Production Planning Manager jobs in United States
cer-icon
Apply on Employer Site
company-logo

Coherent Corp. · 10 hours ago

Production Planning Manager

Coherent Corp. is a global leader in lasers and networking components, and they are seeking a Production Planning Manager. This role is responsible for leading the Production Planning team to support semiconductor device fabrication, assembly, and test operations, ensuring alignment between demand, capacity, materials, and execution.

Semiconductors
check
H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Production Planning team supporting semiconductor wafer fabrication, device assembly, and test operations
Own end-to-end production planning from wafer fab through assembly and test across internal fabs and external contract manufacturers
Coordinate production schedules between U.S. fabrication sites and overseas contract manufacturing partners (Asia)
Lead weekly supply and demand reviews with operations leadership, and cross-functional teams, highlighting risks and mitigation actions
Establish standard planning methodologies, operating cadences, and escalation mechanisms across the planning organization
Actively participate in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) forums, providing capacity scenarios and production plans
Monitor execution against SIOP commitments and drive corrective actions where required
Drive production ramp plans for new products; track progress against ramp and yield targets
Provide delivery commitments by product and customer; prioritize manufacturing activities using dispatch rules and planning tools
Identify capacity, yield, material, and cycle-time constraints; drive cross-functional resolution
Ensure accurate ERP/MRP and MES execution for work orders and consigned inventory at CM sites
Partner with Product and Process Engineering to support NPI builds, qualifications, and volume transitions
Perform what-if and scenario analysis to support leadership decision-making
Foster a culture of accountability, operational rigor, and data‑driven decision making

Qualification

Production PlanningSemiconductor FabricationSupply Chain ManagementMES SystemsMySQLPower BIAnalytical SkillsCustomer OrientationMS ExcelMandarinCommunication Skills

Required

Minimum 3-5 years of leadership experience in the planning/logistics/supply chain/industrial engineering
Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience as a planner/scheduler preferably in semiconductor wafer fabrication environment
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience working with contract manufacturing business model in the capacity of any of following functions logistics/supply chain planning/operations program management/supply industrialization engineering/global supply manager, etc
BS degree relevant fields
Excellent analytical skills
Customer Oriented attitude
Expertise in MS Excel; proficiency in MS Access preferable
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Be concise, consistent, and persistent in each daily communication
Must be able to sit/stand for a prolonged period

Preferred

MS degree in MIS, business analytics, industrial engineering preferred
Familiarity with MES (e.g. CAMSTAR) and PDM systems (e.g. Agile)
Expertise with MySQL
Familiarity with Power BI
Preferred language skill -- proficiency in spoken and written mandarin
May include travel to China, Malaysia, Taiwan – 10-15%

Company

Coherent Corp.

twitter
company-logo
Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems.

H1B Sponsorship

Coherent Corp. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (20)
2024 (18)
2023 (16)
2022 (6)
2021 (7)
2020 (9)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

leader-logo
Julie Eng
Chief Technology Officer
linkedin
leader-logo
Yajun Wang
Networking Segment CTO
linkedin
Company data provided by crunchbase