Production Control Manager
Aptiv · Quimstan
Your Role
Are you an experienced supply chain leader with a strong background in manufacturing operations, production planning, logistics, and inventory management? As a Production Control Manager at Aptiv Honduras, you will lead the plant’s end-to-end Production Control and Logistics operations, supporting a large, complex manufacturing environment with global customers and suppliers.
This role oversees five key areas: Customer Service, Production Planning, Procurement, Customs and Logistics, and Warehousing. You will lead the coordinators responsible for each function and ensure the effective flow of materials, information, and finished goods across the operation.
Roles and Responsibilities
Supply Chain and Production Control
- Lead the plant’s production control and logistics activities, including production planning, raw material ordering, warehouse operations, import and export processes, and finished-goods delivery.
- Ensure the appropriate use of resources to improve customer on-time delivery, inventory performance, and production continuity.
- Coordinate material requirements across suppliers located in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
- Support production and inventory activities in a large-scale manufacturing operation.
- Develop and implement supply chain initiatives, systems, procedures, and operational improvements.
Inventory and Operational Performance
- Develop, monitor, and improve critical inventory indicators across the organization.
- Track inventory days, inventory adjustments, surplus and scrap, shipping costs, customer scorecards, and on-time delivery performance.
- Establish benchmarks and controls to monitor plant inventory and logistics performance.
- Identify and improve policies and procedures that contribute to inventory growth or operational inefficiencies.
- Track monthly sales and confirm the plant’s operational commitments.
Customer, Supplier, and Cross-Functional Coordination
- Oversee customer service activities and maintain effective relationships with customers.
- Manage and resolve complex customer situations related to deliveries, inventory, and operational performance.
- Ensure timely communication among customers, business units, materials teams, manufacturing operations, support departments, suppliers, and warehouses.
- Monitor customer satisfaction and performance through customer scorecards and related KPIs.
- Maintain strong communication with corporate and regional stakeholders.
Team Leadership
- Lead the coordinators responsible for Customer Service, Production Planning, Procurement, Customs and Logistics, and Warehousing.
- Provide direction and support to ensure effective execution across all Production Control and Logistics functions.
- Make operational decisions required to maintain continuous production and timely delivery of finished goods.
- Promote continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and effective problem-solving across the team.
Your Background
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or a related field.
- More than 5 years of relevant experience in Production Control, Supply Chain, Materials, Logistics, or a comparable management position.
- Experience within a manufacturing environment required; automotive manufacturing experience is preferred.
- Strong end-to-end understanding of supply chain operations, including production planning, procurement, international logistics, customs, inventory management, warehousing, and customer service.
- Knowledge of Material Requirements Planning systems and strong SAP experience.
- Experience managing inventory KPIs, on-time delivery, shipping costs, inventory adjustments, and customer scorecards.
- Advanced English communication skills, both written and verbal, due to regular interaction with corporate and regional stakeholders.
- Intermediate Excel skills.
- Knowledge of Pull Systems, MRP, supplier scheduling, PFEP, and Value Stream Mapping is desirable.
- Availability to support a continuous manufacturing operation and provide occasional after-hours or weekend follow-up when required for customer needs, shipments, or material availability.
Key Competencies
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in a complex manufacturing environment.
- Strong problem-solving and execution capabilities.
- Effective time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage challenging customer situations professionally.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across functions, regions, and cultures.
Why Join Aptiv
You grow at Aptiv.
Aptiv’s winning culture is global by design. We bring together different perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact.
You make an impact at Aptiv.
At Aptiv, you will help strengthen a critical manufacturing operation by improving material flow, production continuity, customer delivery, and supply chain performance.
You have support at Aptiv.
We provide the resources and support you need to care for your family, physical health, and mental well-being through a competitive benefits package.
Meet the Next-Generation Aptiv
At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most. Guided by our values to Think and Act Like Owners, Act as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.
Join us to deliver innovative solutions that people trust.
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