Job Description
About The Business
Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) is a greenfield venture of the Tata Group with expertise in manufacturing precision components.
Tata Electronics (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd.) is building India's first AI-enabled state-of-the-art Semiconductor Foundry. This facility will produce chips for applications such as power management IC, display drivers, microcontrollers (MCU) and high-performance computing logic, addressing the growing demand in markets such as automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications and artificial intelligence.
Tata Electronics is a subsidiary of the Tata group. The Tata Group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with the mission To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long term stakeholder value creation based on leadership with Trust.
Key Responsibility
Order & Customer Commitment
Provide commit delivery dates for every customer order (Order promising / ATP).
Track and improve CLIP/Customer Line Item Performance for all customers.
Manage re-commits when customer requests change (product change, hold, release, expedite, slow-down).
Coordinate with Customer Ops for WIP visibility, priority lots, and shipment planning.
Daily Wafer Start & Production Scheduling
Prepare daily wafer start plan across technology nodes and products.
Execute wafer start for each order/production lot based on capacity and loading targets.
Drive start stability, weekly loading adherence, and cycle time compliance.
Align with diffusion, litho, etch, CMP, implant, and backend modules for capacity feasibility.
WIP Control & Lot Handling
Manage daily fab WIP: status, aging, bank, bottlenecks, special lots.
Handle Lot Handling Requests (LHN)change product, hold, release, split/merge, expedite, slow-down.
Monitor and maintain TTL WIP, remaining input quantities, WAT/WH/Bank levels.
Control key lots, SHL lots, Customer Pull-in/Pull-out lots, and special event lots.
Production Plan, Projection & Assumptions
Prepare weekly and monthly production/output projections.
Identify And Monitor Key Planning Assumptions
Cycle time per route
Module capacities
Bottleneck health
Tool availability
Product mix impact
Manage Consensus Demand vs Plan vs Execution alignment.
System & Process Ownership
Drive PP modules in the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Planning System:
Order management
Reserve/Commit/Recommit logic
WIP tracking & forecast
Plan-group settings
Daily plan creation & overrides
Own PP procedures, SOPs, and internal controls.
Support digital transformation, automation, and data integrity for planning.
Cross Functional Collaboration
Work Closely With
Planning & Logistics
Module Engineering
Manufacturing Operations
Customer Operations
Quality/PIE
Supply Chain (Materials/Stores)
Provide daily plan, recovery actions, and output risk visibility to stakeholders.
Additional Technical Requirements
Technical Skills
Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing flow, routing, and WIP behaviour.
Expertise In
Wafer start scheduling
WIP management and dispatching
CT modelling and bottleneck control
Output projection logic
Order management and ATP/CTP concepts
Familiar with MES, ERP, MPS/MRP, and planning dashboards.
Ability to interpret fab data, constraints, and convert into executable plan.
Analytical Skills
Excellent quantitative and problem solving abilities.
Ability to forecast output under variability.
Data driven decision-making using dashboards, SQL, Excel, Python
Qualification
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Electronics, Mechanical, Industrial, Production, Semiconductor, or similar).
Experience
512 years experience in Production Planning within semiconductor fabs, display fabs, or complex highmix manufacturing preferred.
Experience in Planning, WIP Control, Order Management, or Fab Operations highly desirable.
