- Location
- Holland, MI · Uniform Color
- Department
- Manufacturing
Description
Summary: Manage the scheduling through the production process to optimize the machine efficiency and customer satisfaction. Maintain an accurate, workable production schedule. Support Uniform Color (UC) philosophy focused on facilitating the growth of the organization, continually improving quality, and driving to a world class safety and environmental culture.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produce a schedule in PRIMOS to optimize productivity and efficiency in production.
- Assure process or product adheres to the company quality program.
- Must be focused on mixer and extruder utilization efficiency goals.
- Ability to support the 24/7 production schedule.
- Based on input from Customer Care, determine whether move up requests can be granted.
- Liaison between Customer Care and production regarding move up/move out requests.
- Monitor and determine whether jobs are needed based on inventory levels, duplicate jobs, or similar jobs in the system.
- Monitor and provide input regarding changes on the production schedule where applicable.
- Coordinate reporting and appropriate meetings to update personnel on production status.
- Follow UC Quality System-approved work instructions and procedures and help improve these as needed.
- Responsible for successful facilitation of all company safety policies and procedures.
Preferred Experience, Training, and Skills:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Basic knowledge of color formulations.
- Strong computer skills; Microsoft Office, PRIMOS.
- Understanding of tolerancing and customer master related issues.
- Ability to work self-directed.
- Ability to lead teams and effectively communicate and influence individuals who are not direct reports.
- Ability to multi-task successfully, and respond to frequent priority changes.
- Knowledge of production scheduling, color schemes, extruder capabilities.
- Knowledge of production flow and processes.
Physical Requirements: Occasionally lift and/or move up to heavy and/or light objects.
Preferred Education: Two-year degree in a related field.