Your Job The Planning Leader is responsible for developing, executing, and monitoring the Master Production Schedule (MPS) by aligning customer demand, manufacturing capacity, material availability, and operational resources. This role ensures on-time customer deliveries, inventory optimization, and operational efficiency while maintaining compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements applicable to the electronics, medical device, aerospace, and defense industries.

What You Will Do

- Develop, maintain, and manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS).
- Balance customer demand with available manufacturing capacity.
- Coordinate production scheduling activities considering capacity, material availability, and business priorities.
- Monitor and adjust production plans based on demand fluctuations and operational constraints.
- Ensure production schedules support customer delivery commitments and business objectives.
- Analyze customer forecasts and demand requirements.
- Participate in the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP;) process.
- Identify significant demand changes and develop mitigation plans.
- Maintain effective communication with internal and external customers regarding schedule changes and requirements.
- Coordinate with Purchasing, Materials, and Warehouse teams to ensure material availability.
- Monitor critical components and supply chain risks.
- Maintain appropriate inventory levels while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
- Support inventory reduction initiatives without negatively impacting customer commitments.
- Ensure compliance with internal procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Support customer, certification, and regulatory audits.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering,



Logistics or Related field.
- 5 to 8 years of experience on Maquiladoras in areas as Production Planning, Material Planning, Demand Planning, etc.
- 2 to 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Excellent use of Office (Word, Excel, Power BI etc).
- Teamwork, Excellent customer service, Management and Conflict Resolution.
- Knowledge of Glovia or/ and Intelex system.
- Fluency in English (80%-90%)

What Will Put You Ahead

- Experience in high-volume manufacturing environments
- Knowledge of production planning and scheduling systems
- Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Our Team You will be part of a production team focused on operational excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement, working closely with cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality results. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data.

The vigente amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

📌 Planning Leader (Tijuana)
🏢 Koch
📍 Tijuana