Senior Director of Production Control

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OVERVIEW

TheSenior Director of Production Controlowns the strategy systems governance and organizational capabilities that ensure predictable efficient and scalable product flow across the distribution network. This leader serves as the architect of network flow strategy and the enterprise integrator between demand inventory labor planning and distribution execution shaping how the network runs today and how it will grow in the future. They define and operationalize the multi-year roadmap for labor planning capacity modeling WMS evolution analytics and process governance ensuring the network has the capabilities required to support high growth and increasing complexity. They build the frameworks tools and organizational structures that sustain daily performance while unlocking long-term capacity and efficiency. Operating at an executive altitude this leader balances strategic foresight with operational rigor:

• Strategically: setting the 35 year network flow vision and designing enterprise capabilities (labor planning capacity modeling WMS/tech integrations analytics and governance) that enable scalable resilient fulfillment.
• Operationally: overseeing network-wide flow planning waving strategy backlog management and issue resolution to ensure service-level performance and delivery on throughput cost and labor targets.

RESPONSIBILTIES

Enterprise Strategy & Architecture

• Set the roadmap and vision for Production Control across the network defining the capabilities systems and organizational structures needed to support growth.
• Architect scalable product-flow systems including waving logic labor planning integrations network simulation models and next-generation visibility tools.
• Establish governance connecting Production Control to Planning Merchandising Finance Inventory Placement Engineering and Product/Technology teams.
• Integrate Production Control into enterprise S&OP/S&OE processes ensuring DC capacity and flow constraints meaningfully shape upstream business decisions.
• Translate operational challenges and growth opportunities into technical and capability roadmaps for WMS OMS forecasting platforms and visibility systems
• Oversee product-flow orchestration across all DCs including waving strategy backlog health service-level protection and daily throughput performance.
• Sponsor programs that improve key metrics including units per carton cancellations inventory placement accuracy pick density and cost-per-unit.
• Develop and enforce standardized operating models and performance expectations across all DCs to reduce variation and improve the enterprise scalability framework for Peak and other high-volume periods including demand labor and capacity integration planning standards and readiness governance.
• Serve as a key sponsor and subject-matter leader in major transformation programs providing flow labor capacity and operational design expertise to guide WMS automation and new-site initiatives.
• Define and guide the operational requirements and governance needed to embed new capabilities into the Production Control operating model ensuring consistent adoption and measurable performance gains.

Analytics Insights & Decision Architecture

• Define and lead the analytics and visibility strategy for Production Control establishing the data models KPI frameworks and governance required to enable accurate timely and scalable decision-making across the network.
• Develop the systems standards and insight infrastructure including dashboards forecasting tools backlog/flow diagnostics scenario models-- that empower teams to self-serve answers and make data-driven decisions without delay.
• Ensure that network decisionsfrom daily flow adjustments to long-range capacity planningare grounded in consistent data transparent assumptions and business-case rigor.

People Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build and lead a multi-layer Production Control organization across all DCs including Directors Senior Managers and Managers.
• Drive capability development succession planning and performance management for teams across multiple sites.
• Lead long-term headcount forecasting and budget planning across all DCs

QUALIFICATIONS

• 15 years of progressive leadership experience in distribution supply chain manufacturing or related environments ideally in multi-node high-growth high-complexity operations.
• 10 years leading multi-layer organizations across multiple sites including Managers Senior Managers and/or Directors.
• 7 years of leadership experience overseeing Production Control Waving or S&OE/S&OP execution in multi-site environments.
• Bachelors degree required; masters degree preferred
• Expertise with WMS platforms (Manhattan preferred) and a strong understanding of MHE systems (sortation conveyance pick modules ASRSs) and their impact on throughput.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills with experience in forecasting labor strategy capacity planning scenario modeling and operational analytics.
• Demonstrated experience building and operationalizing multi-year strategic capability roadmaps that improve flow labor capacity or system performance.
• Experience serving as a key functional sponsor or leader for major enterprise programs such as WMS implementations automation initiatives new site launches or foundational data/analytics transformations.
• Experience designing and implementing cross-functional governance and operating mechanisms across Operations Planning Product/Technology and Finance
• Proven ability to partner with Product Technology and Engineering to define business requirements and shape the roadmap for operational systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex trade-offs and drive strategic decision-making in dynamic fast-paced environments.
• Exceptional collaboration communication and influence skills with experience working with senior leaders across Operations Planning Merchandising Finance Engineering and Product.
• Ability to simplify complex concepts align cross-functional leaders and influence enterprise-level decisions through clear data-driven communication.