Planning Manager

Planning Manager

Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey. We are publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm; our global footprint includes headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Silicon Valley, California; and Singapore.

Why Join Our Mission?

At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters. We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontier—protecting both human and agentic AI interactions—and leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography. In everything we do, we live by our core values:

• Battle Friction: We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience.
• Inspire Higher: We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult.
• One Team: We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.

Aligned with our commitment to open standards, we foster a thriving builder ecosystem through the Yubico Developer Program, offering free open-source repositories, libraries, and SDKs to help developers rapidly integrate strong hardware authentication into any application. Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program.

At Yubico, we offer:

Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. In support of this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups that foster inclusion, help build community and connection across Yubico. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here).

Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here.

About the role

Yubico is looking for a Planning Manager to lead integrated planning across EMEA and APAC and strengthen the connection between regional demand, manufacturing, sourcing and our supplier network.

This role is central to building a proactive and reliable planning model. You will translate market requirements into realistic supply, capacity, material and inventory plans, while improving visibility and collaboration with suppliers and external manufacturing partners.

You will work across Manufacturing & Sourcing, Logistics, Product, Finance, regional commercial teams and Global Planning to identify constraints early, develop scenarios and ensure that supply commitments reflect known capacity, lead-time, configuration and lifecycle realities. You will report to VP, Supply Chain Operations.

The role combines strategic planning, supplier collaboration and hands-on implementation, with a strong focus on supply reliability, inventory health, launch readiness and better decision-making across the network.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Integrated Planning

• Lead EMEA/APAC planning inputs and outputs for global SIOP, supply review and S&OE exception management.
• Reconcile demand, supply, capacity, materials, inventory and product lifecycle considerations into a clear, decision-ready regional plan.
• Develop constrained and unconstrained supply scenarios across relevant planning horizons.
• Translate the consensus demand plan into capacity, material, production, inventory and logistics requirements.

Supplier & Manufacturing Collaboration

• Establish structured forecast-sharing and exception-review routines with key suppliers and external manufacturing partners.
• Work closely with Manufacturing & Sourcing to understand lead times, yields, capacity, order commitments and alternative supply options.
• Ensure supplier, component and manufacturing constraints are accurately reflected in the integrated plan.
• Challenge assumptions and commitments where needed and coordinate actions to resolve material or capacity constraints.

Supply Risk & Inventory

• Identify material, supplier, capacity, quality, logistics and geopolitical risks and develop mitigation scenarios before they affect customer commitments.
• Support inventory segmentation, safety-stock, reorder-point and inventory-positioning decisions.
• Balance service and resilience with working capital, obsolescence and expedite risk.
• Ensure inventory assumptions and exposure across regional nodes and external partners are visible and understood.

NPI, EOL & Lifecycle Planning

• Coordinate planning readiness for product launches, ramp-ups, phase-outs and EOL events.
• Ensure supplier commitments, manufacturing capacity, component availability, master data and inventory run-down plans are aligned.
• Integrate lifecycle assumptions and risks into SIOP and S&OE.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure transitions are executable and risks are identified early.

Planning Excellence

• Standardise regional planning routines, assumptions, data and issue-management processes.
• Improve the use of ERP, analytics and planning workflows to create transparent and traceable supply assumptions.
• Establish clear decision rules and reduce reliance on ad hoc workarounds.
• Share repeatable planning practices across regions, functions and external partners.

Skills and Experience

• Strong experience in supply, material, capacity, production and inventory planning, including constrained planning and scenario development.
• Proven ability to work effectively with suppliers, contract manufacturers and sourcing teams to resolve material and capacity constraints.
• Strong understanding of procurement, sourcing, lead times, supplier performance and the planning implications of commercial decisions.
• Ability to evaluate supply options across service, inventory, cost, working capital and risk.
• Advanced analytical and scenario-planning skills, with the ability to structure incomplete information and communicate clear options and consequences.
• You should also be comfortable influencing stakeholders across countries, functions and external organisations, and experienced in designing and embedding more disciplined planning processes.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, Business or a related discipline.
• Typically 7+ years of experience in supply planning, material planning, manufacturing planning, sourcing/procurement, inventory planning or SIOP/S&OP.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with suppliers, contract manufacturers or external production partners.
• Experience developing supply, capacity or material scenarios across multiple countries, sites or supply-chain nodes.
• Practical experience with NPI, ramp-up, phase-out and EOL planning, including supplier and inventory implications. Experience with ERP, planning and analytics platforms is required; experience with NetSuite or comparable systems is an advantage.

We are an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We'd love to learn about what you can add to our diverse team. We are an E-Verify Participating Employer.