Planning Manager

Ichor Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ichor Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking a senior planning leader to guide a team of planners, align production plans with demand, capacity and material availability, and ensure reliable customer commitments in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role focuses on improving forecast accuracy, schedule stability, and supply reliability while collaborating with procurement, engineering, and operations to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Business or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in production or materials planning within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven people leadership experience, including coaching and performance management.
• Ability to drive accountability and make difficult trade-off decisions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of planners with clear direction, coaching and performance management.
• Review customer demand, forecasts and backlog to set priorities and optimize production output and lead times.
• Ensure timely material availability and manage material lead times, shortages and delivery risks.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Logistics and Customer Operations to align priorities.
• Identify risks and drive timely mitigation plans; drive continuous improvement in planning and forecasting.

Skills

Leadership

Forecasting

Production planning

Inventory management

Supply chain

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle

Power BI

VBA

Job description

ResponsibilitiesLead and develop a team of planners, providing clear direction, coaching, performance management and capability development. Review customer demand, forecasts and backlog to establish priorities and optimize production output and customer lead times. Develop and maintain realistic production plans aligned with customer demand, capacity, material availability and business priorities.

Ensure timely material availability to support production schedules and customer requirements. Work closely with Procurement, Suppliers and Warehouse teams to manage material lead times, shortages and delivery risks. Partner closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Logistics and Customer Operations to align priorities and ensure execution readiness.

Ensure production plans are achievable and aligned with actual shop-floor capacity, constraints and operational readiness. Manage order execution and delivery performance, ensuring accurate planning and reliable customer commitment dates. Act as the key planning interface for issue resolution, priority setting, trade-off decisions and change-impact assessments.

Proactively identify risks such as capacity constraints, material shortages, supplier delays and schedule disruptions, and drive timely mitigation plans. Strengthen planning processes, data quality and system utilization to improve forecast accuracy, schedule stability and supply reliability. Drive continuous improvement in planning effectiveness, inventoryperformance, production flow and customer service.

Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, urgency, collaboration and continuous improvement. RequirementsBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Business or a related discipline.7+ years of experience in production or materials planning within a manufacturing or industrial environment. Experience in high-mix, high-volume contract manufacturing is strongly preferred.

Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management and team development. Firm, assertive and results-oriented with the confidence to drive accountability and make difficult trade-off decisions. Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, complex and constantly changing environment with competing priorities.

Demonstrated experience leading integrated planning activities across demand planning, supply planning, materials planning and production scheduling. Good understanding of manufacturing operations, capacity planning, material availability and production scheduling. Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to act decisively under pressure.

Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and challenge cross-functional teams when required. Good communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution. Knowledge of Oracle, Power BI and VBA is preferred.

Passion for innovation, process improvement and operational excellence.