KLA Production Planner 

United States, California, Milpitas 

908965813

Qualifications

• Partner with manufacturing to perform capacity analysis to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, planning for production growth, and growth in spares business to support worldwide install base of tools

• Collaborate with key partners (purchasing and engineering) to ensure Engineering Change Orders are communicated to and implemented in manufacturing in an efficient and timely way
• Understands and maintains critical path of BOMs in area of responsibility and drives engineering to maintain BOM alignment to manufacturing process
• Attends and actively participates in manufacturing production status meetings, On-Time-Starts meetings, and all other required meetings
• Open, manage, and close work orders timely to ensure correct factory cost absorption
• Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by reconciling material availability against manufacturing capacity and production plan targets. Develop and drive mitigation plans as necessary
• Escalate where and when necessary to management
• Ensure inventory accuracy through cycle count activity and promptly resolve variations through reconciliation activity
• Engage manufacturing teams and key stakeholders in the continuous improvement process to ensure assigned projects are identified, prioritized, and executed to ensure success

Preferred Qualifications:

• APICS certification a plus

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience (low volume high mix preferred) and having supported New Product Introduction and sustaining manufacturing

• Strong presentation and clear communication abilities.

• SAP experience is required

• Articulates thoughts, concepts, and ideas concisely in both formal and informal situations

• Advanced MS Office skills, understanding of vlookup, Pivot tables, tables, chart reporting, and data sorting

• Strong proficiency in organizational and time-management skills

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrates adaptability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

• Motivated: enthusiastic; strives for excellence; continually seeks to improve self and company; ability and strong desire to grow with the company

• Ability to support, participate, and simultaneously drive multiple tasks and projects successfully

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