Client Computing Group Demand Planning Lead

Intel Corporation•San Jose, CA

1d•$116,790 - $237,710•Hybrid

About The Position

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 ability to turn complex market signals into a consumable demand plan.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
4+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain analytics.
Proficiency with demand planning software, ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle), and advanced Excel/data tools.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

MBA or Masters 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 decision-makers and various management levels
Driving continuous process improvement and people skills development.
Deep understanding of the business being able 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.

Responsibilities

Proactively identify, address, and resolve data issues within demand hierarchies and demand master data to ensure a single source of truth.
Review and manage the weekly customer Return-to-Forecast (RTF) process and directly address/resolve customer escalations.
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.
Review proration, consumption, and disaggregation to ensure the demand plan at the lowest level is entirely consumable by the supply chain execution teams.
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.
Develop and recommend the Constrained Demand Plan, incorporating Supply Plans, S&OP Executive decisions, and Business Management Group (BMG) direction on allocation strategies.
Facilitate critical allocation decisions with the Supply Management Group (SMG) when market demand exceeds available supply.
Act as the bridge between execution and strategy, ensuring that Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) demand plans are completely harmonized.
Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across regional and business unit teams.