Production Scheduler
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States · Posted 20 days agoDescription
The Role
Production Scheduler owns the day-to-day and week-to-week production schedule. This role turns demand and supply plans into real, executable schedules while balancing labor, materials, inventory, quality, safety, and compliance. You’ll be working with a high number of SKUs, changing priorities, and real-world constraints. We’re looking for someone who can think ahead, stay flexible, and roll up their sleeves when things don’t go to plan.
This role is critical to minimizing inventory risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enabling profitable growth. The Production Scheduler serves as the central decision-maker for production sequencing, acting as the connective tissue between Sales, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Operations, Quality, and Compliance.
Responsibilities
- Production Scheduling & Execution
- Own and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) across all product categories.
- Convert monthly production plans into detailed weekly and daily schedules by department and process.
- Sequence production to optimize throughput, minimize changeovers, and protect quality outcomes.
- Continuously adjust schedules based on:
- Demand changes
- Labor availability
- Material constraints
- QA release timing
- Regulatory limitations
- Establish and maintain routings, run rates, batch sizes, and standard hours for all unit operations.
- Balance line loading across departments and shifts, including overtime planning and resource reallocation.
- Cannabis Regulatory & Compliance Scheduling
- Integrate state and company regulatory requirements into all production schedules, including:
- Batch size limits
- Lot and genealogy dependencies
- Mandatory QA hold and testing timelines
- Quarantine and remediation scenarios
- Coordinate production timing with state traceability systems (e.g., METRC or equivalent).
- Schedule production around:
- State inspections and audits
- Reporting deadlines
- Compliance-driven process constraints
- Proactively identify and mitigate compliance risks related to production timing or sequencing.
- Integrate state and company regulatory requirements into all production schedules, including:
- Inventory & Material Planning
- Monitor and manage WIP and Finished Goods inventory to align with shipment velocity and sales forecasts.
- Build and maintain input allocations based on:
- Inventory availability
- Demand priorities
- Shelf-life considerations
- Confirm material readiness prior to schedule release and escalate shortages or risks compared to 90-day inventory schedule plan.
- Partner with Inventory and Finance teams to ensure reconciliation between AFS (available-for-sale) and state systems
- Demand, Supply & Tradeoff Decisions
- Review demand forecasts and call out when plans don’t match capacity or constraints.
- Help leadership understand the tradeoffs between:
- SLA (Service Level Agreement)
- Inventory
- Labor cost
- Compliance risk
- Participate in S&OP / planning conversations as the voice of production reality.
- Own schedule changes and escalation when plans break.
- Labor & Capacity Planning
- Build and maintain capacity models by department and process.
- Identify bottlenecks and work with Operations to improve flow.
- Use historical performance to improve schedule accuracy and labor planning.
- Help translate staffing plans into executable schedules.
- Quality & Release Timing
- Coordinate schedules with QA for:
- Sampling
- Testing turnaround
- Release timing
- Adjust production plans when quality outcomes change.
- Support continuous improvement tied to yield, quality, and efficiency.
- Coordinate schedules with QA for:
- Systems, Data & KPIs
- Act as a key owner of scheduling-related systems, including ERP, traceability, and reporting tools.
- Maintain clean, accurate scheduling data across systems.
- Track and report key metrics such as:
- Schedule adherence
- Plan attainment
- Inventory accuracy
- Changeover efficiency
- Production efficiency impacts
- Labor Utilization
- Use data to spot issues early and drive improvements.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a production environment as a Production Supervisor or similar supply chain and procurement experience.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook). Tableau & State Tracking systems (METRC, Biotrack, & MJ Freeway) a plus.
- Initiative-taking, self-directed, innovative, and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness.
- Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills with commitment to quality work.
- High attention to details and due diligence.
- Adapts and thrives in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
- Superior communication and people skills (verbal, non-verbal, written), with the ability to build relationships at all levels, both internally and externally.
- Understands and complies with the state and local rules and regulations, and internal policies and procedures of Green Thumb.
- Consistently operates with an elevated level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information.
- Ability to anticipate needs, find alternative solutions and be proactive in achieving desired outcomes.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
Additional Requirements
- Must pass all required background checks
- Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry
- Must possess valid driver’s license
- Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
At Green Thumb, we believe that our corporate community should be a reflection of the communities we serve. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity across race, sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, experience, and thought—not only because it is right, but because it makes us better. Our mission—the right to wellness—informs our commitment to champion economic opportunities in communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs through employment and community involvement. Green Thumb is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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