Staff Marketing Operations Specialist

Renesas Electronics•Tempe, AZ

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Renesas is seeking a methodical and business-minded Product Line Business Specialist to join our Memory Interface Division. This role serves as a key advocate at the product level, driving problem-solving, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination to ensure we can meet customer demand. The ideal candidate combines a marketing lens with strong business management and operations expertise to anticipate supply and demand imbalances up to 18 months in advance and proactively resolve constraints before they impact our customers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field
10+ years of experience in business management, operations, supply/demand planning, or product line management (semiconductor industry preferred)
Demonstrated experience in forecasting, supply-demand balancing, and capacity planning
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a methodical, structured approach
Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional communication abilities

Nice To Haves

Experience in the semiconductor or memory interface market
Familiarity with wafer fabrication and assembly/test capacity constraints
Marketing or product marketing exposure with an understanding of customer demand dynamics
MBA or equivalent business/operations qualification

Responsibilities

Act as the primary advocate for assigned products, representing their interests across the organization
Champion product-level business needs in cross-functional decision-making forums
Provide a marketing-informed perspective on product positioning, demand trends, and customer priorities
Develop and maintain rolling forecasts projecting business and supply positions 18 months into the future
Identify where business demand and supply availability are likely to break, enabling early intervention
Model demand scenarios and translate them into actionable supply requirements
Proactively identify and escalate potential shortages, assembly capacity limitations, and wafer constraints
Lead structured problem-solving efforts to close supply-demand gaps
Develop mitigation strategies to protect customer commitments during periods of constraint
Gather intelligence from key stakeholders across sales, operations, manufacturing, and supply chain
Coordinate and organize inputs into a coherent, actionable business picture
Communicate risks, trade-offs, and recommendations clearly to leadership and cross-functional partners
Partner with operations and supply chain to ensure capacity and wafer supply align with customer needs
Balance competing priorities to optimize product-level business outcomes
Drive alignment between commercial goals and manufacturing realities