Production Planner (Test & Finishing)

Carsem (M) Sdn. Bhd; Ipoh; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Education support

Dental

Parking

Medical for immediate family members

Car subsidy

Job summary

Carsem is seeking a Test Finishing planner to create, manage, and optimize production schedules at its Ipoh facilities. The role focuses on meeting customer demand, delivery timelines, and quality standards, while coordinating with manufacturing and operations teams.

The ideal candidate will analyze demand forecasts, manage WIP, and continuously improve capacity, material availability, and efficiency in a fast-paced semiconductor packaging environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of production processes and quality control.
• Math and analytical skills.
• Technical skills using material requirements planning and scheduling software.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with all levels of employees.
• Organizational and time-management skills.
• Coaching skills with the ability to motivate employees.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules.
• Analyze demand forecasts, sales orders, and inventory levels to plan production.
• Manage daily tracker for urgent devices required by customer and reviewed during internal/external meeting.
• Ensure prompt and professional response to customers/factory enquiries in a timely manner.
• Monitor production work in progress (WIP) and adjust schedules as needed to address delays or changes.
• Optimize capacity utilization, labor, and equipment efficiency.
• Communicate production plans clearly to manufacturing and operations teams.
• Track KPIs such as output, lead times, and inventory levels.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks or inefficiencies.
• Maintain accurate production records and reports in MRP system.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and cost-reduction efforts.
• Monitors and controls inventory to ensure targets are met (Inventory Turns).
• Coordinates with Material Planning to assure availability and timeliness of materials and parts required to support established schedules.

Skills

Production planning

Quality control

Scheduling software

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Coaching ability

Tools

Scheduling software

ERP systems

Job description

Test Finishing planner is responsible for creating, managing, and optimizing production schedules to ensure efficient use of resources while meeting customer demand, delivery timelines, and quality standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules.
• Analyze demand forecasts, sales orders, and inventory levels to plan production.
• Manage daily tracker for urgent devices required by customer and reviewed during internal/external meeting.
• Ensure prompt and professional response to customers/factory enquiries in a timely manner.
• Monitor production work in progress (WIP) and adjust schedules as needed to address delays or changes.
• Optimize capacity utilization, labor, and equipment efficiency.
• Communicate production plans clearly to manufacturing and operations teams.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as output, lead times, and inventory levels.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks or inefficiencies.
• Maintain accurate production records and reports in MRP system
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and cost-reduction efforts.
• Monitors and controls inventory to ensure targets are met (Inventory Turns).
• Coordinates with Material Planning to assure availability and timeliness of materials and parts required to support established schedules.

Technical Skills and Competency

• Knowledge of production processes and quality control.
• Math and analytical skills.
• Technical skills using material requirements planning and scheduling software.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with all levels of employees.
• Organizational and time-management skills.
• Coaching skills with the ability to motivate employees

Generic Skills and Competency

• Analytical Problem-Solving.
• Cross-Functional Communication.
• Technological and Data Literacy.
• Organization Time Management.
• Resource Optimization.

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Consumer Electronics Manufacturing More than 10,000 employees

Carsem is a leading provider of turnkey packaging and test services to the semiconductor industry, and offers one of the widest range package & test portfolios in the world.

Founded in 1972, Carsem is among the most experienced companies in our industry and is recognized as one of the largest in unit volume production. We have over 6,000 employees and ship in excess of 100 million units each week and more than 65% of this volume is shipped as fully tested product. Carsem is a member of one of South East Asia's most successful corporations, the Hong Leong Group, who views semiconductors as a core business.

We have three high technology factories. Two are located in Ipoh, Malaysia, and a new third factory is located in Suzhou, China. The two factories in Malaysia, Carsem - M Site and Carsem - S Site, are 10 miles (16Km) apart. Ipoh is a 90 minute drive from Penang and 2.5 hours from Kuala Lumpur.

The factories are supported by extensive R&D and failure analysis staff and incorporate highly sophisticated, "state of the art" automated equipment, ensuring quality products which meet the exacting standards of all the automotive, telecom, computer and consumer goods industries. Both factories maintain world-class quality standards having achieved ISO/TS 16949, ISO-9001, ISO-14001 certifications and comply to the Sony Green Partner Program. They are supported with a global network of sales and technical support offices. The China factory, Carsem-Suzhou Ltd., is located in the province of Jiangsu, 50 miles (80Km) west of Shanghai. The new factory is 172K sq. ft. (16K sq. m.) and is on 645K sq. ft. (60K sq. m.) of land in the Suzhou Industrial Park. The construction was completed in January 2004, the staff has been through extensive training in Carsem's existing Malaysian factories and the assembly and test equipment to support the manufacture of the MLP (Micro Leadframe Package) Quad and Dual was installed during the second quarter of 2004. Customer qualifications were completed during the second quarter and the factory started shipping production volumes during the third quarter of 2004.

Product & Services

Product Groups Assembled at M Site: MLP MICRO I.C. PDIP (300/600 Mil), PLCC, SOIC (150Mil), MSOP (3.0mm), QSOP (150Mil) MICRO SOT 23, SOT66x, TSOT, SOT, TO92; SC 70 POWER TO220, DDPAK, SOT223 S Site

S Site commenced operations in April,1992. The factory has a total floor space of 384,000 sq. ft. (35,700 M2), a work force of 4,300 employees and the ability to expand by 270,000 sq. ft. (25,000 M2) in the future. Product Groups Assembled at S Site: MLP QUAD, DUAL ARRAY SSBGA, SSLGA, FTBGA, CBGA I.C. PDIP (300 Mil), PLCC, SOIC (150/300 Mil), QSOP (300 Mil), SSOP (5.3mm), TSSOP (4.4/ 6.1mm) QFP MQFP, LQFP, TQFP SiP System in Package

Other Information

VISION

"To be a World Class Company Offering Assembly, Test/Finishing Solutions to Semiconductor Companies Throughout the World"

MISSION

"Carsem will Continue to show Profitable Growth with Emphasis on Employee Development and Operational and Service Indices to Ensure that we are the Employer Of Choice and Supplier Of Choice"

QUALITY

Carsem's policy is to provide products and services of the highest quality through "ZERO DEFECTS TODAY!", preventive Quality culture. Employees will act with honesty, sincerity and operate as a team to continuously strive for improvements in quality, productivity, delivery, services and cost in order to be competitive and profitable. ZERO DEFECTS QUALITY is the responsibility of every employee.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

The Hong Leong Group use personal data in accordance with the Hong Leong Group Privacy Notice for new applicants which can be found (http://www.hongleong.com.my).

Perks and benefits Medical Education support Dental Parking Medical for immediate family members, car subsidy