The Production Control Specialist is responsible for coordinating materials, inventory, and production requirements to support efficient and uninterrupted manufacturing operations. This position serves as a key link between Production, Procurement, Logistics, Suppliers, Quality, and other cross-functional teams to ensure materials are available when needed while maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Key responsibilities include monitoring production schedules and material requirements
- Identifying and resolving shortages, managing supplier delivery performance, maintaining inventory accuracy, and coordinating corrective actions for material or inventory discrepancies.
- The Production Control Specialist analyzes inventory levels, demand, Days on Hand (DOH), production changes, and supplier conditions to proactively identify risks that could affect production.
- The role supports cycle counting, physical inventory, inventory adjustments, warehouse and material-flow improvements, and investigation of inventory variances.
- The specialist also works to reduce excess and obsolete inventory, premium freight, expedited shipments, and other unnecessary logistics costs.
- Additional responsibilities include maintaining production control reports and KPIs, communicating material risks to management, coordinating engineering or production changes, supporting new product introductions, and participating in continuous-improvement activities.
- The Production Control Specialist is expected to use ERP/WMS systems and data-analysis tools such as Excel to monitor performance, identify root causes, develop countermeasures, and improve production control processes.
- Success in this position requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to prioritize multiple requirements in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- The overall objective is to maintain material availability, inventory accuracy, production continuity, and effective inventory control while supporting safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives.
Benefits Summary:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug plans
- 401K with 4% Company Match
- Vacation/PTO and 13 Paid Holidays
- Bonus Program
- FSA/HSA and Dependent Care Programs
- Company provided Life, Disability, ADD and Business Travel Insurance
- Various No Cost Wellness & Chronic Condition Management Programs
- Various Optional Insurance programs such as legal, identity theft, critical illness, etc.
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Career Development and Ongoing Training
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Spotlight and Recognition Program
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Onsite Fitness Center (vary by location)
- Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location)
- Onsite Health Clinic and Pharmacy (vary by location)
Annual Salary: $55,000 - $69,000
Skills Required
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize multiple requirements in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Experience using ERP and WMS systems
- Experience using Excel or data-analysis tools
DENSO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DENSO and has not been reviewed or approved by DENSO.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage includes multiple plan designs through a major carrier, telemedicine, and chronic‑condition programs bundled with enrollment. On‑site family health centers at select locations add convenient primary care and pharmacy access for eligible members.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program uses automatic enrollment with a straightforward dollar‑for‑dollar company match on initial contributions and an annual true‑up via a recognized recordkeeper. Auto‑increase and the potential for discretionary employer contributions reinforce long‑term savings support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness incentives can reduce medical premiums, and resources span musculoskeletal care, weight management, digestive health, and behavioral health at no additional cost when enrolled. Site‑based amenities like on‑site care, fitness options, and tuition reimbursement expand lifestyle value where available.
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What We Do
DENSO is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers with a 75-year history of providing advanced automotive systems and technology to automakers worldwide. While our products are featured on nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today, we're also looking to innovate beyond automotive so we can maximize how we support the evolving needs of society. Globally, we have 158,000 employees, including 27,000+ in North America, working together every day to pursue our Two Great Causes: Green -- which represents our goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 through our products, processes and facilities; and Peace of Mind -- which focuses on developing solutions for safer and more seamless experiences across society. Together, they help us pursue our mission of contributing to a better world.
