Director, Planning & Logistics

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Functional & Organizational Leadership

Lead coach and develop the Planning Logistics Warehouse and Inventory Control organizations establishing clear roles priorities performance expectations and development plans.

Build a high-performing organization with disciplined planning strong execution data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.

Allocate team resources to critical business priorities and ensure appropriate coverage of planning and execution activities across required operating hours.

Establish consistent processes governance and accountability across the functions while recognizing legitimate site-specific operational requirements.

Supply & Production Planning

Lead development and maintenance of supply and production plans based on demand capacity material availability inventory targets yields cycle times lead times and other key planning parameters.

Translate demand and business priorities into feasible production plans wafer-start requirements build plans and scheduling priorities as applicable.

Establish and maintain appropriate planning horizons planning levels planning cadence planning assumptions and exception-management processes.

Identify capacity material and process constraints and coordinate mitigation plans with Operations Engineering Program Management Demand Management and other stakeholders.

Ensure plans are regularly reconciled to actual factory conditions and revised as demand supply capacity or business priorities change.

Master Scheduling & Execution Alignment

Ensure effective translation of aggregate supply plans into detailed production schedules and execution priorities.

Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to monitor schedule adherence WIP progression production output and shipment requirements.

Drive timely recovery actions when execution deviates from plan and escalate issues requiring cross-functional or leadership decisions.

Balance near-term execution requirements with longer-term capacity inventory and customer-service objectives.

Logistics Warehouse & Inventory Control

Provide overall leadership for warehouse logistics receiving shipping material handling and inventory control activities supporting manufacturing operations.

Ensure materials are received stored controlled and delivered in accordance with production requirements and established quality and control standards.

Ensure finished goods are appropriately controlled staged packaged and shipped in support of customer requirements and shipment schedules.

Own inventory-control processes supporting inventory accuracy traceability accountability cycle counting reconciliation and root-cause analysis.

Ensure warehouse and logistics operations support a 24/7 manufacturing environment and maintain appropriate service levels across shifts.

Drive improvement in inventory accuracy material availability receiving and shipping performance warehouse productivity and material flow.

S&OP / Integrated Planning

Provide the supply capacity inventory and constraint inputs required for an effective S&OP process.

Partner with Demand Management and business stakeholders to translate demand into constrained supply scenarios and recommendations.

Support executive decision-making when demand exceeds available capacity or material supply including prioritization and trade-off analysis.

Help ensure the operational plan is aligned with business priorities and provides an appropriate foundation for the financial plan.

Planning Transformation & Systems

Serve as a functional planning leader for the development and implementation of standardized planning methods assumptions governance and performance measures.

Participate as a key business leader in the Sherman factory Production Planning Model Semiconductor Devices Group (SDG) Advanced Planning System and corporate Oracle Supply Chain Planning initiatives.

Translate business planning needs into functional requirements and help ensure system designs support intended planning processes and business outcomes.

Drive reduction of spreadsheet-based planning manual reconciliation and disconnected planning logic through standardized processes data analytics and technology.

Partner with IT and business stakeholders to improve planning data quality integration reporting and visibility.

Constrained Materials & Supply Risk

Partner with Global Procurement a separate corporate team to communicate material requirements supply priorities and projected constraints and to incorporate supplier availability and supply risks into production and supply plans.

Support centralized visibility and allocation of constrained materials across sites products and business priorities within the planning process.

Provide forward-looking material requirements and scenario information to support supply-risk mitigation including rapid response to changing supplier availability and qualification status.

Ensure material constraints and their potential impact on customer commitments production plans and business objectives are visible and escalated appropriately.

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement

Establish and monitor planning logistics warehouse inventory and service KPIs that measure effectiveness execution and business performance.

Use data and analytics to identify supply risk capacity constraints inventory issues productivity opportunities and root causes of performance gaps.

Develop actionable reporting and operating reviews that support timely decisions and accountability.

Lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce cost improve lead time and service increase supply flexibility and strengthen process discipline.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Partner effectively with Manufacturing and Site Operations Program Management Demand Management Global Procurement Finance Engineering Quality IT Commercial organizations and business leadership.

Ensure planning logistics and inventory priorities are aligned with customer commitments NPI and production-ramp requirements and business objectives.

Communicate significant supply inventory capacity and execution risks clearly to leadership and drive timely decisions and corrective actions.

Education & Experience

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Operations Management Industrial Engineering Business or a related discipline.

10 years of progressive experience in supply chain planning production planning master scheduling logistics inventory management or related manufacturing functions.

Demonstrated experience leading teams and cross-functional planning processes in a complex manufacturing environment.

Experience managing changing priorities and constrained resources while maintaining customer and business focus.

Semiconductor photonics electronics or other high-technology manufacturing experience preferred.

Masters degree in Business Administration Supply Chain Operations Engineering or a related field preferred.

Skills

Proven success in leading and developing people and building high-performing teams.

Strong understanding of capacity planning material planning inventory management production scheduling warehouse operations and execution alignment.

Strong analytical problem-solving communication organizational and decision-making skills.

Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and lead through ambiguity and changing priorities.

Experience with ERP/MRP Advanced Planning Systems or comparable supply chain planning technologies; Oracle experience preferred.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office and analytics/reporting tools such as Excel Power BI SQL or comparable technologies preferred.

Ability to communicate effectively with operational teams functional leaders customers and executive leadership.

Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required by the business.

Working Conditions

Working conditions are normal for an office environment and climate-controlled manufacturing facility.

Must be able to work effectively with a 24/7 manufacturing organization and provide support outside normal business hours when required by operational or business needs.

Physical Requirements

Sitting and working at a computer for extended periods; occasional movement through manufacturing warehouse and logistics areas.

Safety Requirements

All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.

Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

CultureCommitment

Ensure adherence to companys values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:

Integrity Create an Environment of Trust

Collaboration Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

Accountability Own the Process and the Outcome

Respect Recognize the Value in Everyone

Enthusiasm Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.