Production Planner II

Advanced Energy; Penang; On-site; MYR 72,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy in Penang, Malaysia, seeks a Production Planner to coordinate production plans, ensure on-time delivery, and optimize material availability across the production cycle. The role demands strong SAP/MRP experience, 3–5 years in manufacturing, and proficiency with data tools.

The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering, sales, and purchasing to minimize lead times, manage ECOs, and maintain efficient shop floor operations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a high mix/low volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to plan, schedule and coordinate production with SAP/MRP.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and data interpretation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• 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 labor and material shortages, backlogs and other schedule interruptions.
• Develops and implements production control functions: master scheduling, shop scheduling, material planning, WIP tracking, and manufacturing performance reporting.
• Approves quantities, schedules and parts lists to ensure timely ordering and issuance of material requirements.
• Coordinates ECOs in production and ensures material availability prior to ECO activation.
• Collaborates with purchasing to develop supply solutions for long lead times (e.g., kanban, line-side stocking).
• Performs scheduling during transitions to outside suppliers to maintain continuity of supply.
• Adheres to quality, health & safety, and 5S policies; supports process improvements.

Skills

SAP

MRP planning

Production planning

Shop floor processes

Data interpretation

Excel

Power BI

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Operations/Materials Management/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Excel

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Ensures on-time delivery of products to finished goods as scheduled by AE committed shipment date. Improves AE ability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding BU capacity, identifying constraints, and actively reducing lead times (availability) by product. Minimizes AE investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Location: Penang Science Park, Simpang Ampat Penang.
• 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:

Essential:

• Minimum of three (3) to five (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.

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.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Career Growth and Learning Opportunity.