Summary of Role: The Demand Planner role will play a critical part in the execution of a new Forecasting and Demand Planning process at GlobalFoundries. This is a new role, on a new team, in a very exciting company and industry. We have very exciting goals for the next several years and this position will be critical to driving our results.
Essential Responsibilities:- Generate, validate, and adjust statistical models by independently running best-fit forecasting algorithms and comparing accuracy with statistical plans
- Support the Consensus Demand Planning process by providing the statistical forecast, generating insights, and leading the Customer Collaboration process with the customer business managers
- Analyze statistical demand forecast and compute forecast accuracy metrics (Weighted Forecast Accuracy, Bias, etc.) to make customer-specific forecast input recommendations
- Partner with Sales to align on the consensus demand plan by reviewing risks and opportunities and building trusted customer relationships to solicit strategic business insights
- Maintain and modify demand driver inputs based on information from customer business managers
- Analyze accuracy of demand driver inputs and provide recommendations based on historical data/ demand trends
- Recommend changes to statistical forecasting models and input parameters to optimize accuracy and reduce bias
- Work with customer business managers to create and model demand scenarios for customer collaboration meetings
- Configure dashboards and maintain relevant reports to provide real time insights on forecast performance metrics with ability to drill down to root causes
- Interface with customer business managers to resolve demand gaps/ imbalances and shape demand
- Responsible for accuracy of demand forecasting models and inputs.
Other Responsibilities:- Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
Required Qualifications:- Education - Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or related field
- Experience - 8 years minimum experience in: Knowledge of, and experience with forecasting, demand planning, and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
- Strong business acumen and end market knowledge
- Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders ,
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with customers in planning and replenishment discussions based on scenario modeling
- Strong analytical and modeling skills with hands-on experience with forecasting and planning tools (e.g., SAP, Kinaxis, Logility, etc.)
- Strong and deep knowledge and experience with MS Excel
- Skills: Hands-on experience with forecasting and planning tools (SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, Logility); experience in an ERP environment (i.e. SAP or Oracle) is preferred
- Language: Fluent in English
Preferred Qualifications:- Strong analytical capabilities with demonstrated proficiency in modeling and forecasting
- Strong organizational skills with ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple accountabilities simultaneously
- Ability to work within and across multiple functional teams, collaborating with Planning, Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain stakeholders
- Ability to strategically identify and validate semiconductor industry trends and demand drivers
- Executive presence and comfortable presenting and working with senior leadership
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Execution oriented - thrive under pressure with a demonstrated ability to get things done
- Strong attention to detail - ability to accurately manage, update, maintain large datasets.
Expected Salary Range$88,000.00 - $154,000.00
The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
