Principal Production Planning Specialist

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Function as a key member of platform and business teams providing supply status in relation to overall demand requirement (Forecast / Actual demand / Build Strategy) while facilitating effective communication between supply chain, OSAT (3rd party vendor) manufacturing, customer services, and all related support function.
• OSAT management - Plan and prepare Production Orders/Work Orders via SAP (POs), overseeing all aspects of OSAT management including Work-in-Progress (WIP) movement, material shortages, and backlog resolution, ensuring timely shipping within target ship date / standard cycle time.
• Provide and owns delivery commit plans including delivery recovery plans.
• Monitor order fulfillment progress, providing timely feedback and devising contingency plans. Coordinate monthly forecasts with OSAT, ensuring prompt follow-up and negotiation for delivery commitments.
• Analyze inventory, maintain planning parameters master data, and drive improvement in delivery performance metrics
• Conduct inventory analysis, including managing Days of Inventory (DOI), addressing slow-moving and obsolete stock, adjusting order quantities, recommending material substitutions, and depleting inventory.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of planning parameters master data, ensuring precise reporting within systems, and utilize performance metrics to drive improvement in delivery performance, including On-Time Delivery (OTD), Supplier OTD, Cycle Time, and B2B transaction statistics and revenue.
• Attend and drive operations meetings, ensure alignment with company goals, support internal projects, and uphold compliance with policies and regulations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management /Supply Chain/Engineering or Operation Planning.
• Minimum >10 years' related working experience in manufacturing environment or subcon management.
• Experience in the industry or similar setting with end to end supply chain understanding is an added advantage.
• Experience in SAP, Kinaxis, ERP systems operation and control is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office application – excel and Power BI tools. Advanced Microsoft Excel is an added advantage.
• Good analysis with planning (SCM) sensitivity
• Able to work & communicate well with OSATs
• Strong sense of urgency and of responsibility and deadline-driven
• Positive attitude, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Employment Type: Regular (PERM)

Remote Work Available: No