Senior Planning Manager, Materials & NPI

Ultra Clean Technology; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultra Clean Technology in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Manager, Planning with a strong background in materials management. Lead a team of planners to support production, transfers/NPI, and develop materials strategies aligned with engineering and manufacturing needs.

You will drive supplier negotiations, manage KPIs, and coordinate cost-target programs while ensuring seamless transitions for new projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of materials project management experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent.
• Experience in supply chain planning or outsourcing, with previous experience in project management.
• Experience in gas delivery components/sheet metal parts preferred.
• Working knowledge of quick-turn, engineer-to-order environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of materials planners to support production volume as well as transfer products/NPI into UCTM.
• Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; perform make/buy analyses.
• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure for both production volume and new transfer/NPI projects.
• Forms Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables through matrix management of buyers and planners.
• Creates, releases, and updates new project materials strategy.
• Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; completes supplier risk assessment on critical parts; monitors supplier performance.
• Executes commercialization (transition) materials plan.
• Manages materials change control process and may drive changes to project management process.
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements; develops supplier road maps to engineering.
• Resolves quality issues and meets cost objectives.
• Generates, publishes and drives materials KPI such as MRP success rate, Load vs Commit, PO past due, PO unconfirm, Suppliers OTD, inventory turns.
• Develops and executes programs to meet cost objectives and tracks cost targets.

Skills

Commercialization plan

Low volume high mix

Change control

Parts roadmaps

Quality issue resolution

KPI reporting

Cost target setting

Cost optimization

Value analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Ultra Clean Technology in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Manager, Planning with a strong background in materials management. Lead a team of planners to support production, transfers/NPI, and develop materials strategies aligned with engineering and manufacturing needs.

You will drive supplier negotiations, manage KPIs, and coordinate cost-target programs while ensuring seamless transitions for new projects.