Scheduling & Planning - Industrial Engineer

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Scheduling & Planning - Industrial Engineer

Position Description:

The Scheduling and Planning IE has a pivotal role within the Scheduling and Planning Department and is critical to Wendover’s success. This position must partner with all areas of the business including Creative, Residential, Commercial, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Logistics to ensure that we are making orders in the proper sequence to meet the customers’ expectations, while utilizing our resources in an efficient manner to control cost and waste. This allows Wendover to meet our promises to our customers (Partnership, One Source for Art and Proactive Service). The Scheduling and Planning IE is responsible for collecting and analyzing historical data and future load requirements to find ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs. He or she should have a strong analytical mindset and business thinking. Problem-solving skills and attention to detail are essential to succeed in this role.

Wendover Art Group seeks a Scheduling and Planning IE who has the desire and drive to become the best – and someone who wants to be a part of building the best art company in the world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Director of Manufacturing and works closely with Team Members to reach our goal.

• Provides Production with reliable and accurate production schedules daily.

• Actively manages and drives order availability to production lines from sub-assembly departments.

• Has a full understanding of all reports created by the Scheduling and Planning Department – is able to create them and speak to all variances.

• Tracks, reports, and analyzes all KPI data for the production process.

• Monitors and reviews operations and works with Team members to resolve production issues.

• Analyzes workflows and finds ways to streamline processes to increase throughput.

• Recommends and implements procedures for improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory Management, and Productivity.

• Continually analyzes order pipeline for the assigned areas of the business and provides updates on a 5, 15, and 90-day outlook.

• Understands our inventory processes.

• Management of High-Focus projects in production to meet customer expectations.

• Partners with sales, creative, and project management teams to ensure timely implementation of strategic activities for new products or projects.

• Works on optimizing daily output (prioritizing oldest to newest).

• Understands WIP levels in each department and how they can be improved.

• Partners with the Supply Chain team to ensure proactive material planning.

• Understands and can address lead-times for each product type made at Wendover in order to provide detailed insight into when orders will be available.

• Builds strong relationships with all departments.

Desired Skills and Traits:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Logistics or related field

• 2-4 years of experience in Manufacturing or Production Scheduling role

• Manufacturing process automation and preventive maintenance experience preferred.

• Proven project management and process improvement experience (Lean or Six Sigma is a plus)

• Experience with safety, quality, and production in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Excellent math and analytical skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, and other data analytics programs

• Proven ability and desire to lead

• Entrepreneurial and inquisitive mindset with aspirations to be a part of a continuously growing company

• Strong time management skills and ability to work under a deadline

• Ability to prioritize and manage heavy workload with precision

• Effective proactive communication and presentation skills with the ability to lead, influence, coach, and motivate at all levels of the organization.

• Desire for continuous personal and professional growth

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Driven and competitive in spirit with the ability to be a team player

• Adaptable to changing environments

• Continued interest in design and production

• Positive attitude and winning mindset

• Ambition to build a business

Winning mindset always

Summary of Scheduling & IE: The Scheduling & Planning Department is the gate keeper of information and plays a key role in ensuring Production flow is set-up for success and aligns with daily execution in all areas of the business. Communication must be done at the highest-level every day with all key departments. Internal interactions across departments is crucial to a Team Member’s success in the daily Scheduling & Planning Industrial Engineer role. The Winning mindset & the understanding that each person can get better every 90 Days sets us up for long term growth and success. We work as a Team & we WIN as Team; here at Team Wendover all Departments work together as one to accomplish one GOAL which is delivering Superior Value to Our Customers!