We are looking for a results-driven Planning Manager to lead our planning function in a high-mix manufacturing environment. Reporting to the General Manager, this role is responsible for translating customer demand into executable production plans, optimizing capacity and material availability, and driving on-time delivery. The ideal candidate is a firm, decisive and assertive leader who can operate with urgency, challenge the status quo, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to resolve constraints, manage priorities and ensure the business delivers to customer commitments.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of planners and is responsible for reviewing demand forecasts and backlog, optimizing production output and meeting customer lead time and schedule
- Develop and maintain production plans aligned to customer demand, operational constraints, and business priorities.
- Ensure timely material availability to support production schedules and customer requirements.
- Work closely with Procurement, Suppliers, and Warehouse teams to manage lead times, shortages, and delivery risks.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, and Customer Operations to align planning priorities and execution readiness.
- Ensure production plans are realistic, achievable, and aligned with shop floor capacity and operational readiness.
- Manage order execution and delivery performance, ensuring accurate planning and commitment dates.
- Act as the primary planning interface for issue resolution, trade-off decisions, and change impact assessments.
- Strengthening planning processes, data quality, and system utilization to improve forecast accuracy, schedule stability, and supply reliability.
- Build a high-performing planning organization through capability development, performance management, and succession planning.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Proactively identify supply chain risks (capacity constraints, material shortages, delays) and drive mitigation plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Business or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in production or materials planning within a manufacturing or industrial environment. Experience in high-mix contract manufacturing is strongly preferred.
- Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management and team development. Firm, assertive and results-oriented with the confidence to drive accountability and make difficult trade-off decisions.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, complex and constantly changing environment with competing priorities.
- Demonstrated experience leading integrated planning activities across demand planning, supply planning, materials planning and production scheduling.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, capacity planning, material availability and production scheduling.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to act decisively under pressure.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and challenge cross-functional teams when required.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution.
- Knowledge of Oracle, Power BI and VBA is preferred.
- Passion for innovation, process improvement and operational excellence.
Why Join Ichor
- Competitive Rewards & Benefits – AWS, quarterly variable bonus, employee stock purchase plan, medical, dental, optical benefits, and shift allowance where applicable.
- Be Part of the Semiconductor Industry – Support advanced semiconductor manufacturing through innovative products, precision manufacturing and critical technologies.
- Learning & Development – Build your skills through hands-on experience, on-the-job learning, training and education upgrading support.
- Career Opportunities – Take on new challenges and build your career with a global organization that recognises and rewards your contributions.
- People & Culture – Be part of an inclusive workplace that values innovation, collaboration, operational excellence, honesty, reliability and employee wellbeing.
