Director Production Control

Leidos • Huntsville, AL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Leidos Defense Manufacturing Sector is seeking a Director Production Control to join its manufacturing support team in Huntsville, Alabama. The role leads site Production Control Managers and drives tactical standardization of material requisitioning and production planning across nine manufacturing sites.

The Director leads teams overseeing manufacturing production control activities, including MRP execution, capacity leveling across production work centers, firming purchase requisitions and manufacturing orders, setting order policies based on make-buy and commodity types, and maintaining accurate lead times in the ERP part master. The role coordinates with configuration management, manufacturing engineering on mBOM releases, and production scheduling.

Across manufacturing sites and processes—including machining, welding, PCBA, cable assembly, clean rooms, painting, and final assembly integration and testing—the Director develops standard processes, consistent KPIs, recurring daily, weekly, and monthly operating rhythms, and enterprise connections for sharing best practices. The position is based in the Huntsville–North Alabama area; the candidate must live in the area or be willing to relocate. U.S. citizenship and a final Secret clearance, or eligibility to obtain and maintain one, are required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or a related field from an accredited university.
• At least 12 years of production control experience.
• Experience with the Costpoint ERP system, PLM, MES, and capacity planning software programs.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, and Teams.
• Experience leading others and working collaboratively across multiple sites and organizational levels.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven track record developing standardized tactical execution processes and driving adherence to them.
• Experience across multiple product life-cycle phases, including prototyping, design and development, and full release to production.
• Resident of the North Alabama area or willingness to relocate to the Huntsville–North Alabama area.
• U.S. citizenship and a final Secret clearance, or eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or MS degree.
• Solumina MES experience.
• Dynafact Manufacturing System (DMS) capacity planning experience.
• Lean manufacturing experience with Six Sigma certification.
• Proven experience in process mapping and policy creation to establish standards that increase throughput, engage the workforce in adopting change, reduce waste, and improve quality.
• CPIM, CSCP, or CPM certification.
• Experience with SCADA software and/or MS Power BI dashboards, including ability to write queries using data from external database sources.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams overseeing all manufacturing production control activities across multiple sites.
• Prepare and execute MRP.
• Level-load capacity across production work centers.
• Firm purchase requisitions and manufacturing orders.
• Establish correct order policies based on make-buy and commodity types.
• Maintain accurate lead times in the ERP part master table.
• Coordinate with configuration management, manufacturing engineering on mBOM releases, and production scheduling.
• Develop standard processes, consistent KPIs, and daily, weekly, and monthly operating rhythms across production sites.
• Build enterprise connections to share best practices at all organizational levels.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director