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Position Summary:
The master scheduler is responsible for establishing, reviewing and maintaining the master production schedule in alignment with the Sales, Inventory, and Operations (SIOP) consensus plan. Establishing the master schedule will involve working closely with operations leaders, material planners, production control planners, and others to coordinate manufacturing plans that achieve the company objectives relative to customer service, efficient resource/capacity utilization and inventory investment. The master scheduler will be responsible for analyzing scenarios that balance demand and supply while optimizing inventory and minimizing the impact of demand volatility.


Position Responsibilities:

• Translate the monthly SIOP consensus plan by product family to a detailed weekly master production schedule (MPS) with a 12-18 month planning horizon into the ERP for weekly MRP generation
• Incorporate inter-company demand and backlog into SIOP supply planning process to ensure capacity and resources are available to meet demand requirements.
• Monitor and drive resolution of MRP processing errors.
• Support customer service with exception request analysis and expediting resolution.
• Create and publish daily/weekly/monthly factory schedule adherence, capacity, and inventory reports.
• Serve as a factory subject matter expert (SME) for ERP production planning and scheduling modules.
• Identification and resolution of Constraints - Capacity, Resource & Material.
• Facilitates long term capacity assessment (RCCP) and development of countermeasure/action plans.
• Conducts a demonstrated lead-time analysis and measures gap to published lead times. Drives corrective action plan and reviews and updates published lead-times.
• Data analysis and reporting of key performance indicators such as: delivery performance, backlog, performance to master schedule and inventory turns.
• Drives continuous process improvement, strives to improve efficiency, likely to challenge processes where favorable alternatives may be available.
• Timely management of exception messages generated by the ERP system.
  Maintain data integrity of ERP planning parameters. Parameters such as lead times, lot sizes, safety stocks, delivery times, and order file data for all master scheduled items
• Coordinates with planners to meet assigned goals for serviceability and inventory.
• Perform ETO (Engineered to Order) Gate analysis for all incoming orders
• Provide training on master production scheduling procedures and processes.

Key Competencies and Success Factors:

• Ability to effectively make complex decisions with limited time and information and can determine decision making criteria based on priorities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple disciplines with internal and external resources.
• Strong analytical capabilities, with a basic understanding of statistical analysis techniques.
• Strong interpersonal skills, independent problem resolution, proven leadership ability, and the ability to manage the requirement of others.
• Comfortable leading discussion and debate both within peer group and with matrix business partners, operational partners and leaders.
• Data access/retrieval skills with extensive experience in data analysis, data manipulation using MS Excel and/or other tools as provided.
• Working knowledge of ERP system.

Experience and Skills Required:

• BS/BA degree in business or engineering discipline preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in analyzing data relating to product forecasting, master scheduling, or shipment forecasting.
• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) required or hiring commitment to obtain in first 18 months of employment.
• Experience with engineered to order or heavy equipment manufacturing environments.
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
• Experience with visual management systems.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency.