Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Job Description Summary – Production Control Analyst (PCA)

We are looking to employ a detail-oriented and experienced PCA to create, modify, and manage production schedules. The production planner’s responsibilities include monitoring inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management, and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers. You should also be able to closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget. To be successful as a PCA, you should be knowledgeable of material requirements planning and able to manage production deadlines. Ultimately, an exceptional PCA should demonstrate excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills to ensure that production operations run smoothly.

Job Description– Production Control Analyst (PCA)

Responsible for consistent building of schedules based upon an element of time the constraint is being utilizedResponsible for creating production plan taking into account the available resourcesResponsible for at a moment’s notice that they are managing dates on all their Production OrdersResponsible for the status of every line they schedule at a moment's notice; to include articulating all issues and when they will be resolved down to the lowest component levelResponsible for the function of the basic material parameter (Lead time/ Lot size/ MOQ/ ABC Classification, etc) and understands how it impact to inventory and service resultUnderstands the linkage to demand planning, forecast flow & demand/supply variability impacts planningUnderstands bottleneck and line balancing conceptsUnderstands impact of lumpy demand on plants and supply chainUnderstands of capacity planning, understands routings and order scheduling conceptsUnderstands the functionality of Materials Management and Production scheduling modules in local MRP systemUnderstands how and when to use the following SAP T-codesAble to demonstrate to identify when to contact a Supplier for an expedite as well as what steps need to be taken thereafterResponsible for at a moment’s notice that they are managing dates on all their POsUnderstands the escalation process, shortage report works and how to identify the PO priorityUnderstands a PAA/VMI/Consignment should work and how to manage the blanket POAble to demonstrate use Excel (basics, vlookup, pivot tables) & use and analyze data from Power BI.Understands big-picture impacts and drilling into detailsUnderstands of problem-solving techniques - 5 Why's, MAAR, PDCA, A3, etcAble to demonstrate of taking different sets of data and synthesizing to root causeAble to demonstrate high level understanding of how material flows within their area of responsibilityUnderstands the handshakes that must occur, who owns what, and how it impacts the schedule if it doesn't happen flawlesslyAble to demonstrate a high-level understanding of how the schedule is executed on the shop floorAble to demonstrate the handshakes that must occur to get product scheduled, built, and shipped and how it impacts the customer if it doesn't happen flawlesslyAble to demonstrate about how to get and release priority to production, solve and track all the issue to ensure the production plan is executed flawlesslyAble to demonstrate high level understanding of how a quality problem impacts their schedule

Experience and Education

Min education, Degree related in supply chain or manufacturing backgroundGood analytical skill and able to apply knowledge on problem solving.Ideally with 2 years of working experience.Candidate with no experience who are willing to learn and willing to take the challenge are also welcomed as junior level.