Senior Planner-Engineering

Microchip•Lawrence, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Senior Planner-Engineering to join their team. This role is crucial for coordinating and managing engineering projects, ensuring material availability, and supporting build plans. The position requires strong collaboration with project teams, PMs, engineering, and supply chain stakeholders, along with a high level of system knowledge and adaptability to uncertainty in builds, BOMs, and routing. Microchip offers a unique opportunity to be part of a global organization with a culture of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication, providing unlimited career potential and employee development.

Requirements

9 years direct planning experience or 5 years of experience with a relevant bachelor’s degree or 3 years of experience with a master’s degree.
Strong negotiation and collaboration skills, with the ability to challenge and refine decisions.
High-level system knowledge, particularly AX (Dynamics AX), Agile, and business structures.
Ability to cope with uncertainty, making strategic adjustments where necessary.
Technical and engineering knowledge, or the ability to develop expertise in relevant areas.
Effective communication skills, ensuring coordination across production, engineering, and supply chain teams.
Experience in engineering change management, inventory disposition, and forecasting processes.
Proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3) due to U.S. Export Controls Requirements.

Responsibilities

Work closely with project teams, PMs, and engineering teams to understand program requirements.
Manage End-of-Life (EOL) and dormant items, ensuring appropriate inventory disposition.
Maintain high-level system knowledge (AX, Agile, etc.) and oversee BOM structure support (Coverage Group, MRP settings, WHs).
Set up and manage intercompany processes, facilitating collaboration across factories/groups.
Navigate uncertainty in builds, BOM structures, and routing, ensuring adaptability.
Oversee engineering BOMs, item creation, and adoption in AX, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
Execute intracompany warehouse transfers for effective material flow.
Conduct inventory status reviews and disposition in coordination with quality and engineering teams.
Host Engineering Collaborative Meetings, fostering alignment across departments.
Ensure material availability to support engineering and prototype builds.
Act as a communication bridge between the production floor and production planning teams.
Maintain high-level business/site knowledge to align engineering operations with company objectives.
Exhibit strong leadership, including the ability to push back, negotiate, and collaborate effectively.
Apply critical thinking and scepticism to engineering planning and decision-making processes.
Possess or develop technical and engineering knowledge, enabling informed decision-making.
Foster strong relationships with the engineering buyer function to ensure material availability.
Define and manage MBOMs with engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing teams.
Oversee build plan management, interfacing with production planning and setting priorities.
Support forecasting, including risk buys and predictive inventory management.
Coordinate sales order confirmation, ensuring alignment with engineering and production needs.
Manage inventory disposition and lifecycle tracking.
Lead engineering change control, ensuring timely updates and approvals.
Oversee AX system settings updates, including safety stock adjustments, transaction agreements, and revision updates.