Wafer Planning Senior Planner

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Biñan, Laguna, Calabarzon, PHL
In-Office
Senior level
Appliances • Defense • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead end-to-end wafer planning in a high-mix semiconductor manufacturing environment. Translate customer demand into wafer start plans, manage fab capacity and bottlenecks, govern WIP health and cycle-time performance, develop supply scenarios, support delivery commitments and recovery planning, and coordinate with engineering, procurement, production, quality, foundry, and business partners. Maintain planning master data and support automation and digitalization initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking great talent to help us build The DNA of tech.®

Vishay manufactures one of the world's largest portfolios of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components that are essential to innovative designs in the automotive, industrial, computing, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. We help the world's most in-demand technologies come to life. Every day our products touch your life and the lives of people across the world, though you likely do not know it. Come join us and help us build The DNA of tech.™

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE (VSH).  Learn more at www.Vishay.com.

Do you want to help us build the DNA of tech.?  Siliconix Philippines, Inc. is currently seeking applicants for a Sr. Wafer Planner to lead end‑to‑end wafer planning for a high‑mix semiconductor manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for translating customer demand into executable wafer start plans, managing factory constraints, driving WIP health and cycle-time performance, and ensuring on‑time product delivery. The Sr Wafer Planner will serve as a technical authority in planning processes, capacity optimization, scenario modeling, and cross-functional coordination.

Job Location: Binan, Laguna

What you will be doing:

Wafer Start & Supply Planning

  • Convert customer demand and forecasts into accurate monthly/weekly wafer start plans.
  • Develop and maintain supply scenarios (baseline, pull-in, recovery) for decision-making.
  • Apply yield, scrap, and cycle-time assumptions to ensure realistic and executable plans.

Capacity & Constraint Management

  • Analyze fab capacity across critical tools and identify bottlenecks and risks.
  • Recommend load-balancing, alternate routing, and capacity adjustments as needed.

WIP & Cycle-Time Governance

  • Monitor WIP distribution by technology/product and drive actions to maintain WIP health.
  • Ensure alignment to cycle-time targets and support initiatives to reduce CT variability.
  • Lead recovery planning during tool-down events or excursion impacts.

Customer Commit & Delivery Support

  • Provide accurate customer order confirmation by ensuring fab WIP comprehends up to date delivery schedule
  • Work with BP, foundry and factory counterparts to meet delivery commitments.
  • Communicate supply risks, commit changes, and mitigation plans.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Participate in management review cycles and contribute supply, capacity, and output projections.
  • Support new product introduction (NPI) ramps through coordinated wafer start planning.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, Production, and Quality on planning issues.

Data, Systems, and Process Excellence

  • Maintain critical planning master data (lead times, yields, lot sizes, capacity calendars).
  • Lead or support digitalization and automation initiatives to improve planning efficiency.

What you will bring along:

  • 7-10+ years of experience in semiconductor wafer planning, production planning, or supply planning.
  • Deep knowledge of wafer fab processes, WIP flow, cycle time, and bottleneck behavior.
  • Strong experience with SAP and MES systems
  • Excellent analytical skills with proficiency in Excel
  • Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
  • Open to work in Binan, Laguna

                                                                                                         

What can we offer you for your talent:

Vishay offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs including health care coverage, financial support programs and other resources designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. With us, you'll experience unique career paths, an open and collaborative culture, a stable business that will be there for you, and opportunities to work globally and locally. We also have exciting sports and recreation activities for you to participate.

Do you have the skills we need? Are you ready to power your career as you power the world? If so, apply today.

Vishay is committed to a workplace free of harassment and unlawful discrimination. We do not engage in discrimination or harassment based on race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, political affiliation, union membership, covered veteran status, protected genetic information or marital status in hiring and employment practices.

Skills Required

  • 7-10+ years of experience in semiconductor wafer planning, production planning, or supply planning
  • Deep knowledge of wafer fabrication processes, WIP flow, cycle time, and bottleneck behavior
  • Strong experience with SAP and MES systems
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field
  • Willingness to work in Binan, Laguna

Vishay Intertechnology Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vishay Intertechnology and has not been reviewed or approved by Vishay Intertechnology.

  • Healthcare Strength Health, dental, and vision insurance are consistently included, and coverage is described as good in multiple locations. Employee assistance and wellness initiatives further reinforce the core medical offering.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with company match is part of the standard U.S. package, providing structured retirement savings support. Legacy pension arrangements are frozen, making the 401(k) the primary vehicle for retirement benefits.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave are part of the offering across sites. PTO and occasional flexibility contribute to a manageable work‑life rhythm.

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The Company
HQ: Malvern, PA
4,977 Employees
Year Founded: 1962

What We Do

Vishay manufactures one of the world’s largest portfolios of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components that are essential to innovative designs in the automotive, industrial, computing, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. Serving customers worldwide, Vishay is The DNA of tech™ Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE (VSH). More on Vishay at www.Vishay.com. Vishay offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs including health care coverage, financial support programs and other resources designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. With us, you'll experience unique career paths, an open and collaborative culture, a stable business that will be there for you, and opportunities to work globally and locally. Do you have the skills we need? Are you ready to power your career as you power the world? If so, apply today. It is the policy of Vishay to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Vishay is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact [email protected] assistance. Equal Opportunity Employer

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