Production Manager - Inventory Control; Assembly

Position: Production Manager - Inventory Control (Assembly)

Overview

Do you want to join a team that’s changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Production Manager - Inventory Control? Then we’re looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! 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.

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Responsibilities

Production Manager – Inventory Control

Meet the Recruiter:
Jenny Willhoit

Shift: Monday – Friday Day Shift

Department:
Assembly

Job Summary

Leads and delivers Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (SQCDP) performance for Production Manager – Inventory Control 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.

Functional Leadership & Operations

• Owns execution and governance of incoming/outgoing inventory for operations to ensure material availability, inventory accuracy, and compliant transactional discipline.
• Maintains visibility of RAW/WIP/FG positions and validates that inventory status/location controls enable production execution.
• Runs dashboards and early warning triggers (upper/lower limits) to prevent stockouts, excess, or unhealthy WIP.

Strategic Alignment & Continuous Improvement

• Drives discrepancy investigations and corrective actions; documents and sustains countermeasures to prevent recurrence.
• Partners with Finance and Supply Chain to align inventory reporting, reconciliation, and audit readiness.

Team Development & Knowledge Sharing

• Builds capability and accountability for inventory discipline across operations teams and material movement partners.
• Trains stakeholders on inventory control routines, system transactions and escalation triggers.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinates with Receiving/Shipping, Production, Quality (holds) and Supply Chain to ensure inventory integrity and FIFO discipline.
• Collaborates upstream and downstream to ensure smooth value‑stream flow and correct WIP/inventory control levels.

Quality, Safety, Compliance, & Risk Management

• Ensures inventory handling and storage follow safety rules and quality requirements (including holds, segregation, and disposition).
• Ensures all inventory transactions are completed timely and accurately; maintains audit‑ready records.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Leads inventory control analysts/specialists or assigned team members; provides functional leadership to inventory‑related execution partners.
• Owns weekly cycle count execution/governance and discrepancy investigation cadence.

Travel Requirement

Minimal travel as required for business needs.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements

To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

Qualifications Requirements – Required and/or Preferred Required 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

• Master’s degree (MBA or MS) in a related discipline
• Lean Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt or higher)
• OSHA 30‑Hour General Industry certification

Essential Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi‑shift execution and drive plan attainment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated/traceable environments and with cycle count/physical inventory governance.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MES/WMS inventory transactions and documentation discipline.

Physical Demands 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 (