Senior Manager Forecasting (San Jose, CA)

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager Forecasting (San Jose, CA) to perform forecasting for our IoT Compute & Wireless (ICW) business line. Plan and direct production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, and financial forecasting services to limit costs and improve accuracy.

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Senior Manager Forecasting (San Jose, CA)

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager Forecasting (San Jose, CA) to perform forecasting for our IoT Compute & Wireless (ICW) business line. Plan and direct production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, and financial forecasting services to limit costs and improve accuracy. Examine existing procedures and identify opportunities to streamline activities to meet product distribution needs. Lead all aspects of Quarterly Product Marketing forecasts (VRFC) and enter the forecast figures into Blue Yonder forecasting tool on a customer and product granularity. Create and present management reports, outing all changes from current forecast against previous cycle final numbers. Confer with BDP and SCP planning teams to create supply plans that ensure availability of products and ensure all steps of manufacturing understand the demand. Manage activities related to material requirements planning and controlling inventory, using ERP systems as well as inventory management software. Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas such as sales, marketing and finance. Conduct decision-making to bring areas of concerns against final approved forecast with alignment of the current backlog. Coordinate and report on both the status of the forecast until closure and then switch to revenue attainment against the forecast. Ensure all leadership within the Business Line understand the current situation whether it in closing the forecast or how closely the revenue is booking against the forecasted demand. Coordinate and implement weekly reports with Regional Marketing and sales leadership to inform teams against changes in demand that may affect the Product Lines' ability to reach their revenue targets, using business Intelligence and data analysis software. Work closely with members of the Distribution team to ensure inventory levels in the channel are monitored and maintained at appropriate levels, using channel specific inventory reporting and metrics. Review final forecast with Product Line, Pricing and Operations team to ensure feedback on potential improvements in the monthly cycle is implemented prior to the beginning of the next cycle. Monitor forecast and allocation / quotas to identify changes and predict effects on supply chain activities and revenue, handle customer escalation management via Jira tool. Participate in the coordination of new product launches, engineering changes or EOL activities, using order management software as well as product master data suites to check on product status or release products for specific customers. Train new employees. Local telecommuting permitted up to 3 days per week.

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JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Requires a bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related field and 2 years of supply chain related experience including operations, logistics, customer relationship management, revenue forecasting, and customer demand management. Must have the following experience: providing theoretical and practical guidance to management through extensive cross-functional knowledge and analytical skills; creating, implementing, and presenting reports and recommendations using tools including Microsoft Excel and Tableau dashboards; coordinating with cross-functional and geographically distributed stakeholders, including marketing, finance and others; closely collaborating with sales and account managers as well as planners via content workflow and escalation management software including Jira; supply chain and operations, markets, products, supply chain, forecasting techniques & principles as well as forecast entry tools including Blue Yonder; demand and market situation; key account customers, related contracts and agreements using CRM tools including MS Dynamics; systems understanding of SAP or other ERP tool as well as materials requirements planning software including I2 Intelligence; production and allocation monitoring via supply chain software including RapUi and TasUi; product master data suite knowledge for planning purposes; inventory management software; and distribution channel specific reporting and metrics.

THIS POSITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM

Why Us:

Infineon designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of semiconductors and semiconductor-based solutions, focusing on key markets in the automotive, industrial, and consumer sectors. Its products range from standard components to special components for digital, analog, and mixed-signal applications to customer-specific solutions together with the appropriate software.

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In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion.

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In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.