Senior Planning Lead: Production & Inventory Optimization

Molex; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Senior Officer, Planning in Malaysia to lead production scheduling, inventory control, and collaboration across manufacturing, supply, and external partners. The role focuses on optimising inventories while coordinating with internal teams and vendors to meet delivery commitments.

The ideal candidate has extensive planning experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with Excel/PowerPoint, plus familiarity with planning systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of planning experience.
• Strong planning analysis capability with the ability to maximise capacity and output.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with planning systems such as Rapid Response, Kinaxis, and APS.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and drive production schedules to meet internal and external customer requirements, ensuring alignment with MPD and CRD goals by producing the right stock at the right time.
• Lead recovery planning in the event of production failures that impact delivery.
• Serve as the key interface for Delivery Management, ensuring shipment commitments are accurate and aligned with production execution, rework orders, block stock management, and overall CRD/MPD targets.
• Review capacity constraints regularly, maintain and update capacity charts for constraint parts, and work closely with SSP, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and Engineering teams to implement solutions and avoid customer disruptions.
• Review and commit to monthly output and revenue targets for assigned engineering series, ensuring execution aligns with agreed commitments.
• Monitor inventory movement and collaborate with Site Supply Planning to establish appropriate buffer stock levels, while managing end-to-end DSI for connectors to achieve optimal inventory control.
• Conduct monthly reviews of DSI, S&E, and past shelf life to minimise inventory scrap.
• Evaluate published lead times against actual performance and drive alignment with plant metrics on a monthly basis.
• Provide backup support for other planners during leave, emergencies, or manpower shortages to ensure continuity of operations.
• Support company initiatives such as EICC, TS16949, ISO 9001/14001, TQM, and GLSS projects.
• Apply and continuously practise PBM principles in daily work.

Skills

Planning analysis

Interpersonal skills

Excel & PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Rapid Response

Kinaxis

APS

SAP

Job description

Molex is seeking a Senior Officer, Planning in Malaysia to lead production scheduling, inventory control, and collaboration across manufacturing, supply, and external partners. The role focuses on optimising inventories while coordinating with internal teams and vendors to meet delivery commitments.

The ideal candidate has extensive planning experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with Excel/PowerPoint, plus familiarity with planning systems.