Senior Manager, Planning

ULTRA CLEAN TECHNOLOGY (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor manufacturer in Malaysia is looking for a Senior Manager of Planning to lead a team responsible for aligning demand with supplier capacity. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in materials project management, excels in supply chain planning, and is adept at supplier negotiations. Knowledge of the semiconductor wafer fab equipment industry is preferred. This role is integral to generating operational plans and managing materials to meet project goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of materials project management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in supply chain planning or outsourcing.
• Working knowledge of quick-turn, engineer-to-order environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of materials planners and buyers to support production volume.
• Forecast engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate demand signals to minimize inventory exposure.

Skills

Leadership

Materials planning

Project management

Supplier negotiation

Education

B.S. degree in business, materials management, or related discipline

Job description

Sr Mgr, Planning to join us in Malaysia!

Has experience in the semiconductor wafer fab equipment (WFE) industry. Sr Mgr, Planning aligns demand from Sales for one specific account to known UCT and Suppliers capacity for generating an executable Ops plan across all assembly sites (configuration loaded in MRP with at least 2 Quarter horizon). He/She identifies risks associated with the execution of the proposed Ops plan and articulates options and recommendations to UCT’s Sr. Director S&OP and Sales Account Manager. As orders from customers are entered in CRM, he/she takes down the corresponding BOMS’s in MRP to avoid overdriving inventory. Also leading a team of materials planners and buyers to support the demand from forecast/PO loaded into MRP system, PO placement to suppliers, expediting to support site revenue and inventory plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of materials planners and buyers, about 10 people to support production volume as well as transfer products/NPI into UCTM.
• Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials and manufacturing requirements to suppliers. Makes outsourcing decisions by performing make / buy analysis.
• 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. Utilizes the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers. Completes supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts suppliers. Monitors supplier performance (delivery, quality, and cost).
• 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 and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Resolves quality issues and meets cost objectives.
• Generates, publishes and drives materials Key Process Indicators (KPI) such as MRP success rate, Load vs Commit, PO past due, PO unconfirm, Suppliers OTD, inventory turns and etc.
• Develops and executes programs in order to meet cost objectives and establishes and tracks cost targets.

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Executes commercialization (transition) materials plan for transfer project/NPI.
• Able to manage low volume high mix products.
• 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 and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Resolves quality issues and meets cost objectives.
• Generates and publishes Key Process Indicators (KPI).
• Develops and executes programs in order to meet cost objectives and establishes and tracks cost targets.
• Utilizes value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Analysis.
• High level of energy and with polish leadership skill set.

Educational/Certification Requirement:

• B.S. level degree or equivalent in business, purchasing, materials, distribution, supply chain management, or related discipline, Masters level degree preferred.

Experience Requirement:

Work Experience:

• 10+ years of materials project management experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent, to include 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.

Malaysia

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