Director of Planning - Semiconductor

Lifework Search; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) plan

Job summary

Lifework Search is seeking a Director of Semiconductor Planning to lead near-term and mid-term S&OP processes across U.S. and Korea plants. You will drive capacity, inventory, and material planning, aligning with product lines and customer commitments.

The role requires 10+ years in production and supply planning, SAP/IBP experience, and strong leadership in complex manufacturing settings. Travel and collaboration across functions are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Management, Business, Finance, or related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• At least 10 years in production planning, supply planning, capacity planning, or SiOP leadership.
• Experience leading planning teams in multi-site environments.
• ERP/MRP experience; SAP and SAP IBP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the semiconductor planning organization across US and Korea plants for near-term and mid-term planning.
• Develop standard planning reports, dashboards, and metrics for visibility into demand/supply, capacity, and inventory.
• Own mid-term SiOP processes, translate demand into supply plans, and mitigate constraints.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, IT, and finance to align plans with business priorities.

Skills

SiOP planning

Planning leadership

Forecasting

Data analysis

Power BI

Excel

Cross-functional leadership

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

MBA preferred

Tools

SAP

SAP IBP

QAD ERP

Job description

Job ID: 1526

My Client is seeking a Director, Semiconductor Planning to drive business performance across the Semiconductor segment by developing and executing plans in production, capacity, materials, inventory, and customer supply commitments. This role will help the Semiconductor business make better decisions earlier, improve revenue fulfillment and customer service, increase visibility to supply constraints, and build a more resilient planning organization that effectively supports rapid business growth.

This role is responsible for the mid-term Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process for the Semiconductor business segment and for near-term planning leadership across U.S. and Korean Semiconductor business segment plants.

What You Will Do:

Semiconductor Planning Organization Leadership and People Development

• Lead the Semiconductor planning organization across all US and Korean plants for near-term planning and business segment-wide for mid-term planning.
• Foster a team culture based on accountability, structured problem solving, data-driven decisions, continuous improvement, automation, and strong partnership with manufacturing and business stakeholders. Enable a team to support Semiconductor business growth, higher planning-system capability, stronger SiOP execution, and more resilient day-to-day operations.

Near-term planning

• Provide leadership and ensure effective execution at each plant via plant planning managers and planning teams responsible for production planning, master scheduling, order promising, short-horizon capacity management, material planning, and customer delivery execution.
• Work with plant planning managers to ensure plant manufacturing performance, constraints and recovery plans are accurately represented in planning processes and communicated to business leadership.
• Establish common planning standards, routines, metrics, escalation processes, and performance expectations across the U.S. and Korea Semiconductor planning teams.
• Ensure the Key Customer Supply Manager is closely aligned with the plant planning groups to manage key customer escalations, including issue resolution facilitation, supply plan reporting, communication cadence and support.

Semiconductor Segment Mid-Term Supply Planning Leadership

• Own the mid-term (12+ months) SiOP planning processes for the Semiconductor business segment, including capacity planning, inventory planning, material planning, and constrained forecast creation.
• Work with the CTJ Planning Director to incorporate Japan plant supply capabilities, constraints, inventory plans, capacity assumptions, and planning transformation status into the Semiconductor segment SiOP process.
• Translate demand forecasts, customer requirements, product-line priorities, and commercial inputs into supply plans, capacity requirements, inventory implications, and recommended operating actions. Develop options to mitigate constraints leading to negative customer, revenue, inventory, or cost impacts.
• Lead the development and increased use of mid-term capacity models and planning tools in partnership with manufacturing, engineering, IT, finance, and corporate planning resources.
• Partner with operations, product management, commercial, and finance to align supply plans with product-line strategy, customer priorities, new product launches, demand changes, inventory, capacity utilization, and cost performance.

Capacity, Inventory, and Network Optimization

• Develop and execute inventory strategies to support customer service, revenue fulfillment, operational efficiency, and corporate working-capital objectives.
• Successfully manage customer consignment processes to meet customer expectations while managing CoorsTek cost, control, and effectiveness.
• Support inter-site planning decisions and coordination across multiple manufacturing sites, including CoorsTek plants outside the Semiconductor segment.
• Ensure accurate and timely material requirement plans are created. Partner with procurement and internal powder manufacturing planning teams to ensure relevant constraints and supply chain strategies are incorporated.

Planning Systems, Data Management, and Process Governance

• Utilize planning systems (SAP, QAD ERP, SAP IBP) to ensure effective planning processes. Champion and implement continuous process improvements and system enhancements.
• Ensure that planning master data, planning parameters, bills of material, routings, work centers, capacity assumptions, and MRP inputs are maintained with sufficient quality to support effective planning decisions.
• Develop standard planning reports, metrics, routines, and dashboards that improve visibility to demand/supply alignment, capacity constraints, inventory risk, and customer service performance.

Key Metrics

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Semiconductor SiOP process completeness, execution and maturity,
• SAP/IBP adoption and planning-system effectiveness.
• Planning talent development, leadership depth, and organizational resilience.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Management, Business, Finance, or a related field required. Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in production planning, supply planning, capacity planning, manufacturing planning, SiOP, or related supply chain leadership roles required.
• Experience leading planning teams in a multi-site manufacturing environment required. Experience managing managers or leading through multiple planning teams strongly preferred.
• Strong manufacturing background required. Preferred experience in ceramics, advanced materials, process manufacturing, automotive, industrial, electronics, or other complex manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading supply-side SiOP/S&OP processes for a business unit, region, or complex product-line portfolio required.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems required. SAP and SAP IBP, or equivalent advanced planning systems, preferred.
• Experience in driving process improvement, automation, AI application project.
• Experience developing capacity models, inventory strategies, production planning processes, and planning governance routines required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Deep knowledge of planning concepts, including demand planning, supply planning, SiOP, master scheduling, capacity planning, material requirements planning, inventory planning, and plant scheduling.
• Business and financial acumen and the ability to connect planning processes and decisions to revenue, customer service, inventory, working capital, capacity utilization, cost, and risk.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret complex operational data, identify constraints, evaluate options, and communicate recommendations clearly.
• Strong communication skills, ability to summarize complex operational issues concisely and translate business priorities into actionable planning direction and the ability to influence cross functionally.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organization with plant, business-unit, regional, and corporate stakeholders.
• High proficiency with Excel and analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to ~25% of the time.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to: Senior Director of Planning.

Direct reports include U.S. and Korea plant planning managers, Key Customer Supply Manager, and dedicated Semiconductor mid-term planning resources.

Works closely with the CTJ Planning Director to incorporate Japan plant supply plans, constraints, capacity assumptions, and inventory strategies, into the SiOP process.

Compensation:

• $180,000 -$210,000 + 30% Bonus
• Full benefit package including medical, dental and 401(k).
• Travel up to 35% Domestic and International.