Lead, Production Planning – Semiconductors (Rotterdam)

Nearfield Instruments

Rotterdam

Hybrid

EUR 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

30 holidays per calendar year
8% holiday allowance
Commuting allowance
Discount on health insurance
Team-driven culture

Job summary

Nearfield Instruments in Rotterdam seeks a first Team Lead Production Planning to build and lead the function from day one. You will coordinate master planning, scheduling and capacity while ensuring 100% inventory reliability and on-time delivery of semiconductor projects.

You will collaborate across Sales, D&E, Supply Chain and Production to optimize plans, manage the warehouse, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes.

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience as a leader within Production Planning, within semicon/high tech industry.
  • A bachelor's or master's degree related to this position, with a strategic mind set.
  • A natural drive to deliver results, "can do" and proactive mindset.
  • Strong communication (English), organizational skills and customer focused.
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, in Rotterdam.

Responsibilities

  • Master Planning: Maintain and control Build Plan and progress. First point of contact for Sales for customer allocations to Build Plan. Prepare and present scenario's for to meet customer delivery requirements.
  • Production Scheduling: Develop and maintain production schedules based on customer orders, production capacity, and inventory levels. Ensure alignment with production goals and deadlines.
  • Capacity Planning: analyze overall production capacity (space and resources) and constraints to optimize resource utilization and minimize production downtime. Identify potential bottlenecks and propose solutions to enhance efficiency.
  • Inventory & Warehouse Management: Monitor inventory levels of raw materials, components, and finished goods. Coordinate with procurement and supply chain teams to ensure adequate inventory levels while minimizing excess stock and carrying costs.
  • Production Coordination and change control planning: plans and triggers production planning and material issue to production in line with production schedules. Plans engineering changes into the production schedules triggered by customer order configurations and Engineering changes.
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency improvements in production planning and scheduling. Implement best practices and participate in cross-functional initiatives to drive continuous improvement.
  • Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as on-time delivery, cycle times, and inventory turnover. Analyse performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions as needed.

Skills

Team leadership
Production planning
Semiconductor industry
Master planning
Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Nearfield Instruments in Rotterdam seeks a first Team Lead Production Planning to build and lead the function from day one. You will coordinate master planning, scheduling and capacity while ensuring 100% inventory reliability and on-time delivery of semiconductor projects.

You will collaborate across Sales, D&E, Supply Chain and Production to optimize plans, manage the warehouse, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes.

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