NPI & Production Planner: Align Demand, Capacity & Delivery

Socket.dev; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 74,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies

Parental leave

11 paid holidays

Flexible paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a Production & New Product Introduction Planner to oversee forecasts, line scheduling, capacity allocation, material availability, order fulfillment, inventory, product costing, and program delivery. You will collaborate with R&D, NPI Engineers, and WW teams to optimize final assembly demand and capacity across the site.

The role supports final assembly manufacturing with back-up responsibilities across the site, reporting to management on volume plans, capabilities, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain and Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or similar field.
• 2-3 years of experience in planning and scheduling or related experience.
• Experience using SAP for production control, shipping, inventory transactions, and related manufacturing functions.
• Experience with complex planning and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Industrial Engineer on production capability and constraints.
• Collect monthly production and R&D demand forecasts, publish build plan, manage factory capacity and inventory.
• Partner with Program Managers and Forecasters to manage long term forecasting and adjust with program schedules and deliverables.
• Maintain real‑time inventory status and delta to inventory goals.
• Manage production shipments to the distribution centers.
• Ensure receipt of materials, shipping irregularities, and arrival date tracking.
• Work with downstream planners to ensure final assembly demand can be met.
• Partner with operations on build times and scheduling.
• Lead bi-weekly planning meetings to coordinate factory plans.
• Partner with engineering on allocation decisions.
• Assist in staffing/shift modeling for throughput and line utilization constraints.
• Support transitions from R&D to Production (S4 setup, product costing, etc).
• Report on WOS (on-hand demand and delta to plan).
• Report on changes completed & upcoming (e.g. component adds & deletes).
• Report on financial scrap and be aware of cost levers for product cost.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Project management

Analytical

Time management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Inventory management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management/Supply Chain/Industrial Engineering

Master's degree a plus

Tools

SAP

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking a Production & New Product Introduction Planner to oversee forecasts, line scheduling, capacity allocation, material availability, order fulfillment, inventory, product costing, and program delivery. You will collaborate with R&D, NPI Engineers, and WW teams to optimize final assembly demand and capacity across the site.

The role supports final assembly manufacturing with back-up responsibilities across the site, reporting to management on volume plans, capabilities, and