Senior Manager, Planning

Veeco Instruments Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Veeco Instruments Inc. in Singapore seeks a Senior Manager, Planning to connect customer demand with factory execution in a complex manufacturing environment.

You will build and lead the planning function, aligning master schedules with capacity and material availability to drive delivery performance and revenue execution. You will collaborate with global operations, procurement, logistics, finance, and commercial teams to create executable long-range supply plans and ensure planning accuracy

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain planning, production control, master scheduling, or manufacturing planning.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing planning or production-control teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the factory master production schedule and integrated demand plan.
• Lead cross-functional planning decisions balancing delivery, inventory, and capacity.
• Build a high-performing planning organization with clear accountability.
• Improve on-time delivery, schedule attainment, cycle time, and inventory health.
• Lead new-product and product-transition planning with minimal risk.
• Strengthen planning systems, data quality, reporting, and governance.
• Partner with global teams to create executable long-range supply plans.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Forecasting

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Operations Management

Tools

ERP systems

MRP systems

Job description

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About Veeco
You probably don’t realize it, but what we do at Veeco touches the lives of every person, every day. It’s a bold statement, but it’s true. From the smartphones in our pockets that access the world’s collective knowledge, to the cloud-based services where all that information lives, to high-speed wireless communication and computing power needed to drive artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, gaming and so much more, our technology is all around us.

We design, develop, manufacture, and service highly complex, cutting-edge machines used by our customers to create the essential devices that drive the digital age, connect the world, and improve the human experience. Along with the world’s leading technology companies, many of which are household names, we help solve their most difficult material science challenges, enabling technologies for a more connected, sustainable, and convenient world.

We’re looking for material difference-makers to join our growing team.

Overview

Veeco's Singapore manufacturing operation must convert changing customer demand, material availability, and factory capacity into predictable business results. As Senior Manager, Planning, you will lead the function that connects customer orders to factory execution across one of the industry's most complex manufacturing environments. Your decisions directly influence delivery performance, inventory efficiency, revenue execution, and customer satisfaction. As Veeco expands across advanced semiconductor, photonics, and related manufacturing technologies, you will build the planning organization, strengthen operational processes, and create the foundation that enables sustainable growth and scale.

Responsibilities

Own the factory master production schedule and integrated demand plan, ensuring customer commitments, revenue targets, capacity, and material availability remain aligned.

Lead cross-functional planning decisions that balance delivery performance, inventory investment, manufacturing constraints, and business priorities across multiple product lines.

Build and develop a high-performing planning and production-control organization with clear accountability, capability growth, and succession depth.

Drive measurable improvements in on-time delivery, schedule attainment, manufacturing cycle time, inventory health, and planning accuracy.

Leadnew-productand product-transition planning activities while minimizing operational risk and financial exposure.

Strengthenplanning systems, master-data quality, reporting visibility, and process governance to improve decision-making speed and quality.

Partner with global operations, procurement,logistics, manufacturing, finance, and commercial teams to create executable long-range supply plans.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Operations Management, ora relateddiscipline.

10+ years of experience in supply chain planning, production control, master scheduling, or manufacturing planning.

5+ years of leadership experience managing professional planning or production-control teams.

Experience owning master production scheduling and sales-and-operations planning processes in a semiconductor, capital-equipment, aerospace, or similarly complex manufacturing environment.

Experience using enterprise resource planning and material-requirements planning systems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Skilled at translating long-range demand forecasts into executable factory plans.

Experienced in leading executive planning reviews and resolving competing priorities through data-driven recommendations.

Strong understanding of capacity planning, inventory optimization, production control, and supply-demand balancing.

Able to turn complex operational data into clear business insights for senior leaders.

Experienced in automation, planning-system improvement, and operational transformation initiatives.

Effective at building alignment across global teams with diverseobjectivesand constraints.

Demonstrated success developing future managers and high-potential planning professionals.

Veeco is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected characteristics. Veeco is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

Notice to Applicants:
All communication about open positions and hiring will come from someone with a @veeco.com email address. You will always have multiple interviews and meet several team members (in-person or virtually) before we present an offer. We may also check references or conduct a background investigation as part of the offer process. We will never ask you for money for any reason, especially to send equipment or for pre-employment training. If you have any questions or concerns, or if someone has reached out to you and you think it might be a scam, please get in touch with us [e-mail] .