Production Scheduler – Site Supply Chain

Production Scheduler – Site Supply Chain | Production Planning

 

Job Description

A global pharmaceutical organisation is seeking a Production Scheduler – Site Supply Chain to proactively maintain, communicate, and continuously improve short-term production schedules. This role is responsible for ensuring schedules are accurate, achievable, and aligned with labour, asset capacity, and material availability, enabling effective short-term execution of production plans.

You will work closely with Procurement, Production & Development, and Supply Planning teams to resolve scheduling conflicts, optimise production sequencing, and ensure efficient utilisation of facilities, equipment, staff, and materials. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will also generate KPIs and operational metrics to support continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.

 

Essential Requirements

· Proven experience creating, tracking, and maintaining short-term production schedules

· Ability to incorporate cross-functional input to ensure schedules are realistic and aligned with current constraints

· Experience optimising production schedules by balancing demand priorities with efficient resource utilisation

· Ability to drive timely resolution of scheduling conflicts with relevant stakeholders

· Experience maintaining planning and scheduling parameters within planning systems

· Ability to generate KPIs and operational measures to identify trends and support root-cause analysis

· Experience maintaining accurate production schedules and providing data for MRP processes

· Ability to review production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and material requirements

· Experience monitoring production data (volumes, material consumption, quality metrics) to support continuous improvement initiatives

· Strong analytical skills with the ability to define metrics and identify issues through root-cause analysis

· Ability to influence Supply Chain and functional leaders to support production optimisation recommendations

· Competence using production scheduling systems

· Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

· Ability to utilise Business Intelligence systems to extract data and generate reports

· Ability to work independently with minimal day-to-day instruction

· Fluent professional English

 

Preferred Requirements

· German language skills

· Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly and concisely

 

Practicalities

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Visp, Switzerland

Reporting & Autonomy: Operates with limited day-to-day supervision

Key Stakeholders: Procurement; Production & Development Departments; Supply Planner

 

Interested? Send your CV to Miguel Gomes at m.gomes@panda-int.com or call +31 (0)20 2044 502 / +41 (0)44 5514 407 to discuss the opportunity.