Senior Material Planner

Celestica Inc.; Kulim; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in supply chain solutions is seeking a Senior Material Planner to oversee master planning processes. The role requires strong leadership skills, analytical abilities, and a solid understanding of the electronics manufacturing environment. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and four to six years of relevant experience. This position offers an engaging workspace in Malaysia, focused on production control and strategic planning, contributing to the overall business goals.

Qualifications

• Four to six years of relevant experience.
• Good knowledge of an electronics manufacturing environment, material, and processes.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the master planning process for customers at the site.
• Provide leadership for daily production control and scheduling.
• Track and report key supply chain metrics by customer.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Time management

Understanding of electronics manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Senior Material Planner

Date: Apr 3, 2026

General Overview

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Career Stream: Planning & Inventory(SCM_PNIV)
Role: Team Leader 3
Job Title: Planning Team Leader 3
Job Code: TL3-SCM-PLAN
Band: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Detailed Description

Oversees the master planning process for some/ all customers at the site. Provides leadership for daily production control, production readiness decisions and directing Production Scheduling team. Develops, plans, provides data, analysis, and recommendations to make strategic labour resource and equipment decisions. Interfaces with Business Office, IE, Production, Procurement, Planning and customers to compile, develop, validate, and communicate production/shipments plans that support overall business goals. Identifies business process enhancements and participates in their design and implementation. Coordinates planning on customer requirements, and changes in volumes. Tracks and reports key SCM metrics by customer by month. Develops and deploys new / enhanced planning process for SCM team. Supports site-wide production readiness of pilot production runs, new products, line re‑assignment and engineering changes. May be involved in customer requested project initiatives.

• Good knowledge of an electronics manufacturing environment, material and processes
• Good understanding of specific customers' business, organization, products and processes
• Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint and multiple business applications.
• Good analytical and statistical skills.
• Good leadership and coaching skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Four to six years of relevant experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).
At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer‑centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full‑scale production and after‑market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next‑generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.