Production Control Manager

Leco - St. Joseph, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

St. Joseph, MI

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

LECO Corporation, a leader in the development and production of world-class laboratory instruments, is seeking a skilled and professional team leader for the Production Control Department. This full-time position is based in St. Joseph, Michigan, and involves planning, scheduling, and inventory control across multiple departments. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in production control and supply chain management, with a minimum of 4 years of supervisory experience and at least 3 years of experience in planning, scheduling, and inventory control. The role requires a proactive approach to leadership, focusing on daily task execution, prioritization, continuous improvement, and goal attainment. In this position, the Production Control Manager will be responsible for removing roadblocks and troubleshooting material flow problems in both systems and processes. The manager will investigate the causes of critical material shortages and schedule delays, initiating actions to ensure that work progresses on schedule. Keeping departments informed about completion dates, material changes, or substitutions, and schedule modifications is crucial. The manager will also develop and improve current planning methodologies, conduct monthly forecast reviews, and implement necessary changes. Monitoring ongoing projects for quality and timeliness, while diverting resources when necessary, is a key responsibility. Additionally, the Production Control Manager will maintain department documentation for work instructions, planning strategies, and system coding of materials. Achieving annual inventory targets in all non-purchased categories is essential, as is the development, coaching, and mentoring of team members. The manager will communicate and assist other departments in scheduling, routing, and material improvement projects, and will investigate, recommend, and implement improvement projects within the department. The role may also require substituting for others in Production Control as needed and generating weekly and monthly reports as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership on daily task execution, prioritization, continuous improvement, and goal attainment.
• Remove roadblocks and troubleshoot material flow problems in both systems and processes.
• Investigate the cause of critical material shortages and schedule delays and initiate action to ensure that work progresses on schedule.
• Keep departments informed about completion dates, material changes or substitutions and schedules modifications.
• Develop/improve current planning methodologies along with monthly forecast review and implementation.
• Monitor ongoing projects for quality and timeliness, diverting resources when necessary.
• Maintain department documentation for work instructions, planning strategies and system coding of materials.
• Responsible for achieving annual inventory targets in all non-purchased categories.
• Develop, coach and mentor team members.
• Communicate and assist other departments in scheduling, routing, and material improvement projects.
• Investigate, recommend, and implement improvement projects within the department.
• Substitute for others in Production Control as required.
• Generate weekly and monthly reporting as required.

Requirements

• 4+ years of supervisory experience.
• 3+ years of experience in planning, scheduling, and inventory control.
• Ability to lead a team covering a wide range of disciplines to meet and exceed goals and objectives.
• Demonstrate full understanding of material flow in a manufacturing environment, bills of materials and inventory control.
• Independent thought, good judgment, problem-solving skills, and ability to prioritize multiple projects.
• Open-minded and team-oriented attitude is required.
• Ability to communicate and present at all levels of the company.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficient computer skills (ORACLE, Excel, etc.).

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• APICS or other Certification is a plus.