Senior Staff Business Planning Specialist

Renesas Electronics; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global semiconductor provider is seeking a Senior Staff Business Planning Specialist in Austin, Texas. This role involves managing daily activities for optimizing revenue and margin associated with product lines. Candidates should have over 10 years in business roles within the semiconductor industry, with a strong background in forecasting and data analysis. Leadership and communication skills are essential for success in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a business role with semiconductor experience in supply chain planning, forecasting, analysis, and management support.
• Experience with Cloud Provider/Server Market or Module Supply Chain planning preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, focusing on advanced/expert knowledge of Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day activities required to optimize and grow revenue & margin.
• Partner with various teams to ensure business objectives are met.
• Own revenue forecast for Monthly Ops revenue alignment.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Time management

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

BS Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior Staff Business Planning Specialist

As part of Renesas’s fast growing Performance Computing Power Business, you will manage the day-to-day activities required to optimize and grow revenue & margin and drive customer satisfaction associated with assigned product lines.

You will partner with Operations, NPI teams, Marketing, Sales, and Finance organizations to ensure business objectives are met.

Job Description

• Demand Planning, Revenue, Forecast
• AOP/MTP/LTP – support BU in driving bottom-up forecast for Annual Operating Plan, Mid-Term Plan, and Long-Term Plan.
• Ensures management revenue goals are achieved each quarter through close communication with the Product Line Manager and Sales.
• Owns revenue forecast for Monthly Ops revenue alignment, which accounts for available demand and supply, projected orders, and financial adjustments.
• Generates ship demand forecast and enters it into the forecasting database.
• Closely work with finance and revenue accounting to manage margin, pricing, and quarterly accruals.
• Works with Tactical Marketing to ensure that quoted pricing aligns with the revenue plans.
• Supply and Escalation: respond to and resolve all escalations and allocations of product working with Sales, Customer Service, Manufacturing, and Planning.
• Owns weekly review of backlog vs planned shipments. Highlights any supply gap or constraints to meet revenue plans well in advance to avoid any last-minute surprises in customer delivery, and proactively analyzes data to ensure there isn’t a potential problem before customers are notified.
• Manages monthly demand/supply plan review, identifying any constraints within the planning horizon vs the forecast to mitigate potential revenue risk.
• Works with Planning, Product Line Managers, and Marketing to review medium to long term plans to ensure material is planned in support of Product Line revenue goals, and resolves or escalates issues with supporting the business plans.
• Decides wafer starts requirements for all products in the product line and works with Planning to ensure they are placed.
• Analysis: manage channel weeks of inventory, owned days of inventory, and excess and obsolete inventory to maintain healthy levels according to corporate guidance.
• Owns all daily/weekly/monthly detailed analysis of the demand and supply, as well as historical information and competitive factors to guide future decisions and activities.
• Prepares and presents monthly analysis of the Product Line status to Product Line Management and prepares materials for presentation to Division Leadership.
• Works closely with sales and Product Line Marketing to ensure alignment of the Sales vs Product line Forecasts and works with distributors to book orders to lead time based on the aligned forecast.
• Builds and maintains all bottoms-up forecasts for short- and long-term demand at a detailed level, working with Marketing.

Qualifications

• BS Degree
• 10+ years in a business role with semiconductor experience in supply chain planning, forecasting, analysis, and management support.
• Experience with Cloud Provider/Server Market or Module Supply Chain planning preferred.
• Demonstrated track record of managing complex forecasting through OEM/CM/Distributor.
• Good time management skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Must be able to demonstrate strong leadership, people management & influencing skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, with focus on advanced/expert knowledge of Excel.
• Data analysis experience. Ability to solve complex problems or working relationships.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Positive attitude, self-starter, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong sense of urgency and of responsibility and deadline-driven.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. The industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, To Make Our Lives Easier.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.