Production Planner

The role

This person will develop and control production schedules and manage material requirements. They will support optical and silicon manufacturing operations to ensure controlled flow of materials and finished goods.

What you will do

• Plan, prepare, issue, and control production schedules and direct material requirements
• Develop and maintain production plans balancing demand, capacity, and material availability
• Advise management on work in progress, material availability, and inventory levels
• Schedule equipment and personnel and prepare work orders or purchase requests
• Coordinate interdepartmental activities to support sustaining production and new product introduction
• Partner with engineering and operations to transition products from development to production
• Monitor movement of parts and assemblies through move orders and stock transfers
• Ensure supply availability by analyzing inventory risk and backlog exposure
• Deliver and manage assigned projects to drive schedule attainment and inventory accuracy

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 4 years of supply chain, production planning, or materials planning experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• Experience planning production in a manufacturing environment
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Experience employing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in supply chain activities, including Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Prior planning and supply chain management experience in optical, silicon, semiconductor, or advanced manufacturing environments
• Excellent mathematics, analytics, and statistical skills
• Project management experience
• Master's degree
• APICS CPIM
• Project Management Professional Certification
• Six Sigma/Lean/DMAIC expertise
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications
• Familiarity working in an ISO 13485 and FDA regulated environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• Professional development opportunities and certification support
• Access to cutting-edge photonics and advanced manufacturing technologies

About the company

Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing. It is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.