Production Control Coordinator - Afternoon Shift

Production Control Coordinator 

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

In this position....

The material control position is responsible for production schedules, product shipments and point of contact for all customer assembly plants. The ideal candidate would need to be: 

• Resilient

• Detail oriented

• Ambitious

• Demonstrate high integrity

What you'll do...

• Produce the daily and weekly production schedules for blankers, presslines and sub-assemblies (Volume/Mix/Sequence)

• Utilize the Common Material Management System (CMMS) Inventory Management System to schedule all lines and to communicate to plant management Production and shipping intentions

• Follow up on customer shipments and distributions daily

• Support final balance outs and running changes to customers

• Track daily shipping status, daily parts follow-up and min/max reporting to support production schedule

• Coordinate shipments to and from all suppliers / warehouses

• Correct shipping transactions and monitor/validate production counts and scrap transactions

• Provide MP&L and production team with daily line-ups

• Perform cycle count analysis and control CMMS cycle entry

• Coordinate special counts to assure actual physical inventory balances match inventory records

• Assist with plant cycle schedule and count confirmation

• Respond to VO/PTO schedule changes, react to quality, shipping, and schedule changes

• Assist in managing bailment activities as the need arises

• Assist in backing up MP&L salaried personnel as required

• Work afternoon shift with weekends as need

Scheduling

• Ability to schedule multiple press lines.

• Ability to schedule multiple blanker and auto shear lines.

• Ability to schedule multiple AP Prog Presses.

• Ability to schedule multiple assembly lines.

• Attend daily production meetings and advise management on production schedules.

• Involved with daily rail carload plans.

Distribution. 

• Advanced knowledge of customer shipping plan. 

• Develop JIT window shipping times.

• Develop and maintain customer product releases.

• Experience with product billing and transaction resolution.

Inventory verification 

• Knowledge of cycle process, inventory performance and data. 

• Negative balance reconciliation. 

• Engineering change administration.

• Supplier and customer release integration.

• Production resource actions.

• Set up material processing orders.

• Bailment and consignment knowledge.

Metal / Aluminum Analyst

• Raw Material Ordering

• Raw Material Receiving

• Raw Material Disbursement                                                                                                              

• Sheet 3 – metal specification liaison

• 2066 – metal specification creation

• Aluminum scrap processing

You'll have...

• High School Diploma / GED

• 2 years automotive manufacturing / stamping experience.

• CMMS experience.

• Experience in production scheduling and distribution.

• Strong communication and ability to work with production teams.

• Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook etc.

• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

• Knowledge of Bill of Material interpretation.

• Experience with inventory process flow. 

• Experience with Cycles and Inventory Verification Program.

Required Behaviors

• Outstanding, interpersonal teambuilding and communication skills.

• Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others. 

• Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a cu