What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Control Specialist I - PDC - Production Control position at Fontana?
Position SummaryTo assist Production Control Manager in providing for effective production planning, inventorycontrol and procurement functions including supplier base development to allow for timelydelivery of quality product produced at a competitive cost. Includes supporting activities using Lean manufacturing tools for the Production Control, Purchasing, Inventory Planning, Outside Services, Traffic Management and Warehouse functions.
Position Responsibilities
• Supports goals and procedures to allow for product availability as needed while minimizing raw material WIP and finished goods inventories.• Assists with maintenance of accurate inventory reporting systems.• Assists with the activities of the production control department ensuring efficient production scheduling to meet delivery dates effective monitoring of production and collection of shop floor data.• Ensures raw material blanks and washers are available to meet production requirements.• Works as directed with outside services ensuring customer quality specifications service and price requirements are met.• Assists PC Manager with the divisional purchasing function assuring corporate policies and procedures are followed.• Assists with the development of divisional procedures to facilitate attainment of procurement objectives.• Supports the PC Manager with transportation activities and agreements.• Supports policies relative to carrier selection and freight cost minimization.• Supports and assist PC Manager with procedures to identify production demands that significantly vary from available capacity.• Identify bottlenecks in production flow.• Assist manufacturing, sales and divisional management with capacity requirement evaluations and recommendations.
Education/Experience
HSD or equivalent, Associates degree or higher is preferred
3-5 years experience in a manufacturing environment, fasteners preferred
3-5 years experience working with production planning and inventory control
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Previous MRP software experience
