Manager, Front End Capacity Planning

Job Summary

onsemi is seeking a highly effective, energetic, and organized professional with strong communication and leadership skills to lead tactical capacity planning, wafer start execution, and starting material planning across internal and external manufacturing sites. This role is responsible for ensuring alignment among customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and material availability while driving operational performance, revenue attainment, and supply continuity. The position leads a team of planners and collaborates closely with Manufacturing, Supply Planning, Procurement, and Global Operations to ensure effective execution of supply and capacity plans

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and strategic oversight for tactical capacity planning and constraint management across all US-supported internal and external front-end manufacturing sites.

Lead a team responsible for weekly wafer starts planning, factory loading optimization, and execution alignment to support customer demand, revenue objectives, and operational performance.

Oversee Sub/Epi supply planning and forecasting activities supporting US-based front-end operations, including demand analysis, inventory management, supplier coordination, and supply risk mitigation.

Direct planning strategies that ensure adequate material availability and inventory health across internal and external manufacturing sites.

Guide monthly capacity trade reviews, scenario planning, and mitigation strategies to address capacity constraints and supply risks.

Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Planning, BU, and Procurement leaders to coordinate responses to supply disruptions, material shortages, quality issues, and expedite requirements.

Ensure the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of capacity models, planning systems, dashboards, metrics and reporting tools that support operational and executive decision-making.

Lead, coach, and develop a team of capacity and materials planners while driving process standardization, organizational capability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Competencies

• Negotiation skills - Understands completely the dynamics of negotiation with the goal of achieving the highest value outcome for both parties while being able to recognize when an agreement should not be made.
• Drives for Results - Consistently hits the goals and objectives set while always focusing on driving towards stretch goals.
• Written Communication Skills - Can write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles to achieve the impactful result.
• Technical (continuous) learning - Demonstrates the mental agility to acquire new concepts rapidly and has an aptitude for learning new industry, company, product, or technical knowledge.
• Presentation Skills - Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small, and large groups and up and down the levels of the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain, materials planning, or capacity planning.
• Experience providing technical, operational, project, and/or people leadership, with the ability to drive planning initiatives, influence cross-functional teams, and deliver results in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with ERP and Advanced Planning Systems (APS).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.