Job Description:
The Distribution Scheduler Expeditor is responsible for planning, prioritizing, and expediting production schedules while considering customer demand, building capacity, product mix, and material availability that ensures on-time delivery to our customers.
Due to the nature of this position, interaction with all departments throughout the organization is common in addition to corporate interaction.
This job description lists major areas of responsibility and additional job activities may be added at any time.
Duties and Responsibilities
Develop production schedules for all freight types and customer order types based on equipment, labor, customer priority and inventory availability
Completes the wave builds in the warehouse management system
Updates the wave sheets and communicates to distribution supervisors when work is ready to be released
Allocates orders and releases work to distribution for the fulfillment associates to pick and consolidate
Schedule loads in customer TMS and monitor to meet expected ship dates
Schedule loads per shipping capacity
Communicate and collaborate with various operations departments to ensure timely release and completion of production orders
Achieve target customer service levels
Actively participate in daily or weekly production meetings to review priorities, capacity constraints, and discuss current/future production
Allocates product in inventory to outbound orders
Responsible for overall organization and cleaning of area
Other duties as required and assigned
Physical Demands
General office setting
Repetitive motion
Able to work in various temperature conditions
Education, Skills and Experience Requirements
Requires education equivalent to four years of high school; two year degree preferred
Ability to skillfully navigate in WMS system
Must have 5 years direct or indirect experience in a distribution center scheduling role
Strong organizational skills and stellar attention to detail are essential
Solid communication skills, both written and verbal
Proficient math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
Working knowledge in MS Office
Physical and Weight Lifting Demands
The physical and weight lifting demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.