Manager, Silicon Operations Production Planning

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

11d•$144,000 - $299,000•Onsite

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Manager, Silicon Operations Production Planning to join its networking silicon operations and supply planning team in the Santa Clara office. The role leads operations supply planners and connects Operations, Engineering, and Business Units to establish priorities and supply strategies. The manager owns supply commitments for multiple networking silicon chip product families and drives production planning to support customer and revenue commitments. The role leads planning across products and SKUs, balancing die and materials availability, capacity constraints, priorities, and dependencies such as substrates. It partners with wafer planning, datacenter systems planning, business units, program managers, engineers, and subcontractors to align build plans, manage supply challenges and trade-offs, and support product ramps from early sampling through high-volume production. The manager also analyzes demand and supply changes, summarizes forecasts for management, and drives continuous improvement in shipment performance, cycle time, and production-line efficiency.

Requirements

At least 7 years of overall experience in semiconductor operations, supply planning, supply chain, or a relevant area.
At least 3 years of experience managing teams with direct reports.
A degree in Industrial Engineering or Business Administration, or equivalent experience in semiconductor planning.
Effective communication, problem-solving, teamwork, organizational, and quantitative skills.
Ability to balance essential details with concise summaries of the big picture to support decisions by senior and executive management.
Proficiency with business software such as Microsoft Office, Excel VBA, SAP, SAP APO, IBP, Windchill, and leading advanced planning software.
Excellent English reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with self-starter qualities and a strong sense of ownership.

Nice To Haves

Background or experience in engineering or networking products.
Demonstrated ability to drive solutions to real-world operational problems that hinder performance against goals.
Ability to lead internal and external team members and establish preventive action plans that improve overall company performance.
Expertise using AI tools to improve work efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

Build and lead a team of operations supply planners.
Connect Operations, Engineering, and Business Units to set priorities and supply strategies.
Own operations supply commitments for multiple networking silicon chip product families.
Present supply challenges to management and recommend resolutions, including capacity and material investments, trade-offs, and risk calls.
Lead development of optimized production schedules across multiple products and SKUs, considering die availability, priorities, material availability, and execution constraints.
Drive and influence decisions about dependent demand for substrates and other materials to support the required build plan.
Work with wafer planning, datacenter systems planning, and business unit representatives to align supply strategies and build plans with demand.
Identify and address alignment issues between wafer supply and the finished-goods build plan.
Determine trade-off options when capacity, materials, or production issues prevent meeting all demand, and collaborate with internal partners on the optimal plan.
Analyze demand shortfalls and supply changes and prepare supply summaries and forecasts for management.
Work with program managers and engineers to facilitate product ramp plans from early-stage sampling to high-volume production.
Recommend improvements to NVIDIA and subcontractor management teams to improve key performance indicators, including committed shipment hit rate, cycle time, and production-line efficiency.