Manufacturing Production Scheduler

Job Title: Manufacturing Production SchedulerType of Engagement: 6-month contract (Not open to 3rd party C2C consultants. Visa sponsorship is not available)Work Location: Newark, DEJob Overview:Accountable for day-to-day activities required to create and maintain detailed production/supply schedules based on the master scheduling input or established pull signals. Point person between the supply organization and plant to clearly define / understand short term production issues and supply needs between the organizations. Utilizes detailed capacity plans, and interfaces with area managers and supervisors and/or production teams.Essential Job Responsibilities:• Issue detailed schedule for each asset based on a final time-phased production plan.• Manage daily production schedules during planning horizon.• Manage production details in line with business strategy (cost, rate, inventory and uptime).• Assure schedule is continually maintained and communicated throughout the supply chain.• Highlight and actively participate in the identification and resolution of inventory, customer order issues, and quality issues as they develop. Work closely with Master scheduler and order planning personnel.• Communicate production issues, supply changes, deviations from plan and potential resolutions to appropriate parties.• Coordinate secondary processing of finished product (e.g., rework and repackaging).• Manage performance standards and analysis methods to compare actual production performance against the established standards.• Monitoring process orders & assuring closed as needed, accurate process orders are used to maintain system & data integrity.• Primary interface between manufacturing and supply chain.• Works with manufacturing to optimize the plant schedule along with manufacturing capabilities.• Co-ordinates the production planning with maintenance planning and scheduling needs.• Validate material availability against asset schedule.Required Skills & Experience:• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering preferred, OR• 2- 3 Year equivalent SC or manufacturing plant experience with proven capability (Material Planner, First Line Supervisor, Product Planner/Coordinator, administrative, customer service representative)