About Arcadium Lithium: We are change-makers, joining forces to drive progress. A world enabled by the critical mineral, Lithium - the elemental source powering modern life and our global transition to clean energy.
For decades, we’ve grown alongside and collaborated with our people, our customers, and communities. Pioneering, collaborating, and evolving Together. From the birth of the first lithium-ion battery to the breakthrough lithium advancements that have followed. We've helped lead the change, powering the future of lithium innovation. Our growth continues to be strategic, expansive, and sustainable. With a wealth of premier lithium resources spread across the world in key locations. We can reliably, safely, and responsibly provide the resources to meet the diverse needs of our customers. No matter where they are.
No matter the challenge. It's all about delivering on the high expectation for quality, performance, and sustainability. And our duty goes even further. It includes everyone on the planet using a lithium-powered device or vehicle. Every battery charged. Every device powered. Every lithium application utilized. Underscoring our commitment to quality, collaboration, and our shared vision of powering a more sustainable future for everyone. Arcadium Lithium is more than just a company. It's a promise, and a commitment by our people. To act ethically and responsibly, ensuring that our legacy is one of positive impact and lasting change.
Position Summary
: This role will be responsible for setting a detailed production schedule to meet forecast, orders, and inventory targets as economically as possible aligned with the S&OP plan. The plant scheduler will be responsible for ensuring the necessary raw materials and packaging materials are available to meet the production schedule. This role will be responsible for coordinating material availability for outbound shipments and internal downstream requirements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Generate achievable daily/weekly production schedule by working with Area Manager(s) to understand supply capacities, capabilities and constraints
- Clearly communicate priorities to Plant Management, in alignment with Global Supply Chain
- Develop and manage raw material and packaging requirements schedule, accountable for setting key raw material and packaging inventory targets
- Ensure production accounting process accurately reflects production volumes and material usages by providing support and guidance to production personnel as necessary
- Drive inventory control and accuracy for raw materials and finished goods in line with agreed KPI targets
- Coordinate management of out-of-spec inventory and reduction of slow-moving or obsolete goods
- Coordinate inter-plant transfers with other site planners
- Manage achievable shipping schedule of finished goods, and provide feedback to demand planning to improve accuracy of the demand forecast
- Responsible for attending Pre-Supply Review Meetings to provide plant input into the S&OP process to ensure consistent planning across the division in line with agreed KPI targets
- Effectively communicate and escalate supply risks and impacts to demand/inventory targets to Global Supply Chain in a timely manner
- Continually and deliberately identify and implement improvements in works systems, processes and personal development and as assigned in the achievement of department KPI targets
- Actively utilize SAP MRP to understand requirements to generate purchase requisitions and production orders
- Ensure SAP master data (material master, bill-of-materials, recipe/routings) and transactional data accuracy
- Adhere to site and department process and system requirements (SIMS, CPAR, Customer Complaints, QSA, MOC, etc.) and issue reports as needed
- Contribute to site-wide safety, health, and environmental performance through stewardship and adherence to all policies and procedures and participate in all related site programs and projects, including Responsible Care
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, engineering, supply chain or related field
- Minimum 5 years working in a manufacturing environment, with at least 2 years of planning experience
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
- In depth knowledge of safety and a safety mindset
- Demonstrated knowledge of MRP, materials management, inventory management, production scheduling
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and SAP ERP System
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and task completion dates, strong time management
- Ability to work independently and must have strong follow-up, organization and interpersonal skills to deal with all levels of employees
- Detail, deadline and customer service oriented, with the ability to integrate information in order to accurately understand and apply to an overall procedure and/or process
- Creative thinker with good problem-solving skills
Safety Requirements: (position and location specific)
All employees are expected to carry out their work functions in a healthy and safe manner, to encourage and support safe work practices at all times, and to report and/or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately.
Physical Demands: (position and location specific)
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to [10] pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Work Environment: (position and location specific)
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Personal Protective Equipment – (position specific)
Must wear PPE as required based on job duties or when traveling to locations where PPE is essential.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. ARCADIUM LITHIUM employs people across a broad range of occupations in locations across the world. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets.
Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career. ARCADIUM LITHIUM is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MFDV and supports a drug free workplace.
