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FormFactor is seeking an experienced Sr Manager, Production Planning to lead production planning, scheduling, and capacity alignment for our growing Farmers Branch, TX manufacturing operation. This role is responsible for translating customer demand, inventory strategy, and manufacturing capacity into executable production plans that enable ontime delivery, efficient use of resources, and successful production rampups.

The Sr Manager, Production Planning is a people leader and sitelevel planning owner, responsible for managing planners and schedulers while partnering closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Management, and Global Planning leadership. This role plays a critical part in factory startup, production transitions, and longterm scaling of FormFactor's U.S. manufacturing footprint.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Production Planners and/or Schedulers supporting multiple products or value streams.

• Set clear performance expectations, conduct regularoneonones, and execute performance reviews.

• Build planning bench strength through training,crosscoverage, and succession planning.

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, anddatadrivendecision making within the planning team.

Production Planning & Scheduling Execution

• Own themaster production planfor the Farmers Branch site, aligning demand, capacity, labor, and material availability.

• Translate sales forecasts, customer demand, and program milestones into executable production schedules.

• Balance competing prioritiesincludingcycle time, WIP, throughput, inventory targets,and on-timedelivery.

• Manage constraints and proactively mitigate risks related to capacity, material shortages, or production variability.

Site Ramp, Transitions & NPI Support

• Support factoryrampup, production line transfers, and site transitions from other FormFactor locations.

• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing on New Product Introduction (NPI) and volume ramp readiness.

• Ensure routings, bills of material, and planning parameters areaccurateand optimized in the ERP system.

• Drive planning readiness for new lines, new tools, and evolving product mixes.

CrossFunctionalCollaboration

• Act as the primary planning interface for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Program Management,Customer Operations, Sales,and Global Planning teams.

• Partner with Procurement and Materials teams to align build plans with supplier capacity and lead times.

• Actively support customer escalations by equipping Customer Operations and Sales with actionable, real-time supply and demand gap-closure plans.

• Provide clear planning inputs for S&OP, MRP, andexecutive levelreviews.

• Communicate risks,tradeoffs, and recommendations to site and global leadership.

Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement

• Own planning data integrity and execution withinFormFactor'sERP environment (Oracle).

• Establish andmonitorkey planning KPIs such as schedule adherence, OTD,andCRD gap closure.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve planning accuracy, responsiveness, and scalability.

• Leverage data and analytics to inform decision making andlongtermplanning strategy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, ora relatedfield (or equivalent experience).

• 8+ years of experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, or supply chain roles.

• 3+ years of people management experience leading planners or schedulers.

• Experience supporting complex manufacturing environments (semiconductor, electronics, precision manufacturing preferred).

• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle experience strongly preferred).

• Proven ability to lead planning through production ramps, transitions, or sitestartups.

• Experience in semiconductor capital equipment orhighmix/lowvolumemanufacturing.

• Exposure to global manufacturing networks andcrosssiteplanning coordination.

• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; comfort presenting planning insights to senior leadership.

Farmers Branch, TX

Benefits offered for this role include medical, dental, vision, EAP, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, flexiblespendingand savings accounts, 401(k),ESPPand paid time off.