What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Production Control Manager position at Vibrantz Technologies?
About Vibrantz Technologies
Vibrantz Technologies (“Vibrantz” or “Company”) is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose. Serving customers globally, our innovations are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications to enhance the hue, functionality, safety and environmental footprint of everyday consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable benefits like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 60 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents and employs roughly 4,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship, and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages employees’ heads, hands and - uniquely - their hearts.
Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.
For more information, please visit
www.vibrantz.com
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Job Function
Join our dynamic team as a Regional Production Control Manager, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of materials from receiving to production. You'll develop and manage raw material and scheduling requirements, coordinate with purchasing, warehouse, and production teams, and utilize Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems to optimize processes. Your expertise will help us maintain inventory control and negotiate lead times with suppliers to ensure timely deliveries.
As the Regional Production Control Manager, you'll supervise and mentor a talented group of employees, setting goals and objectives to drive operational success. You'll tackle moderately challenging problems and ensure that policies, practices, and procedures are well understood and followed by your team, customers, and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Fosters a positive workplace environment consistent with the values and mission outlined by the corporation; manages short and long-term planning activities of the planning and scheduling departments for North America’s sites.
- Develop realistic, capacity feasible, monthly production plans that cover the full S&OP horizon based on the demand forecast, customer orders, current inventory, and stock Strategies for Color Solutions – North America
- Guide the production schedulers such that the production schedule follows and aligns exactly with the with the production plan within the planning time fence in the freeze zone.
- Develop and maintain interplant replenishment plans and raw material requirement plans that support production plans and customer demand in collaboration with the procurement department.
- Coach and set expectations for schedulers to respond to customer order availability requests with realistic commitment dates based on available capacity, previous commitments, and raw material availability.
- Manage and lead the plants pre-S&OP process, including coordination of the monthly pre-S&OP meeting, translating demand into a production plan.
- Assemble inventory forecasts to create an accurate working capital forecast.
- Manage inventory against targets and analyze changes to inventory month to month. Lead the monthly slow moving and aged inventory reduction processes.
- Manage production planning related master data in the supply chain systems, including stock strategies, safety stock targets, and capacity parameters working in conjunction with Demand Managers, Production Managers and Schedulers.
- In conjunction with Demand Management, resolve and implement any demand priority decisions when supply cannot meet all demands.
- Follow globally developed standard supply chain work processes and best practices.
- Lead Supply Chain improvements projects in cooperation with Plant Managers and production teams.
Required Qualifications
- 7 years relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Thorough knowledge of MRP and/or APICS supply chain processes.
- Demonstrated strong communication and leadership skills and exercise good judgment.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Proficient with MS Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Business or a related field.
- Thorough knowledge with SAP or a similar ERP system
Travel Requirements: 20%
Location
Ashtabula, OH
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