Staff Marketing Operations Specialist

Renesas Electronics; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics seeks a methodical Product Line Business Specialist for the Memory Interface Division. You will advocate for products, coordinate with sales, operations, manufacturing, and supply chain, and drive forecasting and proactive constraint resolution to meet customer demand.

You will develop rolling forecasts, model demand scenarios, and lead problem-solving efforts to close supply-demand gaps, balancing commercial goals with manufacturing realities.

Qualifications

• 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).
• Forecasting, supply-demand balancing, and capacity planning experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a methodical approach.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional communication abilities.

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.
• 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 elevate 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.

Skills

Forecasting

Supply chain

Capacity planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Marketing

Job description

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.

Key Responsibilities

Product Advocacy & Business Ownership

• 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

Forecasting & Supply-Demand Planning

• 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

Problem Solving & Escalation

• Proactively identify and elevate 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

Stakeholder Engagement & Coordination

• 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

Meeting Customer Demand

• 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

Job Description

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.

Key Responsibilities

Product Advocacy & Business Ownership

• 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

Forecasting & Supply-Demand Planning

• 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

Problem Solving & Escalation

• Proactively identify and elevate 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

Stakeholder Engagement & Coordination

• 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

Meeting Customer Demand

• 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

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the semiconductor industry
• Familiarity with wafer fabrication and assembly/test capacity constraints
• Marketing or product marketing exposure with an understanding of customer demand dynamics

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 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.