Senior Planner

Onto Innovation•Wilmington, MA

About The Position

Onto Innovation is a process-control company serving the semiconductor industry, with technologies spanning metrology, defect inspection, interconnect composition, factory analytics, and lithography for advanced packaging. The Senior Planner coordinates materials allocation and production planning with other planners, models team decisions in the Subassembly Production Schedule, and manages builds from start to finish. The planner continually updates schedules as forecasts, tool configurations, inventory, and labor availability change, and incorporates engineering change notices (ECNs) into existing work orders. The role also communicates production plan changes and potential work stoppages, addresses scheduling and manufacturing challenges, and provides planning data and input to relevant managers and the Master Scheduler.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management or a related field.
At least four years of related planning experience in a low-volume, high-value, custom-configured capital equipment manufacturing environment.
Strong knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, standard business practices, and production scheduling methodology.
Aptitude for technical product configuration, dates, and numbers, with strong attention to detail.
Ability to tolerate frequently changing schedules and reprioritization.
Ability to adapt to fast-paced change, customer preferences, and volatile market conditions.
Initiative to identify improvement opportunities and develop and implement solutions to problems.
Strong competence with popular business software applications.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with other planners on material allocation, future-period planning, and review of the current plan.
Model team decisions in the Subassembly Production Schedule and manage builds from start to finish.
Continuously update schedules to reflect changes to forecasts, tool configurations, inventory, and labor availability.
Incorporate ECN changes into existing work orders and rework orders to the new revision according to ECN time release.
Communicate production plan changes and potential work stoppage issues.
Proactively develop solutions to scheduling, materials, and manufacturing challenges.
Notify purchasing staff when shortages require expediting.
Provide input to the Master Scheduler on item master settings, including lead time, period of supply, and safety stock.
Generate and communicate key performance data related to schedule commit dates, activity levels, material status, and documentation accuracy to relevant managers.