Production Planner

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Production Planner to join our rapidly growing team. This role is critical in planning and scaling optical and silicon production to support our next-generation photonics products.

You will be responsible for developing and controlling production schedules, managing material requirements, and ensuring a controlled flow of raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods across optical and silicon manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate will partner closely with manufacturing, engineering, quality, purchasing, and inventory control teams to align supply availability, capacity, and execution against production requirements. This is a highly visible role with direct impact on on-time delivery, inventory health, production continuity, and operational efficiency.

What You'll Do

Plan, prepare, issue, and control production schedules and direct material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of raw materials and approved finished goods in support of optical and silicon production requirements

Develop and maintain production plans that balance customer demand, master production schedules, shop load, material availability, and manufacturing capacity across photonics, silicon, and optical assembly operations

Advise management on the status of work in progress, material availability, inventory levels, and potential production or material supply disruptions to support timely and cost-effective execution

Schedule equipment and personnel, confirm material supply and demand, and prepare work orders or purchase requests for components and parts required to support production builds

Coordinate interdepartmental activities with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, logistics, and demand planning to support both sustaining production and new product introduction (NPI), ensuring readiness for optical and silicon product launches

Partner with engineering and operations to transition new optical and silicon products from development into pilot and high-volume production, ensuring material readiness, schedule alignment, and cross-functional execution throughout the NPI lifecycle

Monitor the movement of parts and assemblies through move orders, stock transfers, and shipping requests to ensure timely completion of optical and silicon production schedules

Ensure supply availability for assigned products by analyzing inventory risk, backlog and back-order exposure, and developing recovery plans to protect customer commitments

Deliver and manage assigned projects, partnering with internal stakeholders to drive schedule attainment, inventory accuracy, and continuous improvement in production planning processes

Key Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required

Minimum of 4 years of supply chain, production planning, or materials planning experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

Experience planning production in a manufacturing environment with a strong understanding of material flow, inventory management, and schedule control

Ability to analyze work-in-progress, supply availability, backlog risk, and production constraints to support on-time delivery

Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across manufacturing, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment

Preferred Skills

Experience employing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in supply chain activities, including Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Prior planning and supply chain management experience in optical, silicon, semiconductor, or advanced manufacturing environments, including support for new product introduction (NPI), pilot builds, and production ramp activities

Excellent mathematics, analytics, and statistical skills demonstrated through education or professional background

Project management experience; Master’s degree; APICS CPIM, Project Management Professional Certification, or Six Sigma/Lean/DMAIC expertise

Experience with Microsoft Office applications and familiarity working in an ISO 13485 and FDA regulated environment

Strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate effectively with business stakeholders

Why Join Us?

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance

Professional development opportunities and certification support

Access to cutting-edge photonics and advanced manufacturing technologies

Lumilens is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, identity, orientation, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.