Director Production Control

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a hardworking team of experts, you will lead Blue Origin overall strategy, governance, and innovation for the Production Control discipline across all manufacturing sites. This team is responsible for setting policies, procedures, and processes for the short-range scheduling, release, and management of manufacturing work order activities for various spaceflight systems. This individual will directly manage multiple PC teams and, through active engagement and influence, indirectly manage multiple PC specialists reporting to other departments.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Improve and deploy Production Control policies, procedures, processes, and tools with a singular focus on improving short-range scheduling, release, and management of manufacturing work order activities for all Blue Origin product lines
• Drive disciplined adherence to work order release and management processes
• Continually improve performance measures (KPI's) of the health of the tactical schedules and open work orders, as well as of the performance of the PC team
• Actively resolve tactical issues involving demand, capacity constraints, and material availability
• Identify and implement standard controls focusing primarily on cycle time reduction with a special focus on shared services or common capabilities
• Represent Production Control in development of system tools
• Organization budget management, forecasting, and reconciling actuals
• Effectively collaborate with Production and Program organizations in order to maintain alignment on production priorities and capacity/capability changes
• Anticipate potential schedule and personnel risks, and generate ideas, insight and solutions to resolve or mitigate potential issues, followed by decisive action to implement solutions
• Coach, mentor and develop your team for future progression within Blue Origin

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering discipline, operations management, supply chain management or other relevant field
• 10+ years of experience in operations/production/supply planning, scheduling, materials management or other Sales Inventory & Operations Planning related functional area
• Extensive experience in and understanding of complex manufacturing and production systems (aerospace, medical or military environments)
• Build and lead a high performing team that is tightly coordinated to key partners, including all the teams supporting the manufacturing and supply chain of complex builds
• Experience with ERP, MRP, and MES systems in a manufacturing environment
• Highly effective and professional verbal and written communication skills with team, internal customers and suppliers that includes a strong focus on teamwork and internal/external customer satisfaction
• A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with teams across large geographic distances
• A continuous improvement mindset. Our job is never complete; we are always optimizing
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to the team
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

• Experience in space systems and/or space launch
• APICS, CPIM, CPSM, or CPF certification preferred

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