Plant Scheduler at Quad

As a global marketing experience company, Quad’s goal is to help our clients win every day. We use our data-driven integrated marketing and manufacturing platform to streamline solutions for our clients, reduce friction and enhance their marketing spend effectiveness. We’ve built a rich legacy by believing in our people, allowing them to act like owners and to take charge of their own success. Whether an operator, sales rep, a graphic artist or a clinician, we’re all driven to perform at our best— for ourselves and our clients. At our core, we’re a company that believes we can always create a better way.

Quad Packaging is seeking an experienced Scheduler at our Franklin, WI. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective movement of work through the manufacturing process to deliver the product to customers on time at the lowest production cost possible. This involves scheduling and directing manufacturing functions to ensure that the production of each customer’s products is effectively executed throughout the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Customer Service, Planning, Sales, and Manager to understand customer expectations and what is required to deliver on those expectations;
• Manage the operational process of product manufacturing and ensure that plant efficiency is maximized;
• Manage the electronic schedule
• Ensure that customer expectations are met or exceeded;
• Understand current jobs, minimizing production costs and timings, reducing both material and time involved in planning through to complete production;
• Ensure the timely delivery of information about production schedules and delivery times to production, Customer Service, and Sales
• Commit to a thorough and clear communication loop with Customer Service by updating them with job progress, errors, and mutually beneficial solutions;
• Manage and Communicate with purchasing required schedule for supplies and production needs. Adjust production based on material constraints
• Meet company-specific goals to ensure standards are attained including but not limited to on-time delivery, production efficiency, material management, and quality
• Lead daily production meetings to discuss delivery requirements and schedules
• Lead daily customer service meetings to understand customer’s needs and requirements
• Evaluate the electronic scheduling system to ensure it is the proper tool for production control
• Manage outside production needs with vendors from PO’s to delivery of outsourced materials

Qualifications:

• Thorough knowledge of print production and processes;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Analytical thinking;
• Professional approach to problem solving and internal customer relations;
• Reliable, trustworthy and conscientious;
• Effective team member.

 

 

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