Operations Master Scheduler | Bentley Labs at THG in US, New Jersey

Job description

• Why be an Operations Master Scheduler at Bentley Labs?
• The Master Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and communicating the organization’s long-term production schedule to ensure customer demand, manufacturing capacity, material availability, labor requirements, and operational constraints are effectively balanced.
• This position serves as the bridge between Sales, Customer Service, Planning, Purchasing, Warehouse, Compounding, Production, Quality, and Operations, translating customer demand and business priorities into an achievable forward-looking manufacturing plan.
• The Master Scheduler focuses primarily on the medium- and long-term planning horizon, identifying capacity constraints, scheduling conflicts, material risks, and resource requirements before they impact execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on demand, orders, forecasts, inventory needs, and business priorities.
• Maintain a rolling 8–12+ week production outlook with longer-range visibility where practical.
• Translate customer demand into achievable production plans based on manufacturing capacity.
• Assess capacity across production equipment, labor, warehouse space, quality requirements, and material availability.
• Identify and proactively address capacity constraints, bottlenecks, scheduling conflicts, and resource gaps.
• Perform capacity-versus-demand analysis and escalate projected shortages or overloads to Operations leadership.
• Establish and communicate production priorities aligned with customer requirements, material availability, operational efficiency, and business objectives.
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Planning, and Quality to ensure material availability and account for testing, release timelines, validations, investigations, and other quality constraints.
• Partner with Operations and Production leadership to optimize manufacturing campaigns, reduce changeovers, and maximize equipment and labor utilization.
• Assess the impact of new orders, expedited requests, forecast changes, material delays, equipment downtime, and other disruptions on the master schedule.
• Provide realistic production date commitments and maintain visibility of planned versus actual production performance.
• Lead regular scheduling and capacity review meetings, communicating significant schedule changes and downstream impacts to stakeholders.
• Ensure schedule accuracy and the integrity of planning data used for decision-making.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on scheduling, capacity utilization, lead-time reduction, inventory management, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Develop, maintain, and report scheduling KPIs for Operations leadership.

Requirements

• What skills and experience do I need for this role?
• 3–5+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, supply chain, manufacturing operations, or a related field.
• Experience in cosmetic, pharmaceutical, OTC, personal-care, food, chemical, or other regulated manufacturing environments is desirable not essential.
• Experience developing or managing master production schedules in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing capacity planning and production workflows.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems.
• Advanced Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Ability to analyze large amounts of operational data and convert it into actionable production plans.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to identify conflicts and risks well in advance and drive resolution across departments.

Skills

Required

• Advanced Excel and data-analysis skills

Benefits

• $115,000–$125,000 annually, based on experience, skills, and qualifications.