Production/Material Planner

Organization & Role

The Teradyne Operations team is looking for a highly-motivated, energetic,  driven Planner to focus on material plans that support our customers with on time delivery. The Planner must be a driven problem solver to support customer requests, and project plans while working to reduce lead-time and cost.  The planner must ensure that plans are met while working to minimize excess and obsolescence. The planner must be a strong communicator to describe a material plan that supports the customer and describe the costs and risks.

Duties & Responsibilities

• *New Product Transfer Support
• *Responsible in managing the overall flow of service materials worldwide to support Teradyne's Install Bases 
• *Ensure stocks are in the right local stocking centers & on time delivery goals are met
• *Analyze the service materials requirements, execute necessary purchases including Last Time Buys
• *Volume Forecasting & Analysis
• *Product Support Analysis
• *Repair Scheduling & Capacity Alignment with Repair
• *Address customer inquiries through PartsOrder & provide on time feedback & updates
• *Provides Root Cause Corrective Action Analysis on late shipments
• *Works closely with PROGs & other worlwide Cross Functional Teams (FSE,Engg,PSG,Logistics,PartsO, Project Managers & others) on related matters
• *Performs other tasks that maybe assigned by superior

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• *Preferably a Graduate of BS Industrial Engg, BS Statistics or its equivalent
• *2-3 Years Planning Experience
• *Strong computer skills including proficiency in completing analysis work in MS Excel & Access
• *With high sense of urgency & can interface with the different level of positions in the organization worldwide
• *Excellent communication & teamwork skills
• *High analytical ability 
• *Willing to work on shifting schedules as the need arises