Staff Business Planning Specialist

Renesas Electronics•Austin, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

Renesas is seeking a Staff Business Planning Specialist to support our fast-growing Performance Computing Power business. Serving as the central pivot between Sales, Operations, NPI, Marketing, and Finance, you will manage day-to-day planning activities to optimize revenue, maximize margins, and drive customer satisfaction across assigned product lines. This role directly supports the high-demand AI infrastructure market, requiring sharp supply planning instincts and strong customer support acumen. You will own the end-to-end supply chain planning lifecycle—from wafer start to finished goods—driving forecast improvements, proactively mitigating supply risks, and resolving customer escalations. In this fast-paced position, your execution will directly ensure that product availability keeps pace with the intense, next-generation compute demands of our customers.

Requirements

BS Degree required.
10+ years of business experience within the semiconductor industry, specifically in supply chain planning, forecasting, analysis, and management support.
Demonstrated track record of managing complex forecasting through OEM, CM, and Distributor channels.
Data analysis experience with advanced/expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and general Microsoft Office applications.
Strong leadership, people management, and influencing skills with the ability to solve complex problems and navigate working relationships.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Cloud Provider/Server Market planning is highly preferred.
Self-starter with a positive attitude, a strong sense of urgency, and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Ensure management revenue goals are achieved each quarter through close communication with the Product Line Manager and Sales.
Own the monthly revenue forecast, accounting for demand, supply, projected orders, and financial adjustments.
Generate and enter ship demand/build plan forecasts into the forecasting database for supply chain and operations capacity planning.
Support the business unit in building bottom-up forecasts for Annual, Mid-Term, and Long-Term Operating Plans (AOP/MTP/LTP).
Partner with Finance and Revenue Accounting to manage margin, pricing, and quarterly accruals.
Collaborate with Tactical Marketing to ensure quoted pricing aligns with revenue plans.
Resolve escalations and manage product allocations in coordination with Sales, Customer Service, Manufacturing, and Planning.
Own weekly backlog-versus-shipment reviews; proactively identify supply gaps or constraints before they impact customers or cause revenue plan issues.
Manage monthly demand/supply plan reviews to mitigate revenue and customer support risks within the planning horizon.
Determine wafer start requirements for all products in the line and work with Planning to ensure timely wafer order placement.
Collaborate with Product Line Managers and Marketing to review medium-to-long term plans to ensure material is planned in support of Product Line revenue goals.
Manage channel inventory weeks, owned days of inventory, and excess/obsolete inventory in line with corporate guidance.
Own daily, weekly, and monthly analysis of demand, supply, historical data, and competitive factors, making strategic recommendations to management.
Prepare and present monthly product line status updates to Product Line Management for senior leadership reviews.
Analyze monthly sales and product line forecasts to ensure alignment, collaborating with distributors and sales to book orders based on lead times.
Build and maintain bottoms-up short- and long-term demand forecasts at the detail level alongside product line marketing.