Scheduling Coordinator

About Vibrantz Technologies

Vibrantz Technologies is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose.  

Serving over 11,000 customers, Vibrantz’s technologies are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications and consumer products. We are experts in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology. Our technologies are used in small amounts to make big impacts on applications and consumer products, including durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints.  

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 50 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents, and we employ 4,500 individuals. Our shared culture is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages not only employees’ heads and hands and – uniquely – their hearts.  

Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.  

For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com. 

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 Company Overview
Vibrantz Technologies is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose.  
Serving over 13,000 customers, Vibrantz’s technologies are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications and consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable product benefits we all know and value, like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints.  
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has 65 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents, and we employ 5,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages not only employees’ heads and hands and - uniquely - their hearts.  
Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.  
For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com. 

Job Function 

Reporting into the Plant Manager​, the ​Materials & Scheduling Coordinator ​will be based out of ​Houston, TX ​and will be responsible for ​producing the Master Production Schedule for operations and aligning the Raw Material purchasing plan with the Master Production Schedule.​ 

Responsibilities

• • Management of the master production schedule that balances network demand, inventory and supply capacity  

  • Manage hard demand requirements coming to the network and balance them against available capacity  

  • Manage exceptions in demand and capacity imbalance and optimize the schedule as needed  

  • Work with Sales, customer service, operations, procurement and operations to manage supply disruption and optimization efforts  

  • Utilizing knowledge and information from the Master Plan and S&OP, support occasional strategic supply development requests regarding warehouse footprint and strategic raw material requirements  

  • Perform ad hoc analysis to inform distribution network alignment with customers and suppliers to improve performance and/or reduce cost  

  •  Accountable for development and management of Engineered inventory levels across the supply network  

  • Make changes to inventory targets and explain inventory shifts in addition to performing root cause analysis on unexpected variances  

  • Reconcile daily/weekly/monthly cycle count results against system inventories and investigate discrepancies.  

  • Provide expertise and feedback to support system improvements  

  • Responsible for validation and update of planning assumptions in IFS  

Required Experience 

• • High School Diploma required, Bachelor’s Degree preferred 

  • Minimum 2-3 years of relevant operational experience in either manufacturing or logistics or supply chain planning  

  • Proficiency in an ERP system  

  • Manufacturing or metals industry experience preferred  

Preferred Experience 

• • Manufacturing or metals industry experience preferred  

Benefits 

• • We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, paid vacation, and 401K. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions 

The physical demands and working conditions 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.  

Vibrantz Technologies Inc. (“Vibrantz”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Vibrantz strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Vibrantz is committed to protecting your privacy. We provide a Website Privacy Policy located on our Vibrantz.com site to explain the type of information we collect and to inform you of the specific practices and guidelines that protect the security and confidentiality of your personal data. Please read that policy carefully. If any term in the policy is unacceptable to you, please do not use the Website or provide any personal data. This policy may change from time to time (see Revisions to Our Privacy Policy on Vibrantz.com).

Vibrantz Technologies Inc. (“Vibrantz”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Vibrantz strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.