Production Scheduler

Stryten Energy is hiring a Production Scheduler for its Salina, KS factory, a major lead-acid battery manufacturing site. The role involves preparing and adjusting production schedules, ensuring material availability, and collaborating with corporate schedulers. Candidates should have an associate's degree or equivalent experience, strong math and computer skills, and excellent communication abilities. The position requires physical presence at the plant and adherence to quality and safety standards.
Overview

The Stryten factory in Salina, Kansas is one of the largest lead-acid battery manufacturing sites in North America with 800 employees capable of producing more than 35,000 quality batteries per day. These batteries can be found in your car, in your boat or RV, or, in your lawn and garden equipment. Stryten proudly supports the local community by regularly participating in Project Salina, the Salvation Army Angel Tree program, and providing more than 100 volunteers for the Smoky Hill River Festival.

The Production Scheduler will prepare production schedules for the manufacture of product. Coordinates actual production for several departments against scheduled production and alters to meet unforeseen conditions to insure maximum use of available capacity for finished product and the need for materials and labor.

Our plant is located in Salina, KS but we have employees that live in our neighboring towns such as Concordia, Ellsworth, Herrington and McPherson.

Responsibilities
• Schedule all shop floor operations in compliance with the Master Production Schedule.
• Assure adequate supplies of purchased and/or manufactured materials are on hand to support the shop floor with a workable and fluid schedule.
• Interact with corporate scheduling personnel to assure the Master Production Schedule is within manufacturing capacity.
• Adjust schedules to provide expedient build of any product shortages reported by Distribution and coordinate same with Corporate schedulers.
• Maintain files on bills of materials, assembly specifications, and tooling requirements.
• Comply with all plant policies and procedures.
• Follow Lean Manufacturing Procedures.
• Comply with current Quality Systems Requirements.
• Work closely with Department Managers to ensure correct production requirements are produced in a timely manner.
• Additional responsibilities as needed to support the team and company goals.

Qualifications

Education, Experience, Skills Required:
• Associates Degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Good math and computer skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively conduct training and interact with all personnel.
• APIC’s CPIM Certification preferred
• Excellent computer skills -specifically to include Excell spreadsheets (spreadsheet creation, formulas, and analysis)

Physical Requirements
• Walking, Standing, Sitting as necessary

Equipment Used
• Computer on Daily basis

EEO

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About Our Company

Stryten Energy helps solve the world’s most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world’s most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more at stryten.com.