The Senior Planner drives production planning strategy, ensuring alignment between demand and capacity, while mentoring junior planners and improving planning accuracy.
Position Overview:
The Senior Planner owns production and materials planning strategy and execution, driving predictable, stable production plans with minimal disruption. This role ensures strong alignment between demand, capacity, and inventory to support high on-time delivery and improved inventory performance. Acting as a central integrator across Sales, Operations, Procurement, and Engineering, the Senior Planner creates clear cross-functional alignment and leads planning processes that scale effectively with company growth, supporting both near-term execution and long-term business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Own the master production schedule (MPS) and material planning strategy
- Translate demand forecasts, customer orders, and business priorities into executable plans
- Identify capacity constraints, material risks, and delivery threats; lead mitigation planning
- Partner with Senior Buyers to align material availability with production plans
- Lead planning inputs to S&OP or demand review processes
- Drive improvements in planning accuracy, schedule stability, and inventory turns
- Maintain and govern planning master data (BOMs, routings, lead times, planning parameters)
- Support NPI planning, ramp-ups, and engineering change implementation
- Establish and track planning KPIs (OTD, schedule adherence, inventory health)
- Mentor junior planners or cross-train operations staff as needed
Qualifications
- Required:
- 6–10+ years of production or materials planning experience in manufacturing
- Deep understanding of MRP, MPS, capacity planning, and inventory management
- Proven ability to make trade-off decisions balancing cost, delivery, and capacity
- Advanced ERP/MRP and Excel skills (what-if analysis, planning scenarios)
- Strong executive-level communication and influence skills
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and scaling environments
- Preferred
- APICS CPIM (or equivalent)
- Experience in high-mix, low-volume, complex manufacturing
- Exposure to demand planning, S&OP, or IBP processes
About the Company:
Velo, Velo3D, Sapphire and Intelligent Fusion are registered trademarks of Velo3D, Inc. Without Compromise, Flow, Flow Developer, and Assure are trademarks of Velo3D, Inc.
With the only SupportFree laser powder bed fusion capability, we enable on-demand manufacturing of production quality Titanium, Inconel, and Aluminum parts with an unprecedented degree of design freedom and quality control. The VELO3D award-winning solution includes an integrated offering of hardware and software: Sapphire® metal AM production printer, Flow™ print preparation software, Assure™ quality assurance and control system, and an integrated manufacturing process that runs throughout the printing operation.
Our team enjoys excellent benefits including healthcare coverage and 401(K) employer contributions. We believe in transparency and recognizing exceptional efforts through our monthly all-hands meetings and team member appreciation awards.
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base salary for this full-time position is between $92,000 and $114,000. This salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for this position in the U.S. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience, job-related skills, related education, work location, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. In addition to a competitive base salary and a comprehensive benefits package, this position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and equity program, as applicable.
Velo3D provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to, and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Velo3D Campbell, California, USA Office
511 Division St, Campbell, CA, United States, 95008
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