Sr. Master Scheduler

POSITION SUMMARY

The Master Scheduler will oversee and coordinate construction and installation schedules for Factory projects based on awarded Purchase Orders and customer requirements. This role ensures project timelines are realistic, integrated, and executed efficiently within the plant environment. The Master Scheduler will work closely with the Business Unit, Project Management, Materials Management and Production teams to align internal construction activity with overall site priorities and customer delivery commitments with Pelzer's Factories. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining the master project schedule related to integration activities, identifying dependencies between disciplines, and ensuring that construction milestones and plant works are tracked and achieved according to scope. The Scheduler will also coordinate with Operations teams to sequence work, minimize disruption to ongoing production, and ensure the safe and timely execution of all planned activities. Also with Materials team on CTB functions for up and coming projects on the Factories floors.

Acting as a central liaison between Business Units, Project Managers, and Plant Operations, the Master Scheduler will communicate critical path activities, forecast potential delays, and drive recovery plans where needed. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced manufacturing and construction environment.

Implementing best practices and process's within current MRP .ERP for Master scheduling for each plant, overcoming challenges with cross department collaboration.

• Establish an optimum production schedule to meet customer demands.
• Ensure that schedules are loaded appropriately considering product mix as required.
• Coordination of Sales and manufacturing schedules for multiple manufacturing locations as required.
• A resource for team managers and sales coordinators relative to issues in order processing.
• Work closely with production and production PM's on all schedule adjustments.
• Coordinate key planning processes with Business Unit operations resources, plant managers, plant operations and materials managers, procurement, finance, sales, and marketing to:
• Coordinate with sales and marketing to ensure that an accurate orders plan (Orders SFR) is created.
• Coordinate the creation of inventory plans, based on sales projections, production plans, and performance programs.
• Coordinate the development of long-term capacity plans.
• Other metrics as required
• Monitor and provide sales revenue and new order bookings reports for all divisional product families to meet corporate and divisional goals.
• Monitor capacities and product line delivery performance and daily throughputs and working with AME and ME's.
• Represent the group in relevant meetings and act as a liaison
• Participate in daily production and planning meetings.
• Daily coordination of information between production, purchasing, sales, shipping and engineering.
• Develop in-depth knowledge on products and critical operations
• Create and monitor new methods of forecasting to improve lead-times for product mix variations.
• Develop detailed analysis of customer orders to improve lead-time performance, on-time shipment goals, inventory turns and manufacturing efficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of experience in a Construction / manufacturing environment, materials management, production planning or other material planning function.
• Experience in an industrial, high mix job shop environment
• Very proficient in Smart Sheet spreadsheets, MS Office.
• An excellent understanding of our manufacturing operations, capacity management and appropriate Vertiv products.
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to work at different levels of the organization and with outside customers as required
• Experience with ERP systems - Oracle EBS / Cyber Plan
• Experience leading cross-functional teams is required
• Knowledge of S&OP and production scheduling dynamics is required
• Providing Customer Service
• Demonstrating Ethics and Integrity
• Establishing Effective Teamwork
• Building and Maintaining Relationships
• Developing Others
• Communicating Effectively
• Managing Change
• Analysis, Solving Problems and Making Decisions
• Taking Risk and Innovating
• Managing and Developing Yourself-Self Awareness
• Drive and High Sense of Urgency
• Achieving Outcomes and Optimizing Processes, Procedures and Practices
• Conflict Resolution
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work with all levels of management and staff, across departments and locations
• Ability to achieve goals through collaboration and persuasion
• Dependable and self-directed; capable of working with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of Vertiv products is preferred
• Optimum production build plan to meet customer demands.
• Explore new methods to reduce lead-time and inventory requirements.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• BS is business administration, or related field.
• APICS or CPM certification
• Bilingual
• MBA or related advanced degree strongly preferred

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• No Special Physical Requirements

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

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