Production Control Manager

Job Summary:

The Production Control Manager (PCM) will manage the production control department in all aspects of planning. 

The PCM will lead the team in planning, organizing, and maintaining the Shop Floor Schedule (SFS).  The SFS is a planned production assembly schedule, in weekly capacity-constrained sections, that is derived from the Master Production Schedule (MPS). The goals for the PCM are production efficiency, velocity, and on-time completion of Shop Operations and Shop Orders to Original Customer Promise (OCP). The PCM will work with the Director of Production Control and the PPM team to maintain the MPS. They will work with that team to ensure plant loading that results in the SFS neither under (passing up capacity) or overloads available capacity (causing late deliveries to OCP).  The PCM also, works together with Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and Material Analysts to ensure plant loading from the SFS takes into consideration material availability.  

The PCM will also identify, analyze, and implement process improvement efforts within the broad framework of manufacturing operations, utilizing established process improvement disciplines and practices.  The PCM will work collaboratively across all departments of the organization to help improve the performance of the manufacturing team.  

 

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills): 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or Engineering or a combination of education and relevant work experience will be considered. 

• 2 years of fulltime work experience leading a planning team or managerial experience

• Experience leading a team or managing others

• 2+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment

• Strong computer software skills, especially Microsoft Word and Excel

• Experienced user in advanced ERP system such as SAP, Oracle or similar - IFS is a plus. Significant experience pulling and analyzing data from ERP systems

• Expert in Excel-based data analysis preferred

• Coordinate and prioritize efforts and requests from other business units, including Production, Assembly, Procurement, Inventory, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Field Service, and Commissioning

• Assist with departmental strategic planning

• Collaborate with management to develop short and long-term continuous improvement milestones. Track and manage these efforts on an ongoing basis

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and career planning goals for individuals to establish an effective and cooperative team environment

• Strong interpersonal capabilities and ability to work cross-functionally with other leaders on issues

• KPI and Metrics reporting 

• Inter departmental communication and collaboration - Supervisory experience is desired  

• Ability to pull teams together to resolve problems and remove barriers that inhibit the on-time shipment of quality products

• Very strong organizational and communication skills 

• Ability to solve difficult coordination problems and provide structure to situations where only limited (or conflicting) information exists

• Proven leadership skills and business acumen - performance driven 

• Demonstrated organizational and communication skills

• Broad strategic thinker, with clear vision and direction of world class change management

• Excellent presentation skills with solid communication capabilities and practices, both oral and written

• Works well in team environment, with sound negotiation and problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal, written, inter-personal communications and relationship skills  

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated ability to act independently and resourcefully to solve problems and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction  

• Strategic and analytical thinking skills.  High attention to detail and process oriented

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervisory responsibilities

• Shop Floor Schedule (SFS) - Drive high accuracy into the SFS for a rolling 4-week period, to ensure plant capacity is effectively utilized to meet aggressive business growth goals.

• Original Customer Promise (OC