Master Production Scheduler
Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.
We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!
Job Description
The Master Production Scheduler is responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling the monthly master schedule. It is a planned build schedule in weekly capacity-constrained buckets that is derived from the "Sales and Operations Planning" output. The monthly master schedule is what drives the forecast for purchased materials. Establishing the master schedule will involve working with the Demand Managers and Production Control Analysts to coordinate manufacturing plans that achieve the global company objectives relative to customer service, resource/capacity utilization and low inventory investment. You will be onsite in our Richland Center, WI., Manufacturing Facility. This Role reports to the Master Production Scheduler Manager.
Your Responsibilities:
- Work with the Production & Inventory Control Managers to thoroughly understand and advise on managing short-term/long-term capacities to minimize the cause for past due orders and/or overtime.
- Build Rough cut capacity planning at the work center level and across departments. Prepare manufacturing plan of orders to be completed in the month and quarter, according to plant's capacity, manufacturing estimated hours and material availability.
- Monitor inputs used for capacity planning (efficiency, utilization, absenteeism) to ensure accuracy.
- Coordination with S&OP team regarding load, capacity, revenue target agreement, and monitoring of Frontlog to Backlog conversion ensuring load alignment vs S&OP plan.
- Complete date management of pull-in and push-out according to our requirements.
- Work with the Buyer/Planners to help balance and coordinate the manufacturing orders based on material/capacity availability. Communication regarding material availability updates, order dispatch execution and production output.
- Communication with Customer Care and PMO Organization regarding order priority management and execution.
- Working with plant Finance to understand the impact master scheduling has on the plant's financials.
- Complete Health checks to maintain SAP system accuracy and guide accountability on system management with plants.
- Tracking, analyzing and reporting pertinent KPI's, suggest and implement plant-specific improvement activities (i.e. monitor actual performance against the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and production plan, and provide a summary of operation results for management).
The Essentials - You Will Have:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
The Preferred - You Might Also Have:
- 2+ years of prior Supply Chain experience in planning, scheduling, etc.
- Experience with ERP Systems, Utilization of SAP.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Experience working with cross functional teams
What We Offer:
- Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k
- Paid Time off
- Parental and Caregiver Leave
- Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.
At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this Role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.
This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.
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Source: the employer's careers page. Last checked 2026-10-05. Posted 2026-10-05.
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