Production Control Manager

Position Overview: The Production Control Manager is responsible for leading Fab production control activities in support of MACOM's semiconductor manufacturing operations. This role drives WIP management, production execution, Fab performance metrics, and cross-functional alignment to meet safety, revenue, throughput, cycle time, yield, quality, and on-time-delivery commitments.

Schedule Requirement: This weekday position supports 24/7 semiconductor operations and may require occasional coverage outside standard business hours. The Production Control Manager is expected to maintain appropriate overlap with Operations, Engineering, and Planning teams to support successful manufacturing execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the Production Control scheduler/planner team, including daily priorities, workload alignment, performance expectations, and team development.
• Provide daily directed input to shift supervisors regarding material delays in the Fab, schedule impacts, new priorities, immediate needs or changes, slow-moving material, and overall health of the line.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the Supply Chain team, including alignment on quarterly revenue commitments.
• Ownership the weekly production starts meeting, ensuring starts plans are accurate, aligned, and clearly communicated across stakeholders.
• Ownership of weekly engineering starts ensuring integration with production start plans.
• Ownership and control of the material kitting process in support of production execution.
• Ownership and control of EPI material inventory, including visibility, coordination with Purchasing, issue resolution, and alignment with long-range production needs.
• Review and optimization of the reporting structure in coordination with the Production and Planning teams. This includes ERP (SAP) and MES (Eyelit / FPS) system integration activities.
• Ownership of the Fab MES system scheduler to optimize production priorities on live material. This includes scheduling rules, effectiveness, and continuous improvement.

Key Competencies & Skills required:

• Excellent people management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing operations, wafer fabrication flow, WIP management, and production control practices.
• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Result driven Mindset
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excel and PowerPoint proficiency, with the ability to analyze production data and communicate performance trends clearly.
• Proficient in Structured Problem Solving
• Operational systems knowledge, including ERP/MRP, MES, dispatch, inventory, and production reporting systems. Specific experience in SAP, Eyelit, FPS preferred.
• Great Team builder, Collaborator and Problem solver

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in manufacturing, production control, operations, planning, or related manufacturing roles, preferably in a semiconductor environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing WIP, production schedules, delivery commitments, operational metrics, and cross-functional execution in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field.