Production Planner

Indium Corporation of America; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialty chemicals company in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Production Planner to join their global team. This role involves analyzing customer orders, planning production inventories, and ensuring quality documentation. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and at least 5 years of experience in process manufacturing, along with strong math and communication skills in English. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team in a growing company.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience in a diverse process manufacturing environment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret customer order documentation to create manufacturing work orders.
• Exercise effective organizational and work management skills.
• Plan/adjust/monitor/report required production inventories.
• Accurately perform mathematical calculations as required.
• Ensure work is well-documented according to quality management standards.
• Collaborate with various departments to provide and obtain information.
• Support new process setup.

Skills

Mathematics proficiency

Written communication in English

Oral communication in English

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

APICS Planning certification

Job description

Overview

Indium Corporation is a world leading US Company providing and marketing specialty chemical and alloys for use in the electronic industry. We have sales, marketing and manufacturing facilities in USA, UK, Singapore, China, South Korea, India and Malaysia.

Position Overview

To support our expansion, we are seeking well qualified individuals to join our dynamic global team as Production Planner.

Reporting

Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager, you are expected to:

• Analyze and interpret customer order documentation to create manufacturing work orders (cross‑referencing) for production product builds.
• Exercise effective organizational and work management skills to provide feedback to sales and manufacturing supervision, to include error reports, projected workload volumes, and product and production component inventories.
• Plan/adjust/monitor/report required production inventories; and create and expedite purchase orders as required in coordination with departmental supervision necessary to optimize customer order completion.
• Accurately perform mathematical calculations using basic math functions, unit of measure conversions, and product related formulas as required.
• Ensure work is accurate and well‑documented according to all quality management system standards.
• Collaborate with various Indium Corporation departments, including sales, engineering and quality to provide/obtain information and/or evaluation.
• Support new process setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in any technical discipline with 5 years of relevant experience in a diverse process manufacturing environment.
• APICS Planning certification preferred.
• Proficient at math applications.
• Strong written/oral communication skill in English is necessary.