The Senior Manufacturing Master Scheduler is accountable for leading manufacturing planning function across MCG Electrical Equipment Center of Excellence (EECOE). This role ensures accurate capacity visibility, predictable production execution, and reliable customer delivery through disciplined planning processes, real-time data integrity, and strong cross-functional alignment. The Senior Manufacturing Master Scheduler will develop and leads a distributed team of plant-based Master Schedulers and Planning Specialist who maintain direct connection to shop-floor execution and continuously validate production status, constraints, and recovery plans. The role partners closely with Operations Leadership, Plant Managers, Supply Chain, Engineering, Facilities, Customer Success, Finance, and HR to align manufacturing demand and manufacturing capacity in support of profitable growth and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Establish and own a standardized manufacturing planning framework across all plants, including master manufacturing scheduling, manufacturing constraint management, and recovery planning.
- Lead and develop a team of Schedulers and Planners embedded at each plant, ensuring consistent planning discipline, data accuracy, and strong floor engagement.
- Ensure maintain direct daily engagement with production teams to validate progress, identify constraints, and rapidly update recovery plans.
- Partner with Operations Leadership and Plant Managers to align production priorities, labor strategies, and recovery plans.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain to synchronize material availability, supplier constraints, inventory strategies, and expedite actions.
- Coordinate with Facilities to integrate plant layout changes, automation projects, and maintenance planning into production schedules.
- Partner with Business Operations and IT teams to develop, implement, and continuously improve planning systems, ERP/MRP capabilities, scheduling tools, reporting automation, and data governance as related to manufacturing planning.
- Standardize best practices across plants while allowing appropriate local flexibility.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.
Supervisory Requirements
- Ability to lead and motivate teams.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Ability to create 30/60/90 day outline for new hires.
- Create and execute quarterly reviews.