Roster Creation Specialist

Job Summary

We’re looking for someone to support the Operations Team with production planning and scheduling tasks along with various administrative tasks. If you have strong Excel and admin. skills and a desire to gain in depth knowledge of production planning and scheduling in a complex manufacturing environment, this is an opportunity to take your career to the next level.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide daily and weekly forecasted volume reports to Production team
• Create and maintain Master Production Schedule
• Manage and maintain tools and information flow to allow efficient planning and execution according to the Master Production Schedule
• Various office administration duties including, but not limited to:

• Managing Uniform program
• Managing security pass program
• Validating worked hours reported from payroll system
• Maintain unit OPRS (Operations Planning and Reporting System) for both unit level and corporate review Develop and support VPS (Variable Production Schedule) tools to aid in production planning Track and validate labour standards for production processes

Qualifications:

Education:

• High School graduate or equivalent; some college preferred

Work Experience:

• At least 2 years’ work experience in areas related to operations administration and operational planning

Technical Skills:

• Any resource planning & scheduling related accreditations an asset

Job Skills/Key Criteria:

• Advanced Excel skills up to and including, complex formulas, Power query and VBA
• Experience with production planning and scheduling
• Good communication skills, written and oral.
• Well organized with good Admin skills
• Ability to work well within a team with multiple stakeholders

Work Environment / Requirements of the Job: Primarily an office environment with some time spent on the production floor.

Travel: Minimal

Successful candidate will be required to pass criminal and Transport Canada background checks.

gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.