Operational Planner

Introduction to the job

The Operational Planner is responsible for scheduling, monitoring, and executing the production plan for a designated work center. This role ensures Central Planning requirements are met on time by working closely with cross functional partners (Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering, Program Management and Quality).

This is an onsite role, Monday through Friday, with regular presence required in production and cleanroom environments to support daily operations and decisionmaking.

Role and responsibilities

• Plan, monitor, and adjust production work orders to ensure MRP requirements are met while optimizing workinprogress (WIP) and inventory levels.
• Attend daily production meetings (inside the cleanroom) to review build status, constraints, and schedule adherence.
• Ensure material availability to support planned production orders; proactively identify and mitigate shortages or risks.
• Create, maintain, and analyze Excelbased reports related to material availability, capacity, and potential impact to shipment schedules.
• Perform impact analysis to support allocation and prioritization decisions in collaboration with Materials, Manufacturing, and Program Management.
• Support implementation of engineering changes, including managing scrap, coordinating rework activities, and securing required logistics.
• Execute special projects, data analysis, and reporting requests on behalf of management.
• Communicate clearly and effectively across departments, escalating issues when needed and driving timely resolution.
• Present data, analysis, and recommendations to stakeholders and management as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Education and Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in planning or logistics within a manufacturing or production environment.

• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle preferred).

• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including: VLOOKUP / HLOOKUP (or XLOOKUP), SUMIF / COUNTIF, Pivot Tables, Data analysis and report creation.
• Strong working knowledge of production planning concepts such as MRP, JIT, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing.
• Experience supporting or leading process improvement, data analysis, or cost optimization initiatives.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple departments and stakeholders in a fastpaced production environment.
• Teamoriented, collaborative mindset with strong interpersonal and relationshipbuilding skills.
• Proactive, assertive, and solutiondriven approach to problemsolving.
• High level of ownership and accountability; able to make decisions within scope and escalate appropriately.
• Excellent timemanagement skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands.
• Flexible and highly committed to supporting the goals of the DUV / CF Factory.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new tools, processes, and information.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The environment is an open workspace with moderate in temperature and noise level.

• The employee is required to move around the campus, including the cleanroom.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and use hands to keyboard.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• The position may require travel depending on business needs.

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:

Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.

The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Company's 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.

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