Production Planner (Manufacturing)

TL;DR

Production Planner (Manufacturing): Planning and optimizing 13-week production schedules for advanced lithography systems at a semiconductor manufacturing facility with an accent on capacity planning, material availability, inventory control, and delivery performance. Focus on resolving production constraints, building plan scenarios, coordinating cross-functional improvements, and ensuring efficient execution of master plans.

Location: Onsite in Wilton, Connecticut, United States. The role requires work in a cleanroom environment and a compressed work-week schedule with 12-hour rotating day and night shifts, three to four days per week. Access to controlled technology requires prior legal authorization under United States export regulations.

Company

hirify.global develops and services advanced lithography machines that enable leading chipmakers to produce smaller, more powerful, and energy-efficient microchips.

What you will do

• Plan, monitor, and adjust production activities across a 13-week horizon to deliver the master production schedule.
• Validate capacity, identify bottlenecks, optimize resource utilization, and drive gap closure and capacity decisions.
• Manage material availability, mitigate shortages, and improve inventory, work-in-progress, cycle time, and delivery performance.
• Analyze production progress, risks, constraints, and scenarios for monthly and quarterly planning updates.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, sourcing, supply chain, logistics, warehouse, material handling, and engineering stakeholders.
• Track KPIs, create Excel-based reports, support ERP planning, act as a subject matter expert, and lead a cross-functional improvement project.

Requirements

• At least two years of planning or supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
• At least one year of experience with SAP or a comparable ERP system.
• At least two years of stakeholder management experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex functions, formulas, conditional formatting, pivot tables, and charts.
• Knowledge of Lean methodology or other continuous improvement methods, plus experience planning at least one new product introduction.
• Ability to work onsite in a cleanroom on rotating 12-hour day and night shifts, including a compressed three-to-four-day work week, and authorization to access controlled United States technology.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, supply chain management, or communications.
• APICS certification in manufacturing planning, supply chain, project management, engineering, or master data configuration.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and diverse workplace with equal employment opportunity.
• Work in a high-tech semiconductor manufacturing facility producing advanced lithography systems.
• Cleanroom work includes full gowning and compliance with ISO 9000/14000 standards.
• Role may involve exposure to overhead cranes, forklifts, lasers, chemicals, strong magnetic fields, and high voltage.
• Reasonable workplace accommodations are available for applicants and employees with disabilities.