Production Control Manager - Scheduling & Capacity Lead

Combined Metals Company, LLC; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Combined Metals is seeking a Production Control leader to own planning, scheduling, and capacity alignment with customer demand. You will direct the Production Control team and partner with Operations to ensure on-time delivery and throughput.

The role emphasizes data analysis, use of Excel/Access and PowerBI, collaboration across Sales, Supply Chain, and Production, and leadership in a matrixed environment.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable learning legacy terminal systems.
• Aptitude for data analysis with high proficiency in Excel and Access preferred.
• Requires collaborative and team-oriented with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Requires strong leadership and partnership skills.
• PowerBI report is strongly preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Digital literacy and systems knowledge required.
• Bachelor's or 5+ years of Production Control (or comparable) experience.

Responsibilities

• Owns the planning side of the business: production scheduling, capacity planning, and production control.
• Directs the Production Control team to align capacity, materials, and technical readiness with customer demand.
• Ensures the production plan reflects true process capability and constraints, giving the facility complete control of the planning function.
• Partners with Operations— which executes the plan — to protect on-time delivery and throughput
• Generate/monitor work orders based on sales order due dates, production lead times, and capacity.
• Monitor work in process to ensure orders remain on schedule
• Generate/monitor production orders and schedule the Slitter unit for efficient production runs
• Apply inventory to orders in a manner that limits additional remnant inventory, utilizes aging inventory, and maximizes inventory turns.
• Works cooperatively with Supply Chain to achieve the collective goals of attaining 90% on-time delivery performance, managing the board directives for inventory levels, and meeting or exceeding customer and industry-mandated quality products.
• Works cooperatively with the Production team to understand and communicate plant goals and objectives, acting as a liaison between the production floor and the sales desk.
• Coordinate with Sales/Customer Service on order promising, expedite, lead times, and delivery commitments.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerBI

Access

Job description

Combined Metals is seeking a Production Control leader to own planning, scheduling, and capacity alignment with customer demand. You will direct the Production Control team and partner with Operations to ensure on-time delivery and throughput.

The role emphasizes data analysis, use of Excel/Access and PowerBI, collaboration across Sales, Supply Chain, and Production, and leadership in a matrixed environment.