Overview

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Manager, Production & Material Control to lead end-to-end materials management, demand planning, inventory control, and production support across our manufacturing operations.

In this highly visible leadership position, you will oversee the Planning & Scheduling, Inventory Control, and Engineering Support teams while driving alignment across Production Control, Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse Fulfillment, and Project Execution. You will play a critical role in ensuring material availability, optimizing inventory performance, balancing demand with production capacity, and delivering operational excellence.

If you thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and have a passion for building high-performing teams, improving processes, and using data to drive decisions, we want to hear from you.

 

Responsibilities

What You'll Do...

Strategic Leadership

• Lead and direct Production Control operations, including Planning, Engineering Support, and Inventory Control functions.
• Develop and execute demand and capacity planning strategies aligned with annual business objectives.
• Serve as Manufacturing's representative in the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
• Foster a culture of accountability, agility, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Supply Chain & Inventory Management

• Drive enterprise inventory governance, including stocking strategies, critical spare parts programs, inventory accuracy initiatives, and excess/obsolete inventory reduction.
• Standardize material flow processes across manufacturing operations to improve efficiency and visibility.
• Ensure material availability to support production schedules and project execution.
• Provide oversight of inventory accuracy programs, including cycle counting, physical inventories, reconciliation efforts, and root cause analysis.

Operational Excellence

• Partner closely with Manufacturing leadership to achieve key objectives related to quality, delivery, cost, and safety.
• Develop, monitor, and report department KPIs while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Leverage analytics and business intelligence tools to identify risks, bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
• Support new product introductions, manufacturing expansions, and strategic sourcing initiatives.

Systems & Data Governance

• Oversee SAP master data governance with ownership of PP and EWM master data processes.
• Establish and maintain controls to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and integrity.
• Drive best practices across ERP, planning, scheduling, and inventory management systems.

 

 

 

Qualifications

What You'll Bring Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Materials Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in materials management, production planning, demand planning, inventory control, or supply chain operations within a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience balancing customer requirements with manufacturing capacity and operational constraints.
• Strong leadership experience developing managers and building high-performing teams.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems focused on production planning, inventory management, and materials control.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree.
• SAP S/4HANA experience.
• Professional certifications such as CPIM, CPM, CSCP, CIRM, or other ASCM/ISM credentials.
• Experience leading large-scale process improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

What Success Looks Like

• Improved inventory accuracy and inventory performance.
• Enhanced demand and capacity planning effectiveness.
• Increased on-time production and project execution.
• Standardized material flow processes across manufacturing operations.
• Stronger alignment between supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, and project teams.
• Sustainable improvements in operational KPIs.

 

  Additional ResponsibilitiesAdditional Details Location: Hobart, Indiana Travel: Up to 25% Job Posting Min SalaryUSD $115,000.00 Job Posting Max SalaryUSD $135,000.00