Scheduling Manager

Scheduling Manager

Position Summary

The Scheduling Manager will work with the Site Leadership team and the extended functional leaders to take over the daily scheduling of production, including coordination and planning with various departments working closely with Purchasing, Manufacturing, Logistics to support clear execution of the daily and weekly production schedules. This will include making necessary modifications to schedules as things change, understanding and communicating how schedule modifications affect our financial forecast. This position will also look to develop new tools and/or processes to improve the scheduling process. This will require a thorough understanding of each department and our production operations. These basic functions may change as deemed appropriate.

Shift: 1st shift M-F 8AM-5PM

Location: Manassas, VA

Catalent's Manassas facility provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. The site has the capability to manufacture cold-processed soft chews for nutritional supplements and nutraceuticals, as well as small batch lozenges. With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors, ingredients, and colors available, we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love.

The Role:

• Act as change agent in organization driving production to meet customer demand; Daily monitor for accurate data entry of production jobs.

• Facilitate and manage KPI's and metrics; Distribute daily progress updates - Report WIP Status - Production Jobs, Bulk, Packaging and Bagging.

• Prepare and distribute weekly Production Schedule including Daily Job numbers, as applicable, to the functional group leaders; Distribute updates to Production Schedules as needed; Identify and communicate scheduling conflicts to the BU and Supply Chain Director to obtain resolutions; Communicates decisions to the individual teams affected by the schedule changes; Maintain schedule adherence and stability metrics, and liaise with related departments to identify root cause.

• Work closely with Production Supervisors to adequately support all planning activities in a timely manner; Track Production Actual to Plan; Enter and manage production using planning tools such as Excel, PowerPoint and the ERP System.

• Create and modify the Master Schedule and shift specific short-term production schedules; Participate in all pre-launch activities as they relate to scheduling requirements.

• Manage Capacity plans to assess mid to long term capacity constraints; Facilitate the monthly Capacity analysis and review; Establish performance analysis; Identify priorities when needed to fulfill inventory replenishment.

• Own the identification and management of financial risk and opportunities, ensuring schedule optimization and acceleration opportunities are realized to ensure forecasts are achieved; Provide ownership of monthly absorption forecast process.

• Attend S&OP meetings and communicate schedule dates to ensure alignment with demand needs; Maintain all master planning data pertaining to accurate MPS execution; Comply with all SOPs and cGMP guidelines at the site.

• Collaborate with Materials and Quality on scheduling of inbound raw materials needing testing to ensure schedule readiness

• Lead Ready to Execute process; Participate in training as required to successfully perform job responsibilities.

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

• A BA or BS degree in related field preferred; High school diploma required.

• 3+ years of experience in a GMP environment in one of the fields of Planning/Scheduling required; Food manufacturing environment preferred.

• Demonstrated leadership in one or more of the areas of Planning or Scheduling.

• Experience working with an ERP system preferred; Strong computer skills using Microsoft Office Programs specifically Excel required

• APICS Certification a plus.

• Ability to work with cross functional departments within the organization

• Strong problem solving, verbal and communication skills; excellent analytical and decision-making abilities; good presentation skills; detail oriented with demonstrated critical thinking skills.

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and is frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit, climb or balance and taste or smell.

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment

• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment

• 152 days of PTO + 8 paid holidays

• Tuition Reimbursement

• GymPass program to promote overall physical wellness

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone's safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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