Responsibilities:

• Production Control Mgmt.: Develops and implements the company's production control functions including any of the following activities:
• Co-ordination with customer and commits for the shipment schedules based on production capacity and raw-material availability.
• Manpower and resource planning based on orders, production planning/coordination, shop scheduling and dispatching, material requirements, planning systems, work-in-process tracking, material and labor variance controls, and manufacturing performance reporting.
• Approves quantities, schedules and parts lists provided to the material control organization to ensure timely and complete ordering, as well as receipt and issuance of production material requirements.
• Responsible for planning, reviewing, and developing production procedures and personnel.
• May coordinate activities with materials function using enterprise resource planning systems.
• Maintains reports to reflect scheduling, methods, support performance and process procedures.
• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

• Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals.
• Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies.
• Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s).

Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.

• Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Acts as advisor to subordinate(s) to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems.
• Develops and administers schedules, performance requirements; may have budget responsibilities.
• Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results will add to costs and may impact the short-term goals of the organization.
• Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors, customers, and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or customers and the company.
• Often must lead a cooperative effort among members of a project team. Manages, perhaps through subordinate supervisors, the coordination of the activities of a section or department with responsibility for results, including costs, methods and staffing.
• In some instances this manager may be responsible for a functional area and not have any subordinate employees.

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