Production Control Manager

Job title: Production Control Manager

About the Role The Production Control Manager will lead production planning, scheduling, and fulfillment for the Portland facility, reporting to the General Manager. This senior role owns the end-to-end planning function and ensures alignment with the plant sales plan, financial objectives, and customer expectations, while guiding the planning organization to improve responsiveness and efficiency.

What You'll Do

• Lead and oversee all production planning and scheduling activities to ensure alignment with business objectives, customer requirements, and operational capabilities.
• Manage the integrated master production schedule, ensuring alignment with demand forecasts, capacity constraints, and inventory strategies.
• Direct and develop the planning organization, including a Planning Supervisor and Production Planners, establishing clear priorities, performance expectations, and accountability for results.
• Drive a proactive approach to balancing customer demand with production capabilities, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Provide leadership in resolving complex supply, capacity, and scheduling challenges across manufacturing and supplier networks.
• Oversee capacity planning and resource alignment based on sales forecasts and operational constraints.
• Partner with Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality leadership to optimize lead times, yields, and overall production performance.
• Ensure effective communication with internal and external stakeholders regarding delivery commitments, risks, and recovery plans.
• Establish and maintain inventory strategies that balance customer service levels, working capital targets, and operational efficiency.
• Own and continuously improve production planning processes, systems, and tools to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and responsiveness.
• Strengthen supplier coordination and scheduling processes, including issue resolution, root cause analysis, and performance improvement.

What We're Looking For

• Senior leadership experience in production planning, scheduling, and fulfillment for a manufacturing facility.
• Demonstrated ability to manage an integrated master production schedule aligned with demand forecasts and capacity constraints.
• Experience directing and developing a planning organization (Planning Supervisor and Production Planners).
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality leadership.
• Ability to identify risks to delivery, implement mitigation strategies, and resolve complex supply and capacity challenges.
• Expertise in capacity planning, resource alignment, and supplier coordination to meet customer commitments.
• Excellent communication skills with internal and external stakeholders about delivery commitments, risks, and recovery plans.
• Commitment to continuous improvement of planning processes, systems, and tools and to improving service levels and efficiency.