Director Production Control

Position Summary

The Director of Production Control provides enterprise-level leadership for production planning, flow control, capacity management, and execution alignment across multiple sites and states. This role is accountable for creating a scalable, disciplined production control strategy that balances demand, labor, inventory, and equipment capacity to ensure on-time delivery, cost efficiency, and operational stability.

This leader serves as the central authority for production control governance, standardizing processes, driving data-based decision making, and ensuring consistent execution while enabling site leaders to operate with speed and accountability. The Director partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Transportation, Inventory Management, Engineering, and Finance to translate demand signals into executable production plans across diverse operational environments.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Production Control Strategy

• Establish and lead a unified, multi-site production control strategy aligned to business growth, service level commitments, and cost targets.
• Define enterprise standards for production planning, wave strategy, capacity modeling, throughput pacing, and execution cadence.
• Ensure production control practices scale effectively across states, buildings, automation levels, and labor models.

Multi-Site Operational Governance

• Provide direct oversight and functional leadership to site-level Production Control Managers and Planning teams across multiple states.
• Drive consistency in planning rhythms, escalation paths, and decision rights while respecting site-specific constraints.
• Conduct regular cross-site performance reviews to identify risks, trends, and best-practice opportunities.

Demand, Capacity & Flow Alignment

• Translate demand forecasts into actionable production plans that optimize labor, equipment, and inventory flow.
• Balance short-term execution needs with mid- and long-term capacity planning.
• Anticipate constraints and proactively adjust plans to prevent service failures, congestion, or cost overruns.

Data, Analytics & Decision Support

• Own production control reporting, dashboards, and KPIs across all sites (e.g., plan vs. actual, throughput, backlog, labor efficiency).
• Leverage data to identify systemic issues, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure leaders at all levels are using consistent, reliable data to make operational decisions.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Supply Chain, Transportation, Inventory Management, Engineering, and Finance to ensure alignment between planning and execution.
• Act as a strategic advisor to Operations leadership on trade-offs related to labor, service levels, inventory positioning, and cost.
• Support automation launches, system implementations, and network expansions with robust production control planning.

Continuous Improvement & Standardization

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on production flow, planning accuracy, and execution stability.
• Standardize tools, processes, and training for production control teams across the network.
• Champion best practices while driving adoption and sustained compliance.

Talent Leadership & Development

• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing production control leadership bench across multiple states.
• Establish clear expectations, development paths, and succession plans for production control roles.
• Foster a culture of accountability, analytical rigor, and proactive problem-solving.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Plan vs. Actual Production Performance
• On-Time / In-Full (OTIF) Execution
• Throughput & Capacity Utilization
• Labor Efficiency & Cost Adherence
• Backlog Management & Flow Stability
• Cross-Site Process Compliance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive experience in production control, operations planning, or supply chain leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-site and multi-state operations.
• Proven ability to operate at both strategic and executional levels.
• Strong analytical, systems thinking, and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership and influencing across functions.
• Willingness to travel regularly across sites.

Preferred Experience

• Large-scale distribution, manufacturing, or highly automated environments.
• ERP, WMS, or advanced planning systems implementation or optimization experience.
• Leading production control through periods of growth, transformation, or network expansion.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Thinking & Enterprise Mindset
• Operational Excellence & Execution Discipline
• Influence Without Authority
• Talent Development & Coaching
• Change Leadership
• Data-Driven Decision Making