Title Demand Planning Manager - 11
Duration: Perm Hire
Salary: $155-$178K
Location: San Jose, CA - hybrid - 3 days on site
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Demand & Supply Planning Manager is responsible for owning the end-to-end demand and supply planning process for finished goods, with a primary focus on ASIC supply planning and long-range demand forecasting. This role operates at a strategic planning level, translating inputs from Sales, Marketing, and Global Planning into executable demand and supply plans that support customer commitments over a 30 month horizon. You will work directly with Product Supply Planning & Fulfillment, Material & Capacity Planning, Global Inventory Management & Manufacturing Logistics Operations along with extended partners.
You will be responsible for:
• Own finished goods demand forecasting by integrating inputs from Sales, Marketing, and Global Planning, and maintaining long range demand plans across a 30 month horizon.
• Analyze historical trends, demand drivers, and forecast accuracy; lead variance resolution and continuous improvement through cross functional consensus.
• Manage incremental, unplanned, and surge demand while minimizing scope creep and unnecessary product proliferation.
• Perform integrated demand testing and “what if” scenario modeling to assess timing, feasibility, and impact of incremental volume. • Lead ASIC supply planning, including long term capacity outlooks, buffer strategies, customer allocation, and supply commit recommendations.
• Provide forward looking supply and order commit guidance aligned to finished goods requirements and customer commitments.
• Define and manage buffer strategies informed by demand context and product lifecycle stage.
• Partner with production planning, capacity planning, manufacturing, and logistics teams to align supply plans and deliver customer commitments.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and facilitator for cross functional demand and supply reviews, including monthly product and demand consensus meetings.
Salary Expectation: $150K-$182K
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
•6-10 years of experience as a Demand/Supply Planner
•Background in Semiconductor Manufacturing
•End-to-end planning exposure for the related silicon products (IC, ASIC, CPU, GPU) (CHIPS)
•Knowledge of demand & supply planning, logistics processes, and planning systems in semiconductor industry.
•Proven experience influencing partner executives and are capable of influencing internal decision-makers to make decisions aligned with strategies and objectives benefiting the entire organization.
•Advanced Excel skillset with proven capability to analyze large complex data sets from multiple sources.
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
•Building a Bill of Materials (BOM) from scratch
•Experience with MRP tools such as Oracle Cloud, SAP, Kinaxis
•Experience in demand and supply planning for new product introduction (NPI)