Production Control Manager

California Amforge Corp; Azusa (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

California Amforge Corp is seeking a Production Control Manager to oversee tactical planning, scheduling, and material flow across the production process. The role focuses on meeting delivery, quality, and cost objectives while optimizing resources and inventory.

The position emphasizes collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to drive best practices. The ideal candidate has strong leadership, deep production control knowledge, and proven ability to improve processes and performance

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in production, planning, or operations as an individual contributor.
• Extensive knowledge of production control functions, scheduling methodologies, and departmental processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams effectively.
• Strong understanding of production operations, resource allocation, and inventory management.
• Ability to identify and address process inefficiencies and production issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with cross-functional and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day tactical planning, scheduling, and material flow to meet delivery, quality, volume, and cost objectives.
• Oversee production scheduling and develop methods to allocate and control resources and materials effectively.
• Establish and maintain monitoring tools and processes to identify waste, inefficiencies, and inventory risks within production operations.
• Recommend improvements to production technology, processes, and planning methods.
• Monitor production performance to ensure goals and objectives are met.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and optimize planning methodologies and best practices.
• Ensure department and project milestones and goals are achieved within approved budgets.
• Apply extensive knowledge of production control functions, systems, and department processes.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Inventory management

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Power BI

Job description

**THIS POSITION IS BEING RECRUITED FOR INTERNALLY - RECRUITERS/AGENCIES PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT**

The Production Control Manager is responsible for day‑to‑day tactical production control planning, scheduling, and monitoring of material flow throughout the production process. The role ensures alignment with delivery dates, output quality, production volume, cost objectives, and overall resource optimization. This position oversees scheduling activities, develops methods to effectively allocate materials and implements monitoring tools to identify waste, inefficiencies, and inventory issues within production operations. The manager collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to develop effective planning methodologies and best practices.

This role is part of succession planning to support continuity and long-term operational effectiveness.

The statements included in this description are intended to reflect in general the duties & responsibilities of the classification & are not to be interpreted as being all-inclusive.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the day‑to‑day tactical planning, scheduling, and material flow to meet delivery, quality, volume, and cost objectives.
• Oversee production scheduling and develop methods to allocate and control resources and materials effectively.
• Establish and maintain monitoring tools and processes to identify waste, inefficiencies, and inventory risks within production operations.
• Recommend improvements to production technology, processes, and planning methods.
• Monitor production performance to ensure goals and objectives are met.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and optimize planning methodologies and best practices.
• Ensure department and project milestones and goals are achieved within approved budgets.
• Apply extensive knowledge of production control functions, systems, and department processes.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of experience in a related production, planning, or operations role as an individual contributor.
• Extensive knowledge of production control functions, scheduling methodologies, and departmental processes.
• Demonstrated ability lead teams effectively.
• Strong understanding of production operations, resource allocation, and inventory management.
• Ability to identify and address process inefficiencies and production issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with cross‑functional and external partners.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in metals, machining, forging, or similar heavy manufacturing.
• Familiarity with OEE or production reporting metrics.
• Power BI or reporting/analytics exposure.
• Associate degree or relevant technical coursework.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent walking and standing on the production floor.