Plant Scheduling Coordinator

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Plant Scheduling Coordinator

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Plant Scheduling Coordinator to join our (Ashland LLC, Specialty ingredients G.P.

business at our Hopewell, VA facility (this could be a Hybrid role) .

This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Logistics function.

This position will report to Logistics Manager .

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:


* Key responsibilities associated with the S&OP process at the manufacturing level include maintaining a collaborative relationship with senior stakeholders.


* Develop and manage production schedules for finished goods and sub-assemblies, ensuring alignment with demand, capacity, and business priorities.


* Responsible for ensuring accuracy of material consumptions, adequate inventories of raw materials, and executing routine cycle counting and process order reconciliation.


* Effectively communicate with operations and site supporting functions, including corporate partners.


* Maintain proper inventory and production records to ensure SOX compliance.


* Advise leadership and support staff of any issues pertaining to assignment completion.


* Participate in planning, production, and safety meetings.



* Actively contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing on goals, and focusing on performance and safety


* Improve the organization's capacity and capabilities through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent, and utilizing positive communications and influence with others

What This Role Is Not:


* Not a management position - while you will collaborate with other team members, this is an individual contributor role with no direct reports


* Not an entry- level position - we need a candidate to hit the ground running with solid experience and a background to prove it

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:


* Associates Degree in Business, or another technical field.


* 2-4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, or another relevant industry.



* Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times


* The ability to help the company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions--creating the new and different


* Ability to make decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information under tight deadlines and pressure.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business ...