a desk using a computer.
• Must be able to lift to 35 pounds at times.
• Ability to traverse manufacturing facility.
• Must wear PPE, such as gloves, safety glasses, hard hat, and ear protection, while working on the production floor.