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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning team in developing and maintaining the master production schedule, translating customer demand into wafer start and output plans.
- Review production schedules, WIP flow, output, and delivery performance; guide the team in resolving daily issues and lead escalations involving significant constraints or business risk.
- Partner with manufacturing and engineering leaders to address equipment, process, material, and labor constraints that affect throughput and cycle time.
- Coordinate with sales and marketing on demand, priority changes, and recovery plans.
- Work with purchasing and supply chain teams to align material plans with production needs and maintain appropriate inventory levels
- Establish and review key performance indicators, including on-time delivery, plan attainment, cycle time, fab output, inventory, and inventory turn.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to improve planning accuracy and efficiency, optimize wafer lot flow, and increase fab productivity.
- Support capacity planning, demand forecasting, supplier and material risk reviews, and longer-range operational planning.
- Coach and develop planners, clarify team responsibilities, and strengthen planning, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in industrial engineering, supply chain management, operations management, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in factory planning, production scheduling, supply chain management, or semiconductor manufacturing.
- Experience leading a planning team or coordinating complex, cross-functional planning activities.
- Experience with capacity planning, demand forecasting, production scheduling, WIP management, and inventory management.
- Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, fab operations, and supply chain principles.
- Proficiency in Excel for data management, analysis, and reporting.
- Experience with Oracle systems; familiarity with manufacturing execution or advanced planning systems is an advantage.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to turn data into clear priorities and operational decisions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to align stakeholders and present plans, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
- Strong attention to detail and sound judgment when managing competing priorities and schedule changes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a III-V semiconductor wafer fab or with compound semiconductor manufacturing.
- Programming or data-query skills.
- Continuous improvement experience, such as Lean or Six Sigma.
Pay Range:
P80-USA-1 :$149,900.00 - $214,150.00Disclaimer:
Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in industrial engineering, supply chain management, operations management, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in factory planning, production scheduling, supply chain management, or semiconductor manufacturing
- Experience leading a planning team or coordinating complex, cross-functional planning activities
- Experience with capacity planning, demand forecasting, production scheduling, WIP management, and inventory management
- Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, fab operations, and supply chain principles
- Proficiency in Excel for data management, analysis, and reporting
- Experience with Oracle systems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including presenting plans, risks, and recommendations to leadership
- Strong attention to detail and sound judgment when managing competing priorities and schedule changes
- Experience in a III-V semiconductor wafer fab or compound semiconductor manufacturing
- Programming or data-query skills
- Continuous improvement experience, such as Lean or Six Sigma
Lumentum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Lumentum and has not been reviewed or approved by Lumentum.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs such as RSUs and a discounted ESPP are described as meaningful components of total rewards, especially in corporate and engineering roles. These offerings, alongside bonuses in some roles, can make compensation feel competitive.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer matching and other financial-security programs are highlighted as strengths. Some U.S. reports mention immediate vesting, reinforcing the value of retirement benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical-plan options and broad healthcare coverage are noted as solid parts of the package. Health benefits are often referenced together with paid leave and wellness resources as part of a comprehensive offering.
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What We Do
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.
