Sr. Production Planning Manager

About the role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning team in developing and maintaining the master production schedule, translating customer demand into wafer start and output plans.
• Review production schedules, WIP flow, output, and delivery performance; guide the team in resolving daily issues and lead escalations involving significant constraints or business risk.
• Partner with manufacturing and engineering leaders to address equipment, process, material, and labor constraints that affect throughput and cycle time.
• Coordinate with sales and marketing on demand, priority changes, and recovery plans.
• Work with purchasing and supply chain teams to align material plans with production needs and maintain appropriate inventory levels
• Establish and review key performance indicators, including on-time delivery, plan attainment, cycle time, fab output, inventory, and inventory turn.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to improve planning accuracy and efficiency, optimize wafer lot flow, and increase fab productivity.
• Support capacity planning, demand forecasting, supplier and material risk reviews, and longer-range operational planning.
• Coach and develop planners, clarify team responsibilities, and strengthen planning, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's or master's degree in industrial engineering, supply chain management, operations management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in factory planning, production scheduling, supply chain management, or semiconductor manufacturing.
• Experience leading a planning team or coordinating complex, cross-functional planning activities.
• Experience with capacity planning, demand forecasting, production scheduling, WIP management, and inventory management.
• Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, fab operations, and supply chain principles.
• Proficiency in Excel for data management, analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with Oracle systems; familiarity with manufacturing execution or advanced planning systems is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to turn data into clear priorities and operational decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to align stakeholders and present plans, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Strong attention to detail and sound judgment when managing competing priorities and schedule changes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a III-V semiconductor wafer fab or with compound semiconductor manufacturing.
• Programming or data-query skills.
• Continuous improvement experience, such as Lean or Six Sigma.