Cascade Maverik: Production Scheduling Associate

Do you have what it takes to win? 

Like a championship team, a leading global sports brand is built with a solid foundation of players at all levels who have an unending desire and dedication not only to succeed, but also to win. At Cascade Maverik, our championship team is deeply committed to developing the most innovative sports equipment in the industry and we are always looking to strengthen our roster with talented players. Since 1986, Cascade has prided itself on building and delivering high performance game-changing headgear, manufactured in the USA. Maverik, founded in 2005 by All-World professional lacrosse players, is a leading lacrosse manufacturer of heads, shafts, complete sticks, protective gear, and accessories.  

 Want to join our team as a Production Scheduling Associate? 

The Production Scheduling Associate will report work alongside and coordinating with the Production Supervisors and the supply team to schedule, coordinate daily workload for product to flow through production, maintain on time shipping and stock levels, work with customer service for any and all sales orders that must be completed, and notify the Production Supervisor when current workload exceeds capacity. This position will also assist in cycle counting of inventory.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities: 

• Schedules production processes and resources in a manner that minimizes company costs.
• Receives, reviews, and prioritizes orders to determine how the facility’s resources, machines, materials, and people will be utilized to produce and deliver on time.
• Monitors production schedule in order to understand and communicate variances and provide assessments to mitigate variances.
• Maintains thorough understanding of assembly processes, machines, equipment, materials, technologies, and business operations.
• Performs weekly cycle counting with guidance from Supply Team
• Work with Supply Chain team for tracking and Investigating Out with inventory
• Coordinates effectively with supply chain, customer service, and operations as necessary to ensure a viable schedule, escalating sensitive and urgent matters to appropriate personnel.
• Works closely with manufacturing to schedule production activities and resources.
• Optimizes downtime by participating in cross training and seeking tasks outside of regular responsibilities to support other areas of production.
• Participates in continuous improvement, safety, health & wellness initiatives and programs.
• Performs administrative and data entry responsibilities, as required.

 Qualifications: 

• Requires at least (1) one year experience in a similar role in a manufacturing environment and a High School diploma or equivalent.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and both written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable operating motorized industrial vehicles.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office programs- Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Experience with SAP system preferred.
• Must be comfortable learning new software programs.
• Effective problem solver who is able to analyze problems, generate options and choose course of action.
• Must be a good problem solver, decision maker and understand how the Company makes its product.
• Must be able to work overtime as necessary.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands: 

Physical surroundings are typical of a manufacturing assembly-line environment.

• Remaining in a stationary position up to 7 hours out of 8 hours per day.
• Must be able to transport and maneuver materials weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Frequently operating a computer, mouse, and keyboard.
• Must be able to operate industrial powered vehicles. 

Interested yet? Good. Us too. We're pretty sure you'll want to know we offer one of the most generous benefits packages around. Things like a retirement plan, casual work environment, summer hours, and a host of other perks we don't have room to mention here.  

We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and are an equal opportunity employer.