Associate Director - Master Scheduling

Associate Director - Master Scheduling Milacron India ROLE SNAPSHOT

Function

Master Scheduling - Material & Production Planning, Logistics & SIOP

Reports To

Sr. Director of Operations / Manufacturing

Direct Reports

SIOP │ Material Planning │ Production Planning & Control │ Logistics (Inbound/Outbound, Import/Export) │ Stores (RM/FG).

Location

Ahmedabad

Role Type

Full-time, Senior Leadership

ROLE PURPOSE The Master Scheduling function leads the integrated planning and scheduling backbone of the Injection Molding Machine manufacturing business. This role ensures synchronization across Material Planning, Production Planning & Control, Inbound/Outbound Logistics, Stores, and SIOP, driving operational efficiency, cost optimization, and customer delivery performance. The position institutionalizes demand-supply balancing, ERP/MRP discipline, and logistics governance, converting business forecasts into executable production schedules and supply chain flows across geographies. The function serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Leadership and Policy

Design standard operating procedures, best practices, and frameworks for the entire scheduling department. Align long-term operational goals with business objectives and financial targets. Lead, mentors, and evaluate a team of schedulers, planners, and coordinators.

Master Production Schedule (MPS) Oversight

Directs the creation and maintenance of the high-level Master Production Schedule (MPS) over medium-to-long-range horizons. Balance demand and capacity. Evaluate the sales forecasts against facility, labour, and machine capacity to ensure realistic output. Risk management: Identify supply chain bottlenecks or resource shortages and run what-if scenarios to resolve conflicts

Material Planning

Own material requirement planning aligned with production schedules. Implement and operate lean practices like VMI, JIT, ROP and Kanban to maintain optimal stock. Ensure timely procurement and availability of raw materials, components, and consumables. Provide rolling forecast to suppliers. Collaborate with supply chain team for import/export compliance and lead-time optimization. Decide and update safety stocks, Long lead time parts and Inventory control.