Planner – Master scheduler

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

KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

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.

As MS at KLA, you will be responsible for scheduling, coordinating, shipping and monitoring products through the complete Book-Ship-Revenue process to enable meeting customer needs and according to leading Operational KPIs

You will work closely with other disciplines including Planning, Engineering, Logistics, Quality, R&D, Sales Ops, business development, account managers, order admin and Finance.

• Establish, lead, and maintain a single plan of record to meet business needs that is used for material and capacity planning, as well as financial planning. Drive shipment revenue plan targets for the Operations teams while aligning financial goals with Sales Forecast and efficient inventory levels.

• Develop the business plan by effectively balancing supply and demand to enable stability and flexibility within operations.

• Lead slot plan through collaboration with Sales and Marketing teams in demand management by setting priorities and ensuring the Division meets customer delivery commitments.

Minimum Qualifications

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management from an acknowledged institute (or equivalent) is required

• SAP and/or MRP knowledge & experience.
• 3 – 5 years of related experience in material planning, master scheduling, supply-chain
• Work well with cross-functional teams as well as independently
• Proven strong analytical skills and ability to work on complex problems where analysis of the situation requires.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively and efficiently provide guidance to various teams within Operations.

• English - highly proficient

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.