Supply Chain Planner

Description

We are seeking a highly effective supply chain planner to control a semiconductor supply chain with multiple products in close collaboration with both internal and external cross functional teams.

The responsibilities include production planning and management of material movements, coordination with suppliers, and support for engineering/pre-production builds. This position will communicate products’ status and open issues, report available to promise, prioritize and manage demand. It is a dynamic position interacting with both suppliers and internal teams of the organization.

The successful candidate must be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, high attention to detail, and a proven ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Candidates must have excellent analytical capabilities, be comfortable diving deep into data, raise the bar on delivering the right supply at the right time, and communicate clearly and effectively with key suppliers and internal constituents.

The ideal candidate is a person who actively participates with a strong curiosity to understand the business end-to-end, and has a track record of using data to influence decision makers.

Key job responsibilities

Responsible for organizing and developing production plans to align with demand.

Provide delivery commitments to internal and external customers and ensure timely delivery of products.

Manage variables in the demand requirements, such as forecasts, strategic inventory allocations, and backlog consumption.

Work with engineering and suppliers to understand BOM components; identify long lead time parts to ensure the availability; coordinate the additional and alternative sources for material and capacity to meet production volume and schedules.

Provide loading plans and production releases to offshore subcontractors, monitor and ensure that the releases are executed timely and accurately,

Plan, schedule, coordinate, track, and expedite material issues with wafer foundry, IC assembly and test houses, module contract manufacturers, and component suppliers.

Maintain data reporting, charts, WIP and inventory reports, supply availability, shortage or excess lists as required.

Work with various manufacturing partners to improve delivery performance.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Haifa, ISR

Basic Qualifications

• Good understanding of demand response, capacity planning, and factory loading. Ability to work with numerous priorities and meet deadlines as required. Be able to react to situations with a sense of urgency. Strong engineering and project management background, comfortable making decisions when fuzzy logic and limited information is presented, able to analyze quickly, defend and clearly communicate the decisions, but ask for guidance when needed – creative within boundaries, organized but able to handle chaos. Advanced knowledge in ERP system and excellent skills in Microsoft Excel. Skills/Experience: 2-3 years of NPI/production planning experience in a manufacturing environment or a fabless semiconductor company which has been through significant ramps. Experience with planning and component material management experience a strong plus.
  
  

• Education/Training Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Industrial management or a technical field or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Travel: International travel is possible.
• Strong advantage working at Semiconductor fabless companies.