Production Control Assistant

Position Summary

Supports production planning and scheduling activities to ensure efficient workflow, on-time delivery, and accurate inventory management. Coordinates with production, purchasing, shipping, and customer service teams to maintain production schedules, track work orders, and provide accurate production data.

Essential Duties And Other Responsibilities

• Promotes a safe and accident-free workplace.
• Affords assistance in developing and maintaining daily and weekly production schedules.
• Creates, distributes, and tracks production work orders.
• Maintains oversight of production progress and updates schedules to reflect changing priorities.
• Collaborates with purchasing and inventory personnel to ensure material availability.
• Monitors inventory levels and reports shortages or excess inventory.
• Updates ERP/MRP systems with production, inventory, and scheduling data.
• Maintains production records, reports, and documentation.
• Affords support for cycle counts and physical inventory activities.
• Communicates schedule changes and production priorities to supervisors and production teams.
• Maintains track of work order status and follows up on delayed or incomplete jobs.
• Generates reports related to production performance, on-time delivery, inventory accuracy, and work order completion.
• Affords support for customer order tracking and delivery status updates.
• Affords support for continuous improvement initiatives to improve scheduling, inventory control, and production efficiency.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field preferred.
• One to three years of experience in manufacturing, production planning, scheduling, inventory control, customer service, or a related field preferred.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems preferred.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.

Education And/Or Experience

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, ERP/MRP software systems.
• Ability to create reports, maintain spreadsheets, and analyze production data.

Physical Demands

• Noisy
• Non-Air-Conditioned work area
• Busy forklift traffic zones
• Fast paced