In this position, the individual will be responsible for full ownership of supply planning and customer order fulfillment for a particular product line. The role would involve working with product management, engineering, procurement, fab operations, silicon planning, demand planning, capacity planning, sales operations, business teams, supply chain process teams, and IT to ensure closure of the supply plan to meet demand within the planning horizon. Responsibilities include analyzing and resolving the daily plan output for supply to demand mismatches, producing weekly material and capacity plans to the factories, weekly closure of excess and obsolete inventory, and daily closure of inquiries from internal customers. Additionally, the individual should possess strong analytical skills to enhance and automate existing processes, or potentially make use of AI/ML techniques, in order to digitally transform the supply chain planning.
The individual must be able to apply technical information to production or planning activities and confer with management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specification, manufacturing capabilities, and project status. Strong IE skills set would be required in order to apply the same in supply planning. The individual must possess exceptional interpersonal / team building skills, including the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and participate with multi-functional teams.
The candidate is expected to have a Master’s degree in Industrial & Operations Engineering or related fields, and at least years of work experience. MBA in operations management is a plus. Experience in using tools like Tableau, Power BI, SQL, MRP systems is highly beneficial. Further, experience and knowledge in the use of statistics and other analytical tools in process improvements is essential.
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