Senior Manager, Production Control / Material Management

Senior Manager, Production Control / Material Management Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Production Control / Material Management to lead and manage production control and material management activities in support of manufacturing operations to support the Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) Production Control & Materials Management team in Titusville, FL.   This position is responsible for ensuring the effective planning, coordination, and flow of materials to meet production schedules, operational objectives, and customer commitments.   The selected candidate will provide leadership to a team responsible for inventory management, material availability, shortage resolution, production scheduling support, and cross-functional coordination across manufacturing, supply chain, quality, engineering, and program management organizations. Manages, develops and motivates employees and first-level managers. The successful candidate will provide input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives.   Position Responsibilities: • Builds a positive and inclusive team environment creating a culture of integrity, safety, quality and performance • Highly focused sense of urgency required, responding to all escalation issues raised by internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports • Ensure daily execution of statement of work, measuring team performance against KPIs (People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost) • Understand inventory management and control as a key element for the business to meet targets; work with team to manage processes and accountability for inventory holdings and reduction efforts • Understand customer demand and develop supply strategies ensuring on time delivery and first pass quality through partnering with Supplier Management and Supplier Quality • Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports • Develop and execute integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures, including business and technical strategies, goals and objectives • Understand, commit, communicate and execute the production system plan • Lead production control and material management functions to support execution of manufacturing plans and delivery commitments • Develop and implement material strategies to ensure timely availability of parts, components, and resources • Oversee inventory management processes, including material accuracy, cycle counts, shortages, expediting, and excess control • Monitor production schedules and coordinate resolution of material constraints affecting manufacturing flow • Partner with internal stakeholders to address supply disruptions, production risks, and schedule impacts • Analyze production, inventory, and supply data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement • Establish and track performance metrics related to schedule adherence, material availability, inventory health, and operational efficiency • Lead, coach, and develop team members to achieve business and functional objectives • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve material flow, reduce waste, and support lean operations • Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards, and applicable regulatory and contractual requirements   Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): • This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required • This position requires ability to obtain program access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only • 10+ years of experience in