KPS Global (KPSG) is the North American industry leader in the manufacture, production, and installation of walk-in coolers and freezers. KPSG’s end-product serves many channels within the retail food market as well as industrial applications. KPSG is based in Fort Worth, Texas with engineering activities centralized in the Fort Worth facility (along with Finance, Human Resources, Customer Operations, Sales, and Installation Services), supporting product manufacturing in four other locations: San Dimas, CA; Piney Flats, TN; Conyers, GA; and Goodyear, AZ.
The Advanced Planner/Scheduler is responsible for directing and coordinating all activities within the Production Control team to ensure that productivity, efficiency, and quality levels meet KPS Global’ s organizational goals and customer expectations.
Required Skills
Required Skills, Experience, Education & Certifications
Items listed are required unless “preferred” is indicated
- Associate degree in Business Administration or similar field preferred
- 6 – 10 years of experience in logistics, planning, manufacturing, or CSI-10
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of production planners.
- Make informed decisions based on a thorough analysis of data and key performance indicators.
- Identify and nurture talent within the team, providing opportunities for professional growth.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that provide insights and recommendations to the leadership team regarding production-related decisions.
- Intermediate ability to use Microsoft Office programs including Word, Outlook, and Excel
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
- Detail-oriented and organized
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to work in a manufacturing plant environment
Required Experience
Major Responsibilities
- Ensuring relevant information is communicated to inside and outside sales staff regarding their orders and that pertinent data is relayed back to factory personnel for the continual build of product
- Ensuring every job ships complete including buy-outs, steel, and refrigeration units; also responsible for coordinating with other departments and vendors to ensure periphery equipment arrives at the job site in concert with manufactured panels
- Maintaining complete and accurate information on production schedules and reports
- Planning and scheduling production activities by sequencing customer demand through individual work centers to maximize throughput
- Representing company management by developing relationships with the customer’s purchasing, design, and construction departments
- Identify opportunities for process improvement within the production planning and scheduling functions and implement best practices and drive efficiency gains.
- Analyzing workflow and aggressively identifying opportunities for continuous improvement projects to maximize the use of manpower and equipment.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior planners or team members and collaborate with different teams to ensure a smooth flow of information.
- Ensuring all build requests are assessed and that work with plant management creates the most effective and efficient build schedule possible.
- Ensuring accurate, timely procurement and coordination of buyouts for customer orders
- Developing and maintaining capacity for all production resources, including establishing guidelines for production orders to provide schedule balance and constraint resolution.
- Creating and maintaining job instructions for all Production Control work processes and ensuring Production Schedulers are cross-trained in all work processes.
- Track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to production schedules.
- Generate reports to communicate schedule adherence, production efficiency, and other relevant metrics.
- Ensuring reporting systems provide effective and timely communications to management, project associates, inter-company department staff, and external customers.
- Utilize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to input and extract relevant production planning data.
- Ensure accurate and up-to-date information within the system.