Scheduler

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The Opportunity: -

Join our Manufacturing Operations team as a Production Scheduler, where you will play a critical role in ensuring seamless production planning and material availability across the Panoli plant. This position offers the opportunity to drive production efficiency, optimize resource utilization, and support on-time delivery by coordinating closely with Production, Procurement, Warehouse, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain teams. You will directly contribute to operational excellence by balancing demand, inventory, and manufacturing capacity while supporting business growth and customer commitments.

What We Are Looking For: -

• B. Sc./ M.Sc./B Com/BCA or any other equivalent discipline Graduate.
• 5-10 years of experience in production scheduling, planning, or manufacturing operations within the chemical or pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong understanding of production planning, capacity planning, inventory management, material requirement planning (MRP), and scheduling principles.
• Hands-on experience with SAP transactions, including MRP runs, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Ability to analyze production and inventory data to support informed decision-making.
• Strong communication, coordination, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional manufacturing environments with a focus on schedule adherence, material availability, inventory optimization, and on-time delivery.

How You Will Thrive and Create an Impact: -

• Develop, monitor, and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly RM and PM production schedules aligned with business demand, inventory requirements, and manufacturing capacity.
• Optimize plant, equipment, and resource utilization while prioritizing production orders to meet delivery commitments and business objectives.
• Coordinate with procurement and warehouse teams to ensure timely availability of raw and packaging materials and maintain optimum inventory levels.
• Monitor material stock levels, track inventory movements, and schedule deliveries to support uninterrupted manufacturing operations.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Procurement, Warehouse, Planning, and Supply Chain teams to ensure smooth execution of production plans.
• Communicate schedule updates, production priorities, and planning changes to key stakeholders and participate in production review meetings and S&OP discussions.
• Prepare and share daily, weekly, and monthly planning reports, monitor production performance against plans, and provide updates during operational reviews and TDMs.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on enhancing planning efficiency, reducing operational waste, improving schedule adherence, and maximizing capacity utilization.
• Contribute to long-term capacity planning strategies while driving improvements in inventory management, material availability, production efficiency, and on-time delivery performance.

 

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
 
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
 
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

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