Assistant Production Control Manager

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Hours:

100% In-Office | First Shift

Partnering with a growing client in Fairfield, Ohio that’s expanding its Manufacturing team.

Trak group is partnering with a growing automotive manufacturing client seeking an experienced Assistant Production Control Manager to oversee production scheduling, customer order management, inventory coordination, and logistics activities. This position plays a critical role in ensuring manufacturing schedules align with customer demand, material availability, and production capacity while maintaining strong on-time delivery performance. The ideal candidate has a solid background in automotive manufacturing, production planning, inventory control, and supply chain operations, along with the leadership skills to coordinate teams across multiple shifts.

• Develop, monitor, and adjust production schedules based on customer demand, inventory availability, and manufacturing capacity.
• Analyze customer forecasts, releases, inventory levels, and production constraints.
• Coordinate recovery plans to address material shortages, scheduling conflicts, and production disruptions.
• Ensure production schedules support customer delivery requirements and plant objectives.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, and Operations to resolve scheduling and material availability issues.

• Oversee EDI and manual customer order processing activities.
• Ensure accurate communication of customer orders and requirements across departments.
• Coordinate shipping, receiving, carrier activities, and invoicing processes.
• Serve as a primary contact for order status updates, expedites, delivery concerns, and customer service issues.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, carriers, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve order discrepancies, delivery challenges, and logistics concerns.

• Lead and support Production Control personnel across multiple shifts.
• Establish daily priorities, assign responsibilities, and monitor work execution.
• Provide coaching, training, and ongoing performance feedback.
• Participate in recruiting, onboarding, employee development, and performance management.
• Address performance concerns and support corrective action processes.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, and effective communication across shifts.

• Identify opportunities to improve production scheduling, inventory accuracy, order processing, and delivery performance.
• Lead process improvements focused on productivity, cost control, operational efficiency, and data accuracy.
• Track and report key performance indicators, including:
  On-time delivery Inventory performance Order accuracy Analyze performance trends and implement corrective actions when targets are not achieved.
• Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve overall plant performance.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 3–5 years of relevant automotive manufacturing or production control experience.
• Strong knowledge of:
  Production planning and scheduling Inventory control Materials management Supply chain operations Customer order management Logistics and shipping coordination.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems and production scheduling software.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience coordinating employees, assigning priorities, and supporting team performance.
• Ability to analyze forecasts, customer releases, inventory levels, and manufacturing capacity.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling and material availability requirements.
• Experience…