Director Scheduling

at  Apogee Enterprises Inc

Wausau Window and Wall Systems
Position Summary
The Director of Scheduling for AFS is responsible for driving strategic scheduling initiatives, fostering collaboration across multiple sites, and delivering cost-effective solutions to support the organization’s overall success.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and implement a production scheduling system that supports great customer experience.
• Create, maintain, and update production schedules to support effective lead times and customer OTC.
• Review and identify any issues in the production process and suggest improvements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure available inventory and plan production schedules accordingly.
• Oversee the entire logistics process for AFS.
• Responsible for managing and overseeing logistics in the performance of order placement and tracking, receiving, stocking, selecting, packing, and shipping.
• Establishes goals and maintains records to measure productivity, quality, safety, and attendance.
• Utilizes a variety of mechanized systems to provide balance accuracy, create efficiencies in report data, track costs and maintain budget analysis.
• Coordinate inventory management process across all AFS sites
• Enhance and deliver a robust cycle count program to maintain accurate inventory including root cause analysis and resolution.
• Maintain accurate inventory counts for multiple locations within the United States and Internationally
• Lead workshops that include our operations teams and any cross-functional stakeholders to determine controls gaps and/or continuous improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with the Marketing Team to strategize for future business growth while monitoring demand and analyzing data to anticipate future supply and logistical needs.

Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, MBA/Graduate Degree preferred.
• 10+ years of as a strategic scheduling with a large matrixed company environment.
• 5+ years of management experience and leading the development and management of scheduling strategies.
• Required Skills
• cation skills – both written and verbal
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Extensive industry knowledge
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and effective business partnering capabilities.
• Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, planning and organizational skills.
• Juggler –know how to manage multiple tasks and priorities and move them all along effectively while keeping stakeholders updated and informed.
• Preferred Skills
• Complete knowledge of the production process is required.
• Inventory Cycle Counting experience.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities with a focus on root-cause investigations.

Apogee and our brands are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law

• Develop, coordinate, and implement a production scheduling system that supports great customer experience.
• Create, maintain, and update production schedules to support effective lead times and customer OTC.
• Review and identify any issues in the production process and suggest improvements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure available inventory and plan production schedules accordingly.
• Oversee the entire logistics process for AFS.
• Responsible for managing and overseeing logistics in the performance of order placement and tracking, receiving, stocking, selecting, packing, and shipping.
• Establishes goals and maintains records to measure productivity, quality, safety, and attendance.
• Utilizes a variety of mechanized systems to provide balance accuracy, create efficiencies in report data, track costs and maintain budget analysis.
• Coordinate inventory management process across all AFS sites
• Enhance and deliver a robust cycle count program to maintain accurate inventory including root cause analysis and resolution.
• Maintain accurate inventory counts for multiple locations within the United States and Internationally
• Lead workshops that include our operations teams and any cross-functional stakeholders to determine controls gaps and/or continuous improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with the Marketing Team to strategize for future business growth while monitoring demand and analyzing data to anticipate future supply and logistical needs