OverviewDaifuku 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
