About the Voith Group
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
Support the Voith Group | Voith Hydro as a
Global Master Scheduler (m/f/d) - Manufacturing Network
Job ID 78056 | worldwide - at any of our global Voith Hydro locations
As Global Master Scheduler, you assume overall responsibility for global workload and capacity management within the Voith Hydro manufacturing network. You ensure realistic delivery commitments and transparent prioritization throughout the entire process from Offer-to-Order (OtO) to Order-to-Cash (OtC), and serve as the central escalation point in case of conflicts between manufacturing sites.
Your tasks
- Analyze and continuously assess global capacities, bottlenecks, and utilization across all manufacturing sites.
- Make binding decisions on global workload distribution (make-where) and prioritization rules in collaboration with Purchasing (make or buy).
- Act as manufacturing partner to Project Management in OtO to ensure realistic delivery dates.
- Provide decision-ready scenarios and transparency for management and escalation meetings.
- Define, enforce, and continuously improve global scheduling standards and Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs).
- Drive ongoing improvement of forecast quality and schedule reliability.
- Monitor and report local capacities, constraints, and risks, including feasibility assessments for OtO requests.
- Implement global workload and prioritization directives locally and partner with Project Management in OtC.
- Identify risks early and initiate appropriate countermeasures.
- Functional reporting line to the Global Head of Manufacturing and close collaboration with key interfaces (Project Management, Scheduling Leaders, Manufacturing Leaders, Supply Chain, Engineering).
- Acts as global owner of manufacturing load and capacity balancing across the network.
Your profile
- Completed university degree in industrial engineering, production, operations, or a comparable field.
- Extensive experience in master scheduling within project-oriented manufacturing environments.
- Strong analytical skills, confident stakeholder management, and a high level of escalation competence.
- Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
- Willingness to work internationally and travel as required (30%).
This position can be filled at any of our global Voith Hydro locations. The remote work policies will adhere to the regulations of the specific location where you are based - this is not a fully remote position.
Apply now via our web portal.
Find more details about the application process.
The Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG | VHZ is looking forward to your application!
Your personal contact
J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG | VZS
Global Business Services HR EMEA
Talent Acquisition Team • Nathalie Schubert • Tel. +49 7321 37 3122
Job ID 78056
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