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Production Control Supervisor

The Production Control Supervisor is responsible for production planning, scheduling, and inventory management to optimize material flow, equipment capacity, and inventory levels while meeting customer delivery requirements. This role oversees the production control team and serves as a key liaison with manufacturing, purchasing, warehousing, quality, sales, and logistics departments. This position operates within an automotive manufacturing environment.


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1/23/2026   Job No. 16179  

  • Auburn, Alabama
  • Manufacturing
  • 60K-70K
  • Full Time regular employee
  •  ​​​​​​​8:00a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  •  New
Job Description

Summary
The Production Control Supervisor leads production planning, scheduling, and inventory control to ensure customer delivery requirements are met while optimizing material flow, capacity, and inventory levels. This role supervises the Production Control team and acts as a liaison between Production, Purchasing, Warehouse, Quality, Sales, and Logistics in an automotive manufacturing environment.

Essential Duties

  • Production Planning & Scheduling: Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules; balance customer demand with labor, machine capacity, and material availability; create recovery plans for shortages or delays; monitor schedule adherence and proactively escalate risks.

  • Inventory & Material Control: Ensure material availability while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory; coordinate with Purchasing and Warehouse on material planning; monitor inventory levels, lead times, and safety stock; support cycle counts and investigate discrepancies.

  • ERP / System Management: Ensure accurate ERP (SAP) transactions for production, inventory, and shipping; maintain planning parameters (lead times, lot sizes); generate and analyze reports for on-time delivery, inventory, and schedule adherence.

  • Team Leadership & Communication: Supervise, train, and develop Production Control team members; establish standard work and training plans; lead PC meetings and support SQDCME structure; practice strong HoRenSo communication; complete other duties as assigned.

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): On-Time Delivery (OTD), Forecast Accuracy, Inventory Turns, Inventory Accuracy, Material Shortages / Line Stops.

Working Hours, Working Style
8:00am-5:00pm

Woking Location
Auburn, AL

Salary/Benefit
60k-70k

Holidays
​​​​​​​Saturday, Sunday, Holidays

Qualifications

  • 5+ years production control or planning experience in manufacturing

  • 2+ years supervisory or team lead experience preferred

  • Automotive manufacturing experience preferred

  • ERP / SAP experience required

  • Ability to occasionally lift/move 30–50 lbs


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