Scheduler/Buyer

At Current Media Group, our most important resource is our team members. We're proud that as we've grown, our company continues to maintain its friendly, family feeling because we've built an environment where employees feel welcomed, valued and creative. Our commitment to keeping a warm, positive work environment encourages employees to bring out the best in each other. Come join our team of creative, engaging, and motivated professionals committed to making a positive impact on millions of lives. This position is responsible for coordinating production scheduling, purchasing, and inventory planning to ensure materials and products are available to meet customer demand and delivery expectations. The role analyzes demand, inventory, forecasts, backorders, material availability, and production capacity to establish priorities, release and adjust production schedules, and make effective purchasing and inventory decisions. Working closely with Production, Engineering, Merchandising, Marketing, Customer Service, Operations, and vendors, this position identifies and resolves supply, inventory, and production issues while supporting efficient production flow, appropriate inventory levels, product availability, and on-time delivery. Job Responsibilities Release and schedule production work orders to support manufacturing priorities and meet customer delivery expectations. Develop, maintain, and adjust daily and weekly production schedules based on customer demand, material availability, inventory levels, production capacity, and required completion dates. Analyze customer demand, inventory levels, work orders, forecasts, backorders, and production requirements to establish purchasing and manufacturing priorities. Purchase inventory using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems, including Direct Tech, KBM, and Alliance, to support customer demand and production requirements. Make inventory planning decisions based on inventory targets, minimum order quantities (MOQs), backorder policies, lost sales, fill-rate objectives, lead times, and customer service requirements. Coordinate with Production Supervisors, manufacturing teams, and vendors to evaluate labor, equipment, material, and capacity constraints; level-load production when possible to support achievable schedules and on-time delivery. Create, manage, and analyze reports related to past-due orders, long lead times, stock-outs, backorders, lost sales, inventory movement, and other key supply and production metrics. Review inventory levels for purchased and internally manufactured products and components to maintain appropriate stock levels and meet inventory objectives. Identify and resolve discrepancies involving work orders, inventory, bills of material (BOMs), routings, production requirements, purchasing information, and minimum order quantities. Partner with Engineering and Production to incorporate new products, product revisions, and process changes into purchasing, inventory, and manufacturing plans. Collaborate with Merchandising, Marketing, Customer Service, Operations, Production, and vendors to research and resolve product, inventory, scheduling, and availability issues. Coordinate with Merchandising and Marketing on obsolete inventory, markdowns, product transitions, and inventory liquidation activities. Support continuous improvement initiatives related to production scheduling, purchasing, forecasting, inventory management, production flow, lead times, fill rates, and on-time delivery. Qualifications High school diploma or equivalent required Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field preferred. 2 years of previous experience in manufacturing, production planning and scheduling, purchasing, inventory management, or supply chain. Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and material requirements planning (MRP), preferred. Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities. Efficiently organize…

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