Job Description

Job summary

The Manufacturing Production Scheduler develops, maintains, and manages the finite production schedule in support of Manufacturing operations. The incumbent is the primary owner of the near-term manufacturing schedule and ensures production requirements, equipment availability, personnel constraints, material readiness, maintenance activities, facility support, and other critical dependencies are integrated into an executable production plan.

The Production Scheduler partners closely with Manufacturing, Manufacturing Sciences and Technology (MS&T), Supply Chain, Quality, QC, Facilities, Maintenance, and other support functions to ensure schedule accuracy, identify and resolve constraints, assess the impact of schedule changes, and support reliable execution of manufacturing operations.

The incumbent maintains short- and medium-term production visibility, facilitates routine scheduling discussions, develops recovery scenarios when disruptions occur, and escalates risks with clear impact assessments and recommended options.

Job Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Manufacturing production schedule as the single source of truth for daily, weekly, one-month, and three-month production planning.
• Develop integrated finite schedules that align manufacturing activities with equipment and facility availability, staffing and skill requirements, materials, maintenance, Quality/QC, environmental monitoring, and other operational dependencies.
• Facilitate cross-functional scheduling with Manufacturing, MS&T, Supply Chain, Quality, QC, Facilities, Maintenance, and other stakeholders to ensure production readiness and alignment.
• Identify and manage constraints and scheduling conflicts by assessing impacts to production, resources, equipment, facilities, materials, staffing, and manufacturing commitments.
• Develop schedule recovery and mitigation plans for equipment downtime, material delays, process deviations, maintenance activities, staffing constraints, facility outages, and other disruptions.
• Coordinate materials and manufacturing support requirements, ensuring raw materials, consumables, work orders, environmental monitoring, testing, and other support activities are aligned with the production schedule.
• Integrate maintenance, calibration, facility activities, and shutdowns into the production schedule to minimize disruption to Manufacturing operations.
• Maintain and improve scheduling standards and assumptions, including process durations, equipment occupancy, setup/teardown, cleaning, room turnover, hold times, and changeovers, using actual execution data to improve schedule accuracy.
• Support capacity planning and scenario analysis by evaluating production cadence, equipment and facility constraints, staffing requirements, new programs, campaign changes, and other factors affecting Manufacturing capacity.
• Develop and communicate scheduling KPIs and trends, including schedule adherence, production attainment, capacity utilization, constraints, and schedule changes, to support data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Escalate significant scheduling risks and unresolved conflicts to Manufacturing leadership with clear impacts, options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.

Minimum Requirements

• Associate's degree required; bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, operations management, life sciences, business, or a related discipline preferred

• A minimum of five years' experience in manufacturing, production planning, scheduling, supply chain, operations, or a related field preferred

• Direct experience supporting biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations strongly preferred

• Demonstrated experience developing or managing resource-constrained production schedules preferred

• Experience supporting multi-product manufacturing environments preferred

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

KBI Biopharma, Inc. is an EEO/AA employer and actively seeks to diversify its work force. Therefore, all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status, are strongly encouraged to apply.

I understand that neither the completion of this application nor any other part of my consideration for employment establishes any obligation for KBI Biopharma, Inc. to hire me. If I am hired, I understand that either KBI Biopharma, Inc. or I can terminate my employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause and without prior notice. I understand that no representative of KBI Biopharma, Inc. has the authority to make any assurance to the contrary.

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