Production Planner I

Advanced Energy; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Disability & life insurance

Health screening

Paid time off 15 days + 19 holidays

Maternity/Paternity leave

Scholarship program

Job summary

Advanced Energy in Malaysia seeks a skilled Production Planner to manage the full production cycle, master scheduling, and material requirements. You will coordinate with marketing, sales, and engineering to ensure uninterrupted supply and on-time delivery.

The role requires experience with SAP/MRP, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work across functions in a fast-paced environment. A Bachelor’s in a related field is preferred, with opportunities for growth within the operations team.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of SAP or MRP planning functions and shop floor processes.
• Ability to interpret and summarize statistical reports.
• Excellent judgment and ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Understanding of material lead times for critical assemblies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with SAP and Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the production cycle.
• Coordinates master scheduling and material requirement forecasts; participate in capacity planning.
• Ensures materials are provided according to schedules and coordinates with management.
• Resolves shortages, backlogs, and interruptions to the schedule.
• Implements production control functions: scheduling, planning, dispatching, and reporting.
• Oversees ECOs in production and coordinates with engineering and purchasing.
• Develops supply solutions for long lead-time parts with buyers.
• Maintains confidentiality of production process information.
• Adheres to quality, safety, and environmental policies.

Skills

SAP/MRP

Production planning

Shop floor processes

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor-level in Operations Management or related

Tools

MS Office

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• Coordinates production planning activities including master scheduling and material requirement forecasts. Involved in strategic capacity planning and interacts with confidential data impacting business operations and supply continuity.
• Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules.
• Provides input to management; schedules and/or interfaces with marketing, sales, production and engineering managers.
• Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Develops and implements the company's production control functions including any of the following activities: master scheduling, production planning/coordination, shop scheduling and dispatching, material requirements, planning systems, work-in-process tracking, material and labor variance controls, and manufacturing performance reporting.
• Approves quantities, schedules and parts lists provided to the material control organization to ensure timely and complete ordering, as well as receipt and issuance of production material requirements.
• Coordinates and implements Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) in production.
• Analyzes long lead time parts and works with purchasing to develop custom supply solutions (e.g. point-of-use material, line-side stocking, kanban, min-max supply, etc.)
• Performs scheduling, as required, to ensure continuity of supply during the transition to outside supplier. Verifies that all system variables are accurate and that the priority sequence of assemblies produced is integrated with the AE manufacturing plan.
• Works with Process Engineering, Test Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Services, Planning, Customer Support, Documentation, and work cells to implement ECOs. Ensures material availability prior to ECOs becoming active. Works with Materials on disposition of remaining material. Coordinates ECO rework of assemblies in the manufacturing process.
• Adhere to organizational requirements on quality management, health and safety, code of conduct, legal stipulations, environmental, 5S policies and general duty of care.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the production processes and components, business and other technology including materials.
• Other duties as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Works in standard office environment and uses general office equipment (telephone, PC, copier, fax machine, etc.).
• Works in a fast-paced engineering and high urgency environment under very limited supervision.
• Must also be able to navigate through the production environment, following the processes and procedures dictated in manufacturing.
• Overtime may be necessary in times of increased production.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Thorough understanding of SAP or Material Requirements Planning (MRP), planning functions, and shop floor processes and materials.
• Ability to effectively interpret and summarize statistical reports.
• Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities.
• Excellent understanding of true material lead times for all critical assemblies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including accurate data entry and experience with PC applications, such as Word (word-processing), Excel (spreadsheet), Power Bi, ad hoc queries, and/or relational databases. SAP a plus.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of one (3) to three (5) years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
• Experience in a high mix/low volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience with SAP.

EDUCATION

• College /Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management, Finance, Materials Management, Computer Information Sciences, or Engineering, or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Prefer American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) or CPM certification.

WHY JOIN US!

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In Malaysia, we offer a rich benefits package that includes:

• Medical - health care plan, dental, and vision.
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Executive Employee Health Screening package.
• Generous paid time off starting at 15 days and 19 public holidays.
• 98 days of paid maternity leave for Moms and 7 days of paid paternity leave for Dads.
• AE Child-Of-Employee Scholarship Program.