Master Production Scheduler – Gemonio

Job Title: Master Production Scheduler – Gemonio

Reporting to: Manager Production Planning EMEA ANZ

Location: Gemonio, Italy – on site 5 days a week

Employment: Permanent

Come build something that matters.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

As a Master Production Scheduler at Stanley Black & Decker in Gemonio, you will oversee finished goods production planning to ensure factory schedules align with customer demand. Key responsibilities include managing supply processes to achieve high fill rates (95%+), minimizing backlog, and supporting operational and financial targets through capacity analysis and inventory management. The role requires strong understanding of supply chain complexity and the ability to adjust production to meet customer needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Planning

• Develop and implement effective production plans that are aligned with the production team to maximize factory efficiencies and labour utilisation in order to meet customer demand.
• Coordinate and work with production teams to establish and monitor the production schedule in terms of quality, cost and delivery within the operations to ensure 95+% on-time delivery and proactively identify issues.
• Liaise with the production planner to issue work orders in a timely and accurate manner to the production teams.

ERP System Management

• Retain in-depth knowledge of production planning within the ERP system (SAP) linked to the planning tool (JDA). Understand the process of loading and changing these systems, recognizing the impact on MPR and Material Planner’s schedules & requirements.
• Coordinate the link between SAP and JDA to maximize customer service levels, ensuring high fill rates % and supply mix attainment while manage the plan for efficiencies & costs.
• Reconcile make-to-order and direct delivery requirements in SAP and JDA for customer Demand. Provide feedback to those customers on Inventory, capacity and lead-time.
• Establish and implement methods and best practices related to the planning systems and processes.

Cross- Functional Collaboration, Communication & Coordination

• Participate as a member of the operations team in making cross-functional operational decisions.
• Maintain open dialogue with other management teams to coordinate activities and improve performance and productivity targets
• Act as a liaison between material planners, customers, and the production team as well as other departments within the company.
• Liaise with the planning & supply teams on supply & demand issues related to the factory operations

Problem Resolution & Continuous Improvement

• Work directly with factory production and planning teams to resolve scheduling issues.
• Track, record, and report on plan deviations through root cause analysis to drive improved plan adherence and control.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or related field
• Proven experience in Supply Chain or related field
• Must have experience or desire to learn:MS Office Access and Excel, Excel VBA is a plus SAP,PowerBI,Business Warehouse
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, and Italian
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Highly motivated with proven ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to multi task with strong attention to detail

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn’t stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks

You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

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