Demand Planning Analyst

Job Details:

Job Description:

The Supply Chain Planning Operations organization (SCPO) is searching for a Demand Planning Analyst. This role directly reports under the SCPO Demand Planning Director.

The Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for managing, optimizing, and executing the weekly and long-term demand planning processes.This role ensures data integrity, coordinates cross-functionally to build consensus forecasts, and balances supply-demand constraints to maximize margin and inventory utilization. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, a keen eye for data governance, and the experience to turn complex market signals into a consumable demand plan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Governance and Master Data: Proactively identify, address, and resolve data issues within demand hierarchies and demand master data to ensure a single source of truth.
• Execution and Escalation Management: Review and manage the weekly customer Return-to-Forecast (RTF) process and directly address/resolve customer escalations.
• Demand Plan Optimization: Collaborate with Business Unit (BU) Forecasters, Regional Demand Leads, and Accounts to develop a comprehensive Demand Plan.
• Optimize the plan for maximum margin and the best use of supply/inventory capabilities.
• Supply and Demand Alignment: Review proration, consumption, and disaggregation to ensure the demand plan at the lowest level is entirely consumable by the supply chain execution teams.
• Continuous Monitoring: Review Backlog, Gross Billings, Customer Demand, and Sales Forecasts continuously to make data-driven changes to the weekly demand plan. When applicable, manage and update upper-case/lower-case demand variations.
• Constrained Planning (S and OP Horizon): Develop and recommend the Constrained Demand Plan, incorporating Supply Plans, S and OP Executive decisions, and Business Management Group (BMG) direction on allocation strategies.
• Allocation Facilitation : Facilitate critical allocation decisions with the Supply Management Group (SMG) when market demand exceeds available supply.
• S and OP / S and OE Harmonization : Act as the bridge between execution and strategy, ensuring that Sales and Operations Execution (S and OE) and Sales and Operations.
• Planning (S and OP) demand plans are completely harmonized.
• Behavioral traits: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across regional and business unit teams.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications, you must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in: demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain analytics.
• demand planning software, ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle), and advanced Excel/data tools.
• Position not eligible for Intel immigration sponsorship.
• Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
• MBA or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations, System Engineering
• APICS Certification or Supply and Demand Certifications
• Previous experience creating, recommending, and presenting strategies to key decisionmakers and various management levels
• Driving continuous process improvement and people skills development.
• Deep understanding of the business to articulate supply capability and output to stakeholders and executives.
• Establish and maintain relationships while influencing them to move towards a common goal.
• Enabling an environment of inclusiveness, collaboration, truth and transparency, trust, and continuous learning and innovation.
• Passion for motivating, mentoring, and coaching successful leaders, talents, and managers.
• Tolerance for ambiguity and operating in complex and multiorganizational environments.
• Experience building AI/ML forecasting models using Python and leveraging BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Sigma.
• Job Type: Experienced Hire
• Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
• Primary Location: US, California, Folsom
• Additional Locations: US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Santa Clara, US, Oregon, Hillsboro
• Posting Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
• Position of Trust
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