Senior Planner

Want to be part of an exciting pre-IPO enterprise B2B company working on the cutting edge of internet-of-things, artificial intelligence & agents, blockchain, and manufacturing technology? This well-funded venture-backed company has an international footprint with our headquarters in San Jose, California in the heart of Silicon Valley. We have paying customers and are rapidly scaling.

This is a great opportunity to get to know some very smart people in the Valley, learn about the coolest new technologies, and solve a broad range of exciting problems such as scaling up hardware products to mass production, developing artificial intelligence, security, and positioning solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Manage suppliers’ production constraints, critical material preparation and shipment to bridge demand/supply gap between us and our suppliers;
• Take initiatives to manage supply chain for owning suppliers/products to minimize late delivery;
• Ensure the rationality of critical constraints management (include tooling, assembly line capacity, lead-times …);
• Work with cross-functional teams to remove roadblocks that may hinder supply;
• Manage product phase-in/out activities to keep obsolesce ratio within defined level;
• Manage supplier delivery performance to beat defined on-time delivery target;
• Train up new supplier to meeting our supply chain requirements and using our system;
• Ensure suppliers’ SCM processes comply with Logitech standard via supplier quarterly auditing/ranking process;
• Release tooling PO and manage tooling scrap process;
• Regular / Reasonable travel to supplier site (<10%);
• Drive Continuous Improvement for supplier service, cycle time reduction, supply flexibility, visibility of components, tooling and labor preparation.

Required Experience:

• University BA. Degree;
• At least 5 years Supply Chain Management experience in electronics industry, ODM supplier management experience preferred;
• Solid work experience in international company;
• Good knowledge in global supply chain management and MPS process;
• Good knowledge in ERP, like Oracle or SAP;
• Familiar with electronics manufacturing process and product characteristics;
• Familiar with production planning and material control;
• Down-to-earth working attitude is a must;
• Excellent communication skills with proactive working attitude;
• Good analytical skill is required;
• Experience in logistics is a plus;
• CPIM or APICS certified or related training preferred;
• Good Project Management skills is a plus;
• Proficient in advanced Ms Excel and Power Point;
• Good command of written & spoken English & Mandarin.