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We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented
Material Planner to support Lumentum's global high-precision manufacturing operations. This role is responsible for material planning, work order management, and ensuring on-time fulfillment of customer and production requirements. The Material Planner plays a key role in coordinating build plans, optimizing inventory, and facilitating smooth material flow across operations, supply chain, logistics, and customer support teams.
Responsibilities
- Publish and maintain weekly build plans to support On-Time Delivery to Promise (OTD/OSD) and Customer Request Date (CRD) commitments.
- Release and manage work orders based on product yield, material availability, production priorities, and installed machine capacity.
- Review MRP signals, validate demand, and ensure materials are available to support scheduled builds.
- Coordinate with Master Control (MC), Buyers, Manufacturing, Process Engineering (PE), Quality Engineering (QE), Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA), Industrial Engineering (IE), Warehouse, and IT to resolve operational or material-related issues.
- Schedule sales orders in Oracle and communicate with Customer Service (CSR), Sales, and relevant teams to resolve issues impacting customer demand or delivery schedules.
- Work closely with Warehouse and Logistics teams to request shipment processing for due-to-ship SO/MSO orders.
- Monitor inventory levels, material risks, shortages, and excess/obsolete exposure, and coordinate mitigation actions.
- Support cross-functional escalation, material recovery, and expedites to ensure build plans proceed without interruption.
- Maintain accurate planning parameters (lead time, lot size, safety stock) and ensure data integrity in MRP/ERP systems.
- Support company-wide initiatives such as 5S, Kaizen, cost reduction, and continuous improvement activities.
- Prepare planning-related reports, material status updates, and build readiness summaries for internal stakeholders.
- Perform additional responsibilities or tasks assigned by the Manager.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 8 years of experience as a Material Planner or Production Planner in high-tech or manufacturing environments.
- Working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems (Oracle preferred) and core planning principles.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and manage priorities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis, planning, and reporting.
- Good communication skills in English (written and spoken).
- Familiarity with inventory control, demand planning, and material flow processes is an advantage.
- Knowledge of BOI requirements, import/export processes, or logistics operations is a plus.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Please contact us to request accommodation.
