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Factory Scheduler & Continuous Improvement Agent

Location: Oud-Beijerland

 

A day in the life of a Factory Scheduler & Continuous Improvement Agent

Factory Scheduler (50%)

Establish a factory production schedule considering the local constraints and approved requests from other departments (e.g. engineering, Q&FS, operations, TD, etc.) – to meet customer requirements (CSL) and ensure factory efficiency. First point of contact with Supply Planning to align on the factory production schedule.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Continuous Improvement Agent (50%)

Drives continuous improvement in processes through the application of standardized tools, approaches and the use of common language.

 

Factory Scheduler (50%)

• Produce & publish efficient weekly production schedule for the full 0-4 week (site dependent) scheduling horizon.
• Communicate and manage on site impacts to line time within scheduled horizon, e.g., maintenance, trials, training etc.
• Facilitate and lead the local Weekly Planning’s Meeting
• Maintaining and review the local site Factory Scheduling Playbook to support production efficiency, together with cross-functional team
• Daily and Weekly tracking of Factory Scheduling’s KPI’s, responding & communicating as required and drive continuous improvements (input Daily and Weekly FLMOS)
• Represent 'Planning & Factory Scheduling’ in Daily and Weekly FMOS and communicate customer priorities to operations – gatekeeper for operations to supply planning
• Maintain connection and thorough understanding of factory operations to understand impact of schedule on factory
• Maintaining the relevant Factory Scheduler tool Weekplan and understand the link to other systems like PDLS inbound and SAP
• Prepare and participate in Daily and Weekly connection call with Supply Planning to represent factory operations to support customer needs while maintaining production efficiency
• Support the development and implementation of regional and global strategies and projects

 

Continuous Improvement Agent (50%)

• Applies existing established best practices to projects or individual areas of work
• Identify the areas for improvement and implement continuous improvement processes to address
• Identify the required changes needed to ensure continuous improvement
• Provide guidance and support on continuous improvement activities across site Logistics

 

Job Qualifications

1. Education & Professional Qualification: 

Higher education, university degree preferably in logistics

>3 year in logistics

Could be from similar industry, distributors, or retail

2. Knowledge/Experience

• Experience or affinity with systems used in Production Environment (ERP, MRP, etc. e.g SAP)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Dutch
• Relevant experience in logistics or operations
• Strong analytical skills, structured and accurate ways of working
• Strong in building collaborative relationships and influencing without authority

 

Mars Leadership Capabilities

• Problem-solving
• Analytical capability
• Personal learning
• Drive for results
• Conflict management
• Communication skills

 

It all starts here. Are you ready to take the next step in your professional career? We always want you to achieve more. Apply online using the "Apply Now" button and invest in your future. Please be informed that video application is part of our process. 

 

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