Production Control Lead — Scheduling, Inventory, SAP

Cesna Recruitment; Missouri; On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Flexible PTO

Sick days

Job summary

Cesna Recruitment is seeking a Production Control Manager to develop and manage production plans and schedules based on customer demand, plant capacity, material availability, equipment, and labor.

You will monitor production performance against plan, manage inventory, and coordinate with Production, Materials, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Logistics, while ensuring SAP, MES, and ERP/MRP data remain accurate to support execution.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling, capacity planning, and inventory control.
• ERP/MRP experience; SAP and MES experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on customer requirements.
• Monitor actual production against plan and adjust schedules as needed.
• Identify capacity constraints, material shortages, equipment issues, and delivery risks.
• Develop recovery plans when production schedules are at risk.
• Communicate production priorities and schedule changes to relevant departments.
• Monitor material availability against production requirements.
• Coordinate material shortages and supplier issues with Materials and Purchasing.
• Monitor WIP and finished goods inventory levels.
• Support inventory reduction while maintaining production continuity.
• Maintain accurate production orders and planning data in SAP, MES, and ERP/MRP systems.
• Verify production quantities, inventory transactions, and production confirmations.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between system data and actual production.
• Monitor customer schedules and delivery requirements.
• Identify potential delivery risks and coordinate corrective actions.
• Monitor KPIs including schedule attainment, WIP, inventory, downtime, shortages, and on-time delivery.
• Support production flow, lead-time, and capacity improvement activities.
• Coordinate production requirements with Production, Materials, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Logistics.
• Support new product launches, engineering changes, planned shutdowns, and production recovery activities.
• Escalate significant production or customer issues to Plant Management.
• Establish work priorities and monitor departmental performance.
• Provide training and cross-training as required.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Capacity planning

Inventory control

ERP/MRP

SAP

MES

Excel

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

SAP

MES

ERP/MRP

Job description

Cesna Recruitment is seeking a Production Control Manager to develop and manage production plans and schedules based on customer demand, plant capacity, material availability, equipment, and labor.

You will monitor production performance against plan, manage inventory, and coordinate with Production, Materials, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Logistics, while ensuring SAP, MES, and ERP/MRP data remain accurate to support execution.