Production Control Clerk jobs in Aurora, IL

Combined Metals Company is committed to operating in a manner that protects the environment and the health and safety (EHS) of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate. Our mission is to safely produce and distribute the best value and the highest quality engineered stainless steel coil and sheet, specialty alloy strip, foil, and wire products and to deliver those products on-time to customers around the world.

Production Control's primary responsibility is to ensure that customer orders and program stock are produced timely and efficiently, in strict adherence to the highest quality standards, while optimizing inventory utilization, and consistently improving on-time delivery performance.

Essential Functions:

· Generate/monitor work orders based on sales order due dates, in accordance with production lead-times and capacity.

· Generate/monitor production orders and schedule the Slitter unit for efficient production runs

· Apply inventory to orders in a manner that limits additional remnant inventory, utilizes aging inventory, and maximizes inventory turns

· Works cooperatively with Supply Chain to achieve the collective goals of attaining 90% on-time delivery performance, managing the board-directives for inventory levels, and meeting or exceeding customer and industry-mandated quality product.

· Works cooperatively with the Production team to understand and communicate plant goals and objectives, acting as a liaison between the production floor and the sales desk.

Required Education & Experience:

· Must be comfortable learning legacy terminal systems

· Demonstrates an aptitude for data analysis with a high proficiency in Excel and Access preferred

· Requires collaborative and team-oriented with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

· Ability to operate in the complex, matrixed environment.

• Requires strong leadership and partnership skills.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Digital literacy and systems knowledge required.
• 5 or more years of Production Control (or comparable) experience.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and additional duties may be assigned as needed.