Production Planner (Micro)Electronics

The Production Planner is responsible for creating, maintaining and optimizing the production planning process. This role ensures that production runs are well-prepared, aligned and coordinated. The planner acts as a central figure aligning information between the Manufacturing Engineers, Warehouse, Procurement and the Production Supervisor.

You will be working in a specialized (micro)electronics manufacturing environment, focused on the assembly and production of complex PCBAs and micro-assemblies. The products are high-mix, low-volume, and require precise coordination due to their high (technical) complexity. As Production Planner, you play a key role in ensuring that all planning and preparation steps are tailored to the unique requirements.

Your role:

Production Planning & Coordination

• Maintain an overview of all upcoming and planned production runs, including start dates, required finish dates, and throughput times.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing Engineers to ensure readiness for production (documents, components, capacity, etc.).
• Align with Procurement on material availability and potential supply issues.
• Coordinate with Warehouse for timely picking of components.
• Collaborate with the Production Supervisor to align schedules and resolve planning-related issues.

System & Process Development

• Develop and maintain a simple, scalable system for production planning.
• Ensure planning processes are easy to understand and transferable for backup scenarios.

Strategic & Analytical Planning

• Analyse long-term planning needs, capacity requirements, and potential bottlenecks.
• Set up, monitor, and report on KPIs such as on-time delivery and schedule adherence.
• Evaluate quoted vs. actual production and throughput times.

Work Preparation

• Responsible for work preparation of released production. This includes alignment with stakeholders, assuring timely procurement, capacity available and arranging all required production documentation.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Keep Manufacturing Engineers and other stakeholders informed of any changes or risks to production timelines.
• Act as the central point of contact for planning-related communication across departments.

Points of attention

• Strong emphasis on communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Clear distinction and collaboration between planning and scheduling roles.
• Planning processes must be simple, transparent, and easy to take over.
• The planner must be proactive in identifying and resolving planning conflicts.

You're the right fit if you have:

• Education in Supply Chain Management, Production Planning, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in production planning, supply chain coordination or manufacturing operations.
• Experience with ERP systems and planning tools.
• A Dutch passport.
• Dutch speaking skills of minimal B1/B2 level.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in the Electronics or High-tech industry.
• Experience in a low-volume, high-mix/complexity production environment.
• Experience in setting up a production planning process.

Preferred Skills:

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving.
• Cross-functional communication and stakeholder management.
• Process improvement and system development.
• KPI setup and performance tracking.
• Work preparation.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an onsite role.

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