Production Manager - Planning PMO; Electrode

Overview

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Production Manager - Planning PMO? Then we're looking for you! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world‑class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision.

Leads and delivers Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (SQCDP) performance for Production Manager – Planning & PMO across PECNA Operations. Expected to serve as a leader who 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.

Personal Safety is imperative and the mandate of Quality is the foundation of everything we do—neither will be compromised under any circumstances.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Ensures all planning and project decisions maintain non‑negotiable standards for Personal Safety and Quality.
• Maintains audit‑ready documentation and change tracking for projects impacting SOPs and process controls.

• 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.

• Minimal travel as required for business needs.

• May include full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related technical field. Relevant work experience may be substituted for required education.
• 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Ability to manage issue/action systems with accountability and facilitate cross‑functional follow‑up.

Preferred

• Project management certification (PMP or equivalent).
• Experience supporting high‑volume operations with frequent plan changes and multi‑process dependencies.

Physical

Activities:

Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to:

• Sit: 10%
• Walk: 50%
• Stand: 40%

Required Lifting and Carrying: Rare (