Production Planner (Service)

KLA; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total rewards package

Job summary

KLA is seeking a Production Planner to join the Global Operations team in Singapore. You will plan production, release work orders, and coordinate with purchasing, logistics, and distribution to ensure on-time material availability and shipments.

The role requires SAP PP experience, strong communication, and a proactive, team-oriented mindset. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in production planning within manufacturing, with ERP proficiency and a focus on minimizing inventory waste while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Technical Engineering, Business or Supply Chain.
• At least 2 years of production planning experience in manufacturing.
• Proficient with ERP systems, preferably SAP PP, and able to generate production planning reporting/metrics.

Responsibilities

• Plans for production, releases work orders, and ensures on-time deliveries per customer requirements.
• Collaborates with purchasing and warehouse/logistics for on-time receipt and delivery of materials and finished goods.
• Monitors material shortages, expediting, and ensures material availability to support the production plan.
• Manages spare parts planning and ensures timely delivery to distribution centres.
• Drives spare parts repair material planning and optimizes materials for spares replenishment.
• Minimizes excess and obsolescence inventory and supports process improvements.

Skills

Communication skills

Supply chain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree / Diploma in Technical Engineering / Business / Supply Chain

Tools

SAP PP

ERP systems

Job description

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

What You'll Do

• Plans for production which includes releasing of work orders and ensuring on-time delivery of shipments based on customer requirements
• Works closely with purchasing and warehouse/logistics groups to ensure on-time receipt, delivery of materials and finished goods shipments
• Monitors and co-ordinates on material shortages, expediting and ensuring material availability to support production plan
• Manages spares planning support and ensure timely delivery of spares to distribution centre
• Drives spares repair material planning and optimize the materials needed to support the spares replenishment program
• Drives and minimize excess and obsolescence inventory
• Assists in developing, maintaining and improving existing processes, procedures and key performance metrics

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree / Diploma or equivalent in Technical Engineering / Business / Supply Chain
• At least 2 years' of production planning experience in manufacturing industry
• Require knowledge in work order management and understanding of Bill of Material
• Proficient in an ERP system, preferably SAP system (PP module) with good knowledge of supply chain, materials flow concepts and production planning reporting/metrics
• Experience in low volume high mix (preferably equipment manufacturing) and DFT/pull manufacturing environment is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Team player, self-driven and able to work under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced work environment and to work with a variety of offshore locations
• Diploma or Degree

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.