Production Control/Expediting

Location	San Diego, California, United States
Employer	VSC
Salary	TBD
Job Type	Contract / Other Aviation Job
Date Posted	17-Feb-2012 (apply by 18-Mar-2012)

Job Description

Vendor Surveillance Corporation (VSC) (www.vscnet.com) is a premier source of technical service personnel and information management services for Aerospace supplier base management and program performance since 1976. Our global network of quality and technical Project Specialists provides supplier surveillance and management, audit programs, and source inspection throughout the world, as well as the capability to provide liaison engineering functions. We have delivered millions of services-hours of specialized and high technology service experience in support of virtually every major U.S. Aerospace and Engineered Technology Company.

VSC is looking for a local qualified candidate to perform production control and expediting. This project has an estimated workload of 3-5 days per week on an estimated duration between 6-12 months in San Diego, California. The candidate should have a strong background in Aerospace.

Duties:
- Monitor, evaluate, expedite, and improve manufacturing processes by checking adherence to schedule, auditing production processes, and identifying improvement to enhance schedule performance.
- Act as the liaison between various departments within the company to ensure production deadlines and schedules are met.
- Provide detailed records and reports including shipping schedules, order status to customer managers.
- Develop and communicate weekly and daily manufacturing schedules with supplier and customer to ensure 100% on time delivery.
- Ability to manage order backlog and develop / maintain capacity-planning process to ensure appropriate resource and materials are available to meet customers´ requirements and minimize manufacturing costs.
- Manage details of production schedule to maximize productivity of manufacturing and shipping departments.
- Resolve scheduling conflicts and prioritize customer requirements.
- Identify and implement appropriate planning, management and control strategies for production, material requirements, inventory levels and shop floor.

Qualifications

- Minimum of 5 recent years of Production Control/Expediting experience
- Strong Aerospace industry experience
- In-depth understand of MRP/ERP systems
- Comfortable working as Independent Contactor (1099 Tax Form)
- Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, Internet and Email