Demand and Supply Planning Manager

Cisco•San Jose, CA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role works with Product Supply Planning & Fulfillment, Material & Capacity Planning, Global Inventory Management & Manufacturing Logistics Operations along with extended partners (e.g. Global Supplier Management, Product Operations, Cisco Global Planning). You'll partner with Supply Chain eco-system partners to optimize the Si supply chain and operations to meet key business metrics. We’re in a dynamic phase within Supply Chain Operations and are seeking encouraging talent to join the team. We have a position available for a creative, encouraged individual contributor, to work with our Supply Chain functional partners to run critical processes and initiatives for the Silicon One Supply chain group. You'll join our Group driving our groundbreaking next-generation network devices - Cisco Silicon One ™.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in the relevant field.
End-to-end planning exposure for the related silicon products.
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 Haves

You have excellent presentation and interpersonal skills including written, verbal, and listening skills.
Experience in demand and supply planning for new product introduction (NPI)
Experience with MRP tools such as Oracle Cloud, SAP, Kinaxis

Responsibilities

Prepare and facilitate monthly multi-functional demand review meetings
Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation
Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast accuracy data and evaluate forecast results.
Coordinate multi-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances to improve forecast accuracy.
Apply a consensus approach that includes working with sales, marketing, and Global Planning teams to acquire and ensure current and accurate information is used for forecasting.
Evaluate forecast accuracy and determine action plans to improve accuracy.
Prepare reports and recommend adjustments to sales or potentially supply plans.
Perform coordinated "what-if" analysis using both supply and demand plans.
Formulate buffer strategies using demand context and product lifecycle status of products
Partner with the production planning, capacity planning, and manufacturing teams to prepare supply commits back to customers
Become the point of contact for all demand and supply related discussions for your product families

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)