Production Manager - Planning PMO; Assembly

Overview

Production Manager – Planning PMO sought to lead SQCDP performance for PECNA Operations. The role emphasizes end-to-end supply chain accountability, inventory control, and WIP management, with a focus on safety and quality.

• Leads and delivers Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (SQCDP) performance for Production Manager – Planning & PMO across PECNA Operations.
• Sets clear expectations, holds people accountable, removes barriers, and inspects what you expect with courtesy and respect.
• Ensures end-to-end supply chain value-stream accountability by collaborating upstream and downstream to maintain proper inventory control levels and healthy WIP.
• Functional Leadership & Operations:
  Coordinates production planning with Supply Chain to translate ERP plans into an executable shop-floor plan across operations departments; ensures plans are visible, understood, and executable; manages plan changes and performance reporting discipline; facilitates escalation of cross-functional constraints and drives follow-up until closure.
• Strategic Alignment & Continuous Improvement:
  Provides embedded PMO support to accelerate delivery of operational priorities (constraint removal, readiness, and stability); tracks milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision needs; ensures governance triggers are used when schedules slip.
• Team Development & Knowledge Sharing:
  Reinforces expectation-setting, accountability, and disciplined follow-up through standard work and cadence; develops planners and coordinators on data discipline, communication, and project execution fundamentals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:
  Partners with production, maintenance, engineering, and quality to align readiness, SOP updates, and handover requirements; ensures upstream/downstream communication of constraints to protect inventory/WIP and delivery.
• Quality, Safety, Compliance, &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Maintains non-negotiable standards for Personal Safety and Quality in all planning and project decisions; maintains audit-ready documentation and change tracking for projects impacting SOPs and process controls.
• Supervisory Responsibilities:
  
  Leads planners / PMO coordinators as assigned; owns the issue/action governance system for operational projects and constraints; maintains the centralized issue/action repository with owners, due dates, and closure evidence.
• Travel Requirement:
  Minimal travel as required for business needs.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements: PPE may include items such as a Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and hazmat suit with respirator as needed for health and safety in the workplace.

• Education, Certifications, and Licenses:
  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related technical field. Relevant work experience may be substituted for required education.
• Preferred:
  Project management certification (PMP or equivalent).
• Essential
  
  Qualifications:
  
  5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience; ability to manage issue/action systems with accountability and facilitate cross-functional follow-up.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  Experience supporting high-volume operations with frequent plan changes and multi-process dependencies.

• Sit 10%;
  Walk 50%;
  Stand 40% (as part of normal workday activities).
• Required Frequencies for lifting:
  Up to 10 lbs Continuous;
  Up to 20 lbs Frequent;
  Up to 35 lbs Frequent;
  Team-lift over 35 lbs Occasional.

Pre-employment drug testing is required. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation. We may respond to candidates of interest due to high application volume. Valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction is required.