JOB DESCRIPTION: CISCO - DEMAND PLANNING MANAGER
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.
ROLE & RESONSIBILITIES:
- 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.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- 5 years of experience as a Demand/Supply Planner
- Previous Fabless Semiconductor Manufacturing industry experience
- End-to-end planning exposure for the related silicon products (IC, ASIC, CPU, GPU)
- 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)
Salary Range: $142,000-$182,000
