Production Planner
About this role
To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards to enable technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics.What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly organized and analytical Production Planner to join our Supply Chain team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining production and capacity plans, ensuring the efficient flow of materials and resources to meet customer demand and business objectives. The successful candidate will work closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse, and other cross-functional teams to optimize planning processes and support operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Develop, maintain, and monitor production and capacity plans to support business requirements and customer commitments.
Manage Material Requirements Planning (MRP) activities and planning parameters within SAP.
Analyze production capacity, identify constraints and bottlenecks, and propose effective solutions.
Collaborate closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams to ensure material availability and production readiness.
Maintain a strong understanding of Bill of Materials (BOM) structures and requirements planning processes.
Ensure the accuracy and integrity of master data related to production planning and supply chain operations.
Prepare and present monthly and quarterly planning, performance, and operational reports.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning efficiency, system utilization, and operational performance.
Support end-to-end Supply Chain optimization through data analysis and process improvements.
Monitor delivery performance and help ensure adherence to customer commitments and production schedules.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience in production planning, supply chain planning, or manufacturing operations.
Strong knowledge of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) processes.
Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong data analysis capabilities.
Understanding of production processes, capacity planning, and BOM structures.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication skills in Danish and English, both written and spoken.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a manufacturing or high-tech production environment.
Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and process optimization.
Experience with reporting tools and performance analytics.
Key Competencies
Production Planning and Capacity Planning
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
SAP ERP
Supply Chain Management
Master Data Management
Reporting and Data Analysis
Process Optimization and Continuous Improvement
Cross-functional Collaboration
Stakeholder Management
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Minimum Qualifications
Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
About KLA
We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.
Use of AI Statement
At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.
We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.
KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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