Production Control Coordinator

Ford; Ypsilanti (MI); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program for employees

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in the United States (Ypsilanti, MI) is seeking a materials planning professional to prepare daily and weekly production schedules for final, sub-assembly, and machining operations. You will use the CMMS Inventory Management System to schedule assembly lines and communicate with customers, monitor VO shipments, and support changes to orders as needed.

The role requires at least a high school diploma and 1+ years in manufacturing, with ERP experience, strong analytical skills,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Material Planning or related field.
• Strong analytical skills and quick decision-making ability.
• Experience in manufacturing environment with ERP systems.
• Proven communication with plant personnel, carriers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Produce daily and weekly production schedules for final, sub-assembly and machining.
• Use CMMS Inventory Management System to schedule assembly lines and communicate with customers.
• Follow up on VO shipments and distributions daily.
• Support final balance outs and running changes to customers.
• Track daily shipping status and daily parts follow-up.
• Coordinate shipments with local suppliers and warehouses.
• Verify and correct shipping transactions and monitor production counts.
• Provide MP&L team with daily line-ups.
• Assist with cycle counts and inventory balance reconciliation.
• Respond to schedule changes and quality issues.
• Back up MP&L salaried personnel as required.

Job description

In this position...

In this role you will produce the daily and weekly production schedules for final, sub-assembly and machining (Volume/Mix/Sequence) and utilize the Common Material Management System (CMMS) Inventory Management System to schedule assembly lines and to communicate to customers

What you'll do...

• Produce the daily and weekly production schedules for final, sub-assembly and machining (Volume/Mix/Sequence)
• Utilize the Common Material Management System (CMMS) Inventory Management System to schedule assembly lines
• Follow up on VO shipments and distributions daily
• Support final balance outs and running changes to customers
• Track daily shipping status, daily parts follow-up and min/max reporting to support production schedule
• Coordinate shipments to and from local suppliers / warehouses
• Correct shipping transactions and monitor/validate production counts and scrap transactions
• Provide MP&L team with daily line-ups
• Coordinate special cycle counts to assure actual physical inventory balances match inventory records
• Assist with plant cycle schedule and count confirmation
• Respond to VO/PTO schedule changes, react to quality, shipping, and schedule changes
• Assist in managing bailment activities as the need arises
• Assist in backing up MP&L salaried personnel as required
• Review / follow – up critical supplier parts
• Set up critical supplier conference calls as needed
• Verify / answer promises in Ascent
• Review supplier cumulative disagree report - act if needed
• Monitor and minimize premium freight moves
• Verify no aging ASN's
• Review Daily Production Report (DPR)
• Review aging end-item report
• Review end-item verification report
• Analyze/follow-up on daily negative report
• Review service status - as needed
• Attend all scheduled conference calls and meetings

You'll have...

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Material Planning and Logistics, Business, Engineering, Manufacturing or Packaging
• Proven track record of successfully interacting with plant hourly and salaried personnel, logistic carriers, and production suppliers
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• One or more years’ experience with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint)
• Prior experience utilizing ERP systems
• Prior experience with data analytics tools preferred
• Strong analytical skills and quick decision-making capability
• Validated ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Experience in Material Planning and Logistics experience desired
• Self-starter, with a history of working under tight deadlines

Even better, you may have...

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company.

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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