Production Scheduler

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

As a Production Scheduler, you will play a key role in ensuring the efficient and timely flow of materials and products within the FSR EOE business, focusing on Izegem (BE) and Château Gontier (FR). You will be responsible for preparing, issuing, and managing detailed production schedules and material requirements to meet operational and customer demands. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Sales, Customer Service, Operations, Warehouse Teams, and External Suppliers to develop and maintain accurate production and raw material plans. Additionally, you will provide essential support to the Master Planning Team, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the supply chain and production planning processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Create, maintain and update the production schedule for several production locations, multiple production lines based on forecast and customer demand
• Expedite workflow and coordinate changes in schedules.
• Assist in setting master production planning, material requirements planning and production scheduling metrics targets.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Professional working proficiency in English and Dutch (minimum B2)
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain planning

Key Behaviors

• Hold self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Develop and deliver multimode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Skills and experiences to be gained

• Experience conducting moderately complex scheduling activities.
• Experience managing production scheduling activities for multiple product lines or sites with medium impact on working capital.

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

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