Production Planner/Master Scheduler 2

Production Planner/Master Scheduler 2

• Act as the central point of contact for customer service and global planning expedite requests, ensuring confirmed delivery commitments within agreed timelines.
• Collaborate with regional customer representatives to gather requirements promptly and provide timely updates.
• Coordinate, follow up, and escalate with regional warehouses to ensure on-time shipments and meet fulfillment cycle time performance targets.
• Schedule Stock Transfer Orders (STOs) and monitor production and supplier purchase orders until delivery to the spares warehouse.
• Partner daily with purchase and production planners to identify and resolve material shortages, overdue deliveries, and schedule interruptions.
• Maintain the QuickBase expedite database with accurate and up-to-date information.
• Reschedule Stock Transfer Orders (STOs) and re-ATP sales orders in SAP based on material availability and supplier commitments.
• Escalate issues promptly to ensure adherence to target commit dates.
• Investigate spare part supply risks, including obsolescence, specification issues, or part build challenges.
• Coordinate with Engineering and other internal teams to resolve identified risks and ensure continuity of supply.
• Proactively collaborate with cross-functional teams to minimize or prevent expedite events.
• Adhere to timelines defined in KPIs and support achievement of global performance metrics such as On Time to Commitment (OTC) and On Time to Customer Request Date (OTR).
• Maintain accuracy, consistency, and discipline in all operational processes and documentation.

Professional Skills

• Strong communication and coordination skills to collaborate across global and regional teams.
• Analytical capability to evaluate data, identify risks, and resolve issues proactively.
• Ability to work under changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and service performance.
• Problem‑solving mindset, with willingness to escalate appropriately when required.

The group you’ll be a part of

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

The impact you’ll make

Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle. Works from engineering plans and production specifications to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements. Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules. Master Scheduler: Provides input to management; schedules and/or interfaces with marketing, sales, production and engineering managers. Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions. Oversees the master schedules and ensures comprehensive compliance with materials requirements for manufacturing.

What you’ll do

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.

Professional Skills

• Strong communication and coordination skills to collaborate across global and regional teams.
• Analytical capability to evaluate data, identify risks, and resolve issues proactively.
• Ability to work under changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and service performance.
• Problem‑solving mindset, with willingness to escalate appropriately when required.
  

Technical Skill:

• End user experience in SAP.
• Experience using QuickBase or similar operational workflow systems.
• Understanding Planning processes and supply chain fundamentals.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables etc.) and PowerPoint (Presentation creation, Reporting decks, Visual summaries)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience / Education: Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.