Global Capacity Planner
Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino), California, United States
Operations and Supply Chain
The role is dynamic and often has to wear multiple hats: focusing on big picture roadmap one moment and the minute details the next. Long term capacity planning requires confident leadership - working with multi-functional teams to identify risks, explore solutions, reach consensus and execute mitigations quickly. This requires an in-depth understanding of development and manufacturing process at multiple levels within the supply chain.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelors degree
- 8+ years of experience with Planning, Procurement, or Factory Operations
- Direct experience in long-term capacity planning a plus
Description
- Manage long-term capacity planning for modules & sub-components in a time frame of 6 months-3 years before launch.
- Lead capacity executive reviews with discussions focused on vender selection, CapEx requirements, pre-build strategy and sensitivity analysis.
- Expand on the first-cut BOM from OPD and roll-up key capacity planning metrics, such as planned peak weekly capacity (PPWC) & ramp start, across all lines of business and commodities.
- Represent Procurement as the point of contact during Flight Plan and highlight critical supply chain decisions tied to volume requirements to cross-functional leadership from Planning, Operations, Finance & Materials.
- Present recommendations to leadership teams. Drive decision making to close Capacity/Demand gaps. Develop key measurement systems to ensure new capacity requirements are scrubbed and key decisions are made timely.
-Manage the long-term MPS publication process including security requirements.
- Lead training & provide resources to drive consistency in capacity planning across all teams within Procurement.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including Planning, Procurement, and Operations to influence the company’s product roadmap and demand scenarios.
- Drive capacity goals that align with company initiatives and monitor industry trends and commodity capacity profiles.
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
- - Work around ambiguities and follow through multiple requests with competing priorities.
- - Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to present to executives effectively
- - Must have strategic thinking and see the big picture
- - Talented at consolidating multiple perspectives and getting buy-ins from different teams
- - Analytical and detail oriented