The Role
Coordinates production scheduling, materials planning, inventory management, warehouse transfers, purchase orders, freight, and co-manufacturing activities across multiple locations. Reviews material requirements, safety stock, product introductions, aged inventory, cycle counts, and production changeover impacts. Leads scheduling meetings, communicates updates to customer care, and analyzes service, inventory, and operational KPIs. Requires strong manufacturing supply chain knowledge, analytical ability, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.
Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.
Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple”
About the Role
The Production Scheduler is responsible for coordinating supply chain activities, monitoring inventory across the warehouse network, ensuring timely delivery of goods, and production planning and processing of co-manufacturing/production lines.
Essential Functions
- Planning of production materials across multiple locations/co-manufactures.
- Order processing for co-manufacture and multiple warehouse locations.
- Coordination of materials between the warehouses/production facilities.
- Materials requirement planning review for daily transfers.
- PO management and creation for offsite warehouse locations.
- Freight management across multiple warehouses, considering delivery requirements, lead times, and allergen requirements.
- Identify requirements for order fulfilment, safety stock requirements and new product introductions
- Ensure aged, slow moving, and obsolete inventory action items are addressed timely.
- Optimize production planning, with consideration of Allergens, Sanitization, and Changeover impacts.
- Communicate with Customer Care/update the OCR daily or more often as changes and updates occur.
- Coordinate and manage cycle count program within each warehouse.
- Lead weekly scheduling review with production, maintenance, and quality groups.
- Provide analysis and follow-up to ensure all plant Service, Inventory, and other KPI’s are met or exceeded.
- Become a necessary back up for key roles within the supply chain.
- Attends and participates in daily meetings
- Other projects and responsibilities may be added at the company’s discretion.
Minimum Qualifications
- In-depth knowledge of computerized integrated information systems (manufacturing, materials management, production planning, procurement, and distribution) and a superior understanding of manufacturing material flow in a plant.
- Strong analytical skills
Training / Certification / Technical
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. APICS Certification is preferred though not required.
Why Join Us:
Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- In-depth knowledge of integrated manufacturing, materials management, production planning, procurement, and distribution information systems
- Strong understanding of manufacturing material flow within a plant
- Strong analytical skills
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
- APICS Certification
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 1919, IRCA Group is a global leader in the production of high-quality ingredient solutions for the pastry, bakery, chocolate, and gelato markets. Serving both artisans and industrial food manufacturers in over 100 countries, the company combines Italian heritage with innovation to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, including creams, fruit preparations, and inclusions, helping professionals create extraordinary culinary experiences with simple, reliable, and scalable solutions.
