ACARA Jobs
Sr. Master Scheduler (Aerospace)
Apply- ID: 555750
- Posted: 12/3/2025
- Location: Auburn, CA
- Category: LI - Manufacturing
- Job Type: Direct Placement
- Duration: Direct Placement
Description
Acara Solutions has been providing aerospace firms throughout the U.S. with our staffing services for over 65 years. Our Sacramento, CA region international aerospace client (metal machine shop) is looking for a Sr. Master Scheduler to join their organization onsite as a salaried direct employee. Relocation assistance available. The salary range is $102K - $130K.
This position is expected to work 45 hours / week and possibly more until current work load is caught up.
The Sr Master Scheduler will lead and continuously improve upon the company's Sales, Operations and Inventory Planning (SIOP) process with the critical objectives to consistently meet or exceed forecast accuracy, inventory turnover, and on-time-delivery (OTD) to Business Model lead-times targets for assigned product lines.
Product Line Inventory Strategy Development
- Lead cross-functional development of MFG Models / Plans for Every Part (PFEP's) to achieve Market Winning lead-times for assigned product lines and regions
- Monitor sites execution of the PFEP's to ensure on-going compliance
- Leverage SIOP data, Win/Loss Analysis and direct interactions with the site and business lines teams to ensure the PFEP is optimally achieving Business Model lead-times and planned inventory turnover and work cross-functionally to identify and make PFEP changes as required to meet objectives
Demand Management
- Work with Sales and Marketing to capture, document and adjust the forecast to reflect changes in demand patterns due to market dynamics, new product launches, large project buys, etc.
- Constrain the Forecast and Shape Demand in alignment with sales and marketing efforts, supply chain capabilities, capacities, and lead-times
- Analyze, identify gaps and recommend/implement solutions for External & Internal Sales Forecasting methodologies, tools and processes to ensure the smallest variability gap achievable between projections and actuals for the planning horizon
Supply Chain Alignment
- Analyze, identify gaps and recommend/implement solutions to ensure material and capacity plans are effectively aligned to actual/forecasted demand and that key business objectives/KPI (customer on-time delivery to business model lead-time, inventory turns and operations variable costs, etc.) will be achieved
- Lead SIOP Processes for assigned Sites
- Identify and communicate risks and opportunities related to the backlog, sales plan, capacity and supply chain
- Determine if site's PFEP's need resizing, perform resizing and update all applicable Material Replenishment systems (MRS)
- Monitor site's on-going execution of it MRS execution through daily board walks, exception reports and periodic formal MRS audits
- Establish clear and effective controls and communication among all nodes in the supply chain ensuring that sales forecast information is flowing seamlessly and timely throughout Company Energy Flow Solutions and its supply base
- Assist in product line value stream linkage initiatives and the development of marketing and supply chain strategies, policies, and objectives
Identify and implement effective solutions to close identified business, process and performance gaps whose benefits exceed costs and can be realistically implemented and sustained.
Develop, maintain and communicate planning & metrics of actual vs. planned performance, SIOP Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), monitor compliance to policy and report occurrences of deviation to policy.
Audit processes, tools and performance as required to ensure compliance and/or need for modification.
Job Requirements
Required Skills / Qualifications:
Min 5 years of experience in forecasting/demand planning or statistical/business analysis in a manufacturing environment; Experience with Lean Manufacturing, kanban and value stream management. Including:
- Experience with multi-layer BOMS (4-layers)- complex assemblies
- Long-term production schedule 3-4 months in advance rather than a couple of weeks
- Analytical skills and ideally experience with Power BI, Excel Pivot Tables and v-lookups (the position is very analytical - analyze capacity model to determine if they can take orders and if so delivery dates)
Min 5 years in industrial manufacturing (e.g., PCB, aerospace or medical device)
Min 3 years of ERP experience (they use Shopkeeper)
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of Sales Inventory & Operations Planning best practices
- Includes a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Access, and Project
This is an ITAR facility, U.S. Persons required.
Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
Bachelor's/MS/MBA
CPIM and CSCP certifications are highly desired.
Machine shop background
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.