Production Control Supervisor (Full Time)
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Piper Aircraft, Inc. Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Supervisor, Production Control
DEPARTMENT: | REPORTS TO: | GRADE: | NUMBER: | PAY TYPE: |
7311 | Manager, Production Control | M5 | | Exempt |
POSITION SUMMARY:
Coordinate activities of coordinators engaged in production control and cycle counting. Direct movement of parts throughout department areas as assigned, assuring parts are expedited whenever necessary.
Provide direction to employees within department, addressing all personnel issues.
Direct the movements for parts both complete and in process between departments throughout the facility.
Provide support for Production, Purchasing, Customer Service and other departments throughout the Company as required.
Expedite hot parts and materials.
Track shortages of parts.
Coordinate inventory.
Provide direction in preparation and tracking of storyboards.
Request and monitor corrective action for damaged or rejected commodities.
Plan the construction and location of bins, storage racks and holding areas.
Develop and issue cycle counting procedures.
Purchase parts and materials as needed in department.
Process information as required within BaaN computer system.
Maintain all necessary records, files and reports.
Attend supervisor and management meetings.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include supervision, training and assisting employees.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Requires a high school diploma or GED, five years experience in materials scheduling and handling within a manufacturing environment with at least two years in a supervisory position. Knowledge of BaaN computer system, and Materials Requirement Planning System (MRP) is necessary to perform the duties of this position.
Ability to perform the duties of the job applying basic mathematics, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
The employee must possess the ability to communicate effectively with all internal and external customers in both written and oral form.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, and/or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud.
Travel and overtime are required when necessary.
SAFETY AND POLICY PRACTICES:
The employee in this job must be knowledgeable in regard to the safety policies and procedures of the Company as described in the Company safety manual. The employee must adhere to all said policies and procedures while supporting the goals and objectives of the organization and recognize the Companys need to achieve its business objective. Employee is responsible for complying with company hazardous waste disposal procedures.
WRITTEN BY: APPROVED BY: DATE:
Jim Ferguson
Director, Material Management
Definitions of Factors and Respective Degrees
| FACTOR | DEGREE | POINTS | DEFINITION |
Knowledge | 2 | 30 | Theory, knowledge or scholastic content essential as background or training preliminary to learning the position. The use of mathematics together with the use of drawings, specifications, charts, tables; various types of precision measuring instruments, computer controlled equipment (NC/CNC) and/or computer terminal involving advanced skills knowledge. Equivalent to one to three years applied training in preparation for a particular or specialized occupation. |
Experience | 5 | 100 | Minimum length of time usually or typically required to attain quality and quantity performance standards under normal supervision. Experience is twofold; includes previous qualifying experience on related work including lesser positions, either within the organization or from outside; and a period of adjustment or adaptation on the specific position itself. Over five years, up to and including seven years. |
Complexity of Duties | 4 | 60 | The complexity of duties including the degree of independent action. A wide variety of duties involving a general knowledge of related organization policies and procedures and their application. Duties require considerable judgment to work independently toward general results, to devise new or modify and adapt existing methods, techniques and procedures to meet new or unusual requirements and to make related decisions controlled by precedent and within limits of established policies. |
Supervision Received | 4 | 40 | Degree, in which the immediate supervisor outlines the procedures to be followed or the results to be attained, checks the progress of work or handles exceptional cases. Proximity, extent and closeness of supervision are taken into consideration. Under general direction, works from policies and general objectives with little functional guidance. Rarely refers specific cases to superior unless clarification or interpretation of organization policies is involved. |
Errors | 4 | 40 | Measurement of the responsibility of errors. Probable errors would be difficult to detect such as the improper or inadequate design of a product or service, recommendation of unsuitable equipment, people, processes, methods, plans, programs or facilities resulting in excessive costs or inadequate production over an extended period. May have adverse effect on outside relationships. Work not subject to audit or check; work involves considerable accuracy and responsibility. |
Contacts with Others | 4 | 40 | Responsibility for meeting, dealing with or influencing other persons. Outside and/or inside contacts involving carrying out company policy and programs and influencing others where improper handling will have spaned effect on operation results; or contacts involving dealing with persons of substantially higher rank on matters requiring explanation, discussion, persuasion and obtaining approvals. Considerable tact is required in most duties or tasks performed to achieve results. |
Confidential Data | 3 | 15 | Integrity and discretion required in safeguarding confidential data handled or obtained in the normal performance of assigned duties. Works with confidential data such as process, service and product costs, personnel records, credit ratings, individual wage and salary rates, or schedules, which if disclosed, might have adverse internal or minor external effect. |
Mental or Visual Demand | 3 | 15 | Degree of mental and visual attention involved in the performance of the normal duties and the requirements for coordination of manual dexterity with such mental and visual attention. Flow of work and character of duties involve normal mental and visual attention along with manual coordination, or part-time normal and part-time concentrated attention and coordination. |
Working Conditions | 4 | 20 | Surroundings or physical conditions under which the work must be done and the extent to which they make the position disagreeable. Undesirable working conditions. Exposed to odor, noise, dust, heat, cold, chemicals, oil, fumes and other elements with one continuously present to the extent of being disagreeable, or with several elements present to the extent of being disagreeable but usually not more than one at a time. |
Character of Supervision | 3 | 20 | Considerations taken for position placement taken on company organizational chart and the degree to which accountability for results go with the position. Direct supervision of a department, section, unit or group involving responsibility for results in terms of cost, methods and personnel. |
Scope of Supervision | 3 | 20 | Size of the supervisory responsibility expressed in terms of number of persons normally supervised. Part-time employees are included. Responsible for supervising more than ten and seldom over 25 people. |
Total Points |
| 400 | |
