Staff Supply Chain Specialist

AMD; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD benefits

Job summary

AMD in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a seasoned Supply Chain Operations professional to drive end-to-end demand planning, customer orders, and forecast accuracy. You will coordinate across Planning, Customer Operations, Logistics, Sales, Finance, and Engineering to meet commitments and optimize service levels.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional collaboration to resolve supply constraints and enhance profitability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Business and Supply Chain.
• Advanced Excel proficiency (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables).
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, JDE, Oracle).
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, six-sigma, and just-in-time processes.
• Experience in process improvement and KPI definition.
• Experience building out supply chain best practices.

Responsibilities

• Process demand commits and customer orders in SAP and forecast tool.
• Plan and monitor movement of product from order to delivery.
• Collaborate on forecast deltas based on actual demand.
• Lead projects to drive supply chain improvements and efficiencies.
• Run reports to monitor KPI and performance.
• Manage backlog and ensure on-time shipments.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Forecasting

Supply Chain

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

JDE

Oracle

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.

At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

The Role

This role requires hands on execution, with focus on processing demand commits, customer order, and customer demand forecasts. The successful candidate will help drive results across AMD on behalf of Supply Chain Operations (SCO). Responsibilities include end-to-end instance timeline ownership and collaboration with internal teams and business owners to achieve those timelines and results. The role also includes engaging and collaborating with Planning, BU, Customer operations, Logistics, Sales, Finance, Engineering, and other groups as required to resolve issues pertaining to supply chain.

The Person

• Ability to effectively and concisely communicate with upper management.
• Ability to collaborate across internal stakeholders to ensure business objectives are met on time.
• Ability to handle a high pressure/high volume workload.
• Ability to plan, organize, multi-task, and prioritize workload.
• Ability to work proactively and on own initiative.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Passionate about spreadsheets, reporting, supply planning and analysis

Key Responsibilities

• Process demand commits, customer order, and customer demand forecasts in SAP and internal forecast tool.
• Perform customer-centric value chain planning to improve customer service levels while reducing costs, thus positively impacting growth and profitability.
• Issue Factory builds instructions
• Collaborate with internal partners on forecast deltas based on actual customer demand
• ATP ( Available to promise) planning after ERP plan to improve/meet current customer commitments
• Plan, schedule and monitor of the movement of product from customer order through delivery and shipment.
• Monitor materials/good movement to determine if inventory needs to be increased or decreased to meet customer’s production needs.
• Collaborate with internal partners on backlog reviews or customers’ pull in requests and ensure that delivery schedules are met in a timely manner and communicated to customers and internal sales department.
• Utilize ERP to analyze inventory reports, trends, discrepancies, and to find opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain inventory planning tool rules and supply profile to maximize demand commits.
• Collaborate with Logistics and OSATS for materials receipt in a timely manner to meet customer demand commits.
• Lead and collaborate projects to drive improvements and efficiencies across the supply chain team.
• Run necessary reports to KPI monitoring and performance.
• Manage backlog, analyze and resolve transactional issues that may prevent on time shipments and to ensure that the customer expectations are met or exceeded.
• Develop and implement supply chain department best practices, procedures, and policies and ensures that the team stays on target.

Preferred Experience

• 6+ years of experience in Business and Supply Chain.
• Advanced Excel proficiency (VLOOKUP/Pivot Tables).
• Proficiency in a larger ERP system (SAP, JDE, Oracle, etc.).
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, six-sigma, and just-in-time processes.
• Experience in process improvement and continuous improvement projects.
• Previous experience building out best practices in supply chain and defining KPIs and key metrics.

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s Degree or Masters in Supply Chain, Business, or Math related is preferred.
• Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Certifications a plus.

Location

Penang, Malaysia

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.