Planning Manager (Semiconductor, People Management)

The Opportunity:

Adecco is partnering with a global US-listed semiconductor company supporting some of the world's leading chip manufacturing equipment providers. This Planning Manager role offers the opportunity to lead a planning team and drive end-to-end supply, production, and inventory planning within a complex manufacturing operation.

• Work location: North
• Work hours: Mon-Fri, 8am - 5.30pm

The Job:

• Lead a team of planners to manage end-to-end supply, production, and inventory planning activities to support customer demand and business objectives.
• Develop and execute production plans to optimize capacity utilization, material availability, and on-time customer delivery performance.
• Collaborate closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, and Customer Operations to ensure seamless planning execution.
• Monitor demand forecasts, backlog, and supply risks, driving mitigation plans to address material shortages, capacity constraints, and delivery challenges.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning processes, forecast accuracy, system utilization, and operational efficiency.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management to build a high-performing planning team and strengthen planning governance.

The Talent:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Production, Material, or Demand Planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Prior people management experience with the ability to lead, develop, and motivate a planning team.
• Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems, production scheduling, inventory management, and capacity planning.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and drive operational decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience within semiconductor, electronics, precision engineering, capital equipment, or related manufacturing industries will be highly advantageous.

Next Steps:

• Please prepare your updated resume and email it to ••••@adecco.com.
• We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Joseph Cho
Direct Line: 66•• •819
EA License No: 91C2918
Personnel Registration Number: R22106407