Master Production Scheduler

Job Title: Master Production Scheduler - Gemonio

Reporting to: Manager Production Planning EMEA ANZ

Location: Gemonio, Italy - on site 4 days a week - 1 day remote

Employment: Permanent

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As a Master Production Scheduler at Stanley Black & Decker in Gemonio, you will oversee finished goods production planning to ensure factory schedules align with customer demand. Key responsibilities include managing supply processes to achieve high fill rates (95%+), minimizing backlog, and supporting operational and financial targets through capacity analysis and inventory management. The role requires strong understanding of supply chain complexity and the ability to adjust production to meet customer needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Planning

• Develop and implement effective production plans that are aligned with the production team to maximize factory efficiencies and labour utilisation in order to meet customer demand.
• Coordinate and work with production teams to establish and monitor the production schedule in terms of quality, cost and delivery within the operations to ensure 95+% on-time delivery and proactively identify issues.
• Liaise with the production planner to issue work orders in a timely and accurate manner to the production teams.

ERP System Management

• Retain in-depth knowledge of production planning within the ERP system (SAP) linked to the planning tool (JDA). Understand the process of loading and changing these systems, recognizing the impact on MPR and Material Planner’s schedules & requirements.
• Coordinate the link between SAP and JDA to maximize customer service levels, ensuring high fill rates % and supply mix attainment while manage the plan for efficiencies & costs.
• Reconcile make-to-order and direct delivery requirements in SAP and JDA for customer Demand. Provide feedback to those customers on Inventory, capacity and lead-time.
• Establish and implement methods and best practices related to the planning systems and processes.

Cross- Functional Collaboration, Communication & Coordination

• Participate as a member of the operations team in making cross-functional operational decisions.
• Maintain open dialogue with other management teams to coordinate activities and improve performance and productivity targets
• Act as a liaison between material planners, customers, and the production team as well as other departments within the company.
• Liaise with the planning & supply teams on supply & demand issues related to the factory operations

Problem Resolution & Continuous Improvement

• Work directly with factory production and planning teams to resolve scheduling issues.
• Track, record, and report on plan deviations through root cause analysis to drive improved plan adherence and control.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or related field
• Proven experience in Supply Chain or related field
• Must have experience or desire to learn:MS Office Access and Excel, Excel VBA is a plus SAP,PowerBI,Business Warehouse
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, and Italian
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Highly motivated with proven ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to multi task with strong attention to detail