Production Planner

About ASML and the Wilton Site

ASML develops advanced technology that helps semiconductor manufacturers produce the microchips that power many of the products people use every day. Across more than 60 locations globally, our teams work together to advance semiconductor technology and develop solutions for some of the industry’s most complex challenges.

Our Wilton, Connecticut location is ASML’s largest research, development, and manufacturing site in the United States. The site specializes in advanced mechatronics, alignment and sensor technology, and optical fabrication. Teams in Wilton design and manufacture high-value modules and sensors that are critical to the performance of ASML’s lithography and metrology systems

As a Production Planner
, you will transform long-term manufacturing goals into practical, executable production plans. Your work will help ASML’s Wilton factory produce the advanced technology used within the semiconductor industry.

You will coordinate materials, capacity, equipment, tooling, and resources across a 13-week planning horizon. By identifying risks early and developing solutions, you will help manufacturing teams meet production and delivery commitments.

The Production Planner monitors production performance and adjusts plans as factory conditions change. You will partner with manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, engineering, and material handling teams.

• Develop and maintain feasible production plans across a 13-week planning horizon.
• Monitor production progress, work in progress, inventory, and capacity against the established plan.
• Identify material shortages and coordinate actions that protect upcoming production requirements.
• Evaluate equipment, tooling, facility, and resource constraints while developing practical planning scenarios.
• Analyze production risks, bottlenecks, and performance trends using enterprise planning systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Support new-product introductions and engineering changes by reviewing timing, production impact, and implementation risks.
• Lead cross-functional improvements that strengthen planning processes, cycle time, delivery performance, and resource utilization.

To succeed as a Production Planner, you will need:

• 3+years production planning or supply chain experience within manufacturing.
• One or more years of experience using SAP or a comparable enterprise resource planning system.
• 2+ years of experience managing relationships with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, conditional formatting, pivot tables, and charts.
• Experience supporting at least one new‑product introduction within a production environment.
• Knowledge of Lean methodology or another structured continuous improvement approach.
• A bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, supply chain management, communications, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Relevant APICS certification in planning, supply chain, project management, engineering, or master data is preferred.

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view.

You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Analyze complex production information and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Communicate risks, priorities, and proposed actions to…