Senior Planner

Coherent Corp. Vietnam•Sherman, TX

17h

About The Position

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at talentacquisition@coherent.com [talentacquisition@coherent.com]. Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth. Come Join Us! Note to recruiters and employment agencies: We will not pay for unsolicited resumes from recruiters and employment agencies unless we have a signed agreement and have required assistance, in writing, for a specific opening.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years experience in a materials planning environment with an emphasis on NPI support and ramp to volume.
Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
Experience in high volume manufacturing.
Demonstrated change management experience.
Strong analytical skills
Strong understanding of Oracle's Advanced Planning System or equivalent
Lean Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement experience
Experience with Agile (Product Life Cycle Management)
Strong understanding of Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel and Power Point
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to present to an executive audience.
Enthusiastic team-player, evidence of developing solid business relationships
Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and Oracle required
Must understand Planning's role in an ERP/MRP (Expandable) environment along with ability to interface with Manufacturing Data Base Systems (Agile.)
Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required to support customer interface, supplier management, and consensus building across stakeholder.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification a plus

Responsibilities

Responsible for Production Planning and Order Fulfilment for designated product portfolio.
Work closely with Fab Operations production floor staff to ensure that all resources are properly allocated and assigned to support production, engineering and New Product Introduction (NPI) jobs.
Lead cross-functional initiatives to meet department goals and objectives.
Process appropriate documentation and coordinate material movement from stock locations to offshore assembly operations, or in response to specific requests from the R&D team.
Conduct routine analysis and maintenance of ERP and planning system data attributes.
Closely coordinate with Coherent global network of production facilities on the transfer of new products and updates to established products.
Assist Commodity Management in the identification of cost reduction and supplier development opportunities.
Regularly evaluate and optimize program related inventory with an emphasis on avoiding or minimizing excess and obsolete material levels.
Participate in and contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives at the department and division level as well as cross functionally.
Help to define, document and deploy critical planning system tools and best practice techniques throughout the entire global Supply Chain organization.
Assist management in the development and maintenance of key team performance and productivity metrics.
Provide key statistical and performance input as well recommendations for future objectives to management for use in Quarterly Business Review presentations.
Partner with the Finance Team through cross functional collaboration on NPI project status, key project deliverables and timely and accurate disposition of Excess and Obsolescence material.
Assume complete front to back ownership for all assigned projects.
Coordinate with Global Procurement Organization (GPO) on the management of domestic and off shore suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure the timely fulfillment of orders for raw material and sub-assemblies.