The Role
Develops, monitors, and adjusts production schedules to maximize capacity and meet customer delivery expectations. Coordinates priorities with production leadership, loads new jobs, forecasts labor and overtime needs, identifies outsourcing opportunities, tracks on-time delivery, and communicates schedule changes. Uses scheduling software and Salesforce while supporting continuous improvement and providing accurate feedback on capacity, lead times, and completion dates.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Summary:
As a Product Scheduler, you will work as a member of a team that determines, monitors, and adjusts production schedules to maximize our sales capacity while meeting our customer's delivery expectations.
Essential Functions:
- Determine and communicate daily schedules for assigned production departments.
- Work directly with leadership staff in assigned production department to prioritize work, maximizing production efficiencies while meeting or exceeding customer delivery expectations.
- Assist in the review and loading of new jobs into the schedule and recommend outsourcing opportunities as needed.
- Ensure that set up times and run rates in schedules are being planned for as accurately as possible to anticipate capacity concerns and forecast labor needs.
- Recommend overtime needs based on customer delivery requirements and long-term workload projections.
- Help monitor company on-time delivery measurements and aid in identifying and driving continuous improvement efforts within the scheduling department.
- Track on time delivery performance in designated departments.
- Maximize the capabilities of scheduling software.
- Review and respond to preloads and open cases in Salesforce.
- Load new jobs and communicate any anticipated concerns with lead times or completion dates.
- Adjust and communicate schedule changes.
- Provide feedback to leadership to ensure a healthy and productive team.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects.
- Ability to remain organized and self-directed in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to interface with a variety of individuals or groups on a frequent basis.
- Ability to work with limited direction and supervision, while demonstrating good judgment and strict confidence.
- Ability to learn computer applications as necessary for the position.
- Must successfully complete any training or certification courses required to support or strengthen position.
- Ability to read, interpret and follow verbal and written instructions, work procedures and other related materials.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including strong customer service skills.
- Must communicate appropriate information accurately and clearly as needed.
- Demonstrated advanced proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Windows based databases.
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma and four years experience in print operations or related function.
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Skills Required
- High school diploma
- Four years of experience in print operations or a related function
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows-based databases
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work independently with limited direction and use sound judgment
- Ability to learn required computer applications and complete required training or certifications
Walsworth Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Walsworth and has not been reviewed or approved by Walsworth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is often described as good or adequate, with dependable PTO and solid core hours in several departments. Corporate and marketing teams commonly report workable schedules that support time away.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave and dependent care assistance are included for many roles. Sales and corporate teams highlight reliable benefits that help support families.
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Flexible Benefits — Offerings vary by role, with sales positions receiving additions such as commissions/bonuses, company-paid housing, rental vehicles, gas reimbursements, and expense accounts. This role-based tailoring provides extras beyond standard health, retirement, and PTO benefits.
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The Company
What We Do
Walsworth is a family-owned commercial printing company serving publishers and businesses with print production for books, magazines and catalogs, as well as scholastic yearbooks. It helps customers take print projects from design through delivery, offering formats and finishes tailored to their needs. The company grew from a 1937 Marceline, Missouri operation and says its mission is to create opportunities through print for its team, customers and communities.
