Materials Scheduler

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Materials Planning Teams are responsible for the plans, schedules, and monitoring of the movement of material through the production cycle. They determine quantity and order date for materials to meet production or engineering schedules, initiate purchase or production requisitions compliant with supply agreements, and develop the schedule to be used in the production facility based on forecasts and historical analysis. The Team develops specifications for new contract orders as well as forecasts and plans for labor requirements. They provide timely and accurate input on supplier performance and may be asked to participate in higher level supplier performance reviews with the strategic sourcing team. They also monitor cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.

Your responsibilities

The Assembly Scheduler role provides the link between the planning and production teams, managing the material movement across shop floor. The role is responsible for the flow of production orders from the point of release, through manufacture to delivery into stock on-time delivery to our customers. 

Responsible for planning the capacity for production alongside the production supervisor:

• Responsible for the allocation of capacity to ensure room for urgent drop in jobs and re-works 
• Responsible for the kit short maintenance and ownership for the value stream, ensuring that as soon as parts are available the job is re-released to the shop floor
• Attending production PIM 1 & 2 meetings 
• Single point of contact for assembly & supervisor to log quality, ME issues & organise scrap replacements ensuring the system is updated where jobs are on hold in the long text for information flow to planners in SAP
• Working closely with the VS planner, VS supervisor and VS team leader to ensure daily output is aligned with assembly capacity and urgencies are released and tracked through production. 
• Responsible for the releasing of production orders for assembly line, 
• Operationally reporting to VS supervisor, with line manager remaining with supply chain 
• Exception management support 
• LB10

What your background should look like:

• The ability to engage and work with key stakeholders is crucial for this role 
• Experience managing workflow and implementing flow improvements is desirable 
• Confidence working with computer software’s including excel is key 
• Experience working with SAP is required
• A positive and proactive approach to work, eager to solve problems and help the business run smoothly 
• Occasional customer interface may be required 

Competencies