Jr Production Scheduler and Support

Amhil North America is a privately held Thermoforming Plastics Packaging company focused on delivering Best Value to our customers and partners. We provide smart, safe and sustainable packaging solutions for the consumer, industrial and foodservice industries in North America and Europe.

Over the past twenty years, Amhil has expanded its product offering to include drinking cups, portion cups and food packaging and now includes products that are 100% recyclable, produced with recycled content and available as carbon neutral.

Amhil North America is part of the Wentworth Technologies group of companies.

Overview

The Jr Production Scheduler is a new role on our Scheduling and Supply Chain team that plays an integral and active supporting part in our production process with a view to understanding our total Supply Chain process.

Safety First

• Conduct all work in a safe manner — think “Safety First”!
• Wear the prescribed PPE when performing all jobs.
• Be aware of hazards associated with each task and report any potential hazard, unsafe practices or working conditions.

Details

The Jr. Scheduler supports the Planning & Supply-Chain team to maintain and execute detailed production schedules to maintain plant efficiency while delivering customer requirements and inventory targets; ultimately ensuring that our Production teams meet their targets, and the satisfaction of our customers’ “Best Value”.

• Update and maintain production schedules in a variety of key systems (ERP, Manufacturing, Planning/scheduling etc.) on a daily basis.
• Communicate schedules (daily, weekly) to the Production team and maintain production flow.
• Communicate with our Customer Service team to understand the complexity of the orders coming in and working with the production team to ensure completion in a timely manne.
• Analyze production demand for each product category from high level to detailed level.
• Coordinate and resolve Scheduling or Packaging related issues with Supervisors and changeover Leads.
• Optimize production schedule by considering potential constraints (tooling, machinery, staffing).
• Provide order status and completion timeline to Customer Service team, alerting them to potential delays, priority options etc.
• Collaborate with all departments, including Production, Engineering, Quality, Customer Service and Sales.
• Communicating with our Customer Service team to understand the complexity of the orders coming in and working with the production team to ensure completion in a timely manner.
• Weekly meetings with Customer Service & Sales to review and resolve supply issues and opportunities.
• Ensure packaging availability to support scheduled production.
• Provide back up to Supply Chain (Production Purchaser).
• Other tasks as assigned.

What we’re looking for

• A Great Attitude!
• Post-secondary degree in Supply Chain Management or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• 2-3+ years of experience in manufacturing Production Scheduling or Logistics.
• Thrive in a fast-paced and demanding role.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written).
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong people skills and ability to impact and influence stakeholders.
• Proven ability to multi-task and stay on top of competing priorities
• Computer proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.), ERP and MMS.

Assets

• Experience in extrusion or thermoform manufacturing industry.
• Experience with Opcenter APS, formerly known as “Preactor APS” (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) software.

This position is open to all applicants, legally authorized to work in Canada.

Amhil provides equal opportunities for all applicants and is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment. <>

Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

This position is open to all applicants, legally authorized to work in Canada.

Amhil provides equal opportunities for all applicants and is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment.

Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.