Sr Demand Planner, Specialist - 2221

KIOXIA America Inc. is looking for a Senior Demand Planner for our Business Operations team. As a key member of the SSD Business Unit (BU) team, you will manage the demand planning activities and work closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Service teams to ensure that operational metrics on demand forecasting, delivery and inventory are achieved. The winning candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills, with a proactive, positive approach to problem solving, as well as, attention to detail while never losing sight of the big picture.

This role will report to the Manager of SSD Planning and Business Operations.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the demand planning process and customer deliverables for assigned customers.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing and Customer Technical Support teams to proactively influence demand-supply alignment, forecast accuracy, and respond to market dynamics.
• Partner with Japan headquarters team in weekly planning meetings to clearly communicate demand changes, confirm supply plans and review customer action items.
• Drive customer meetings by presenting SSD supply plans & demand forecasts, updating delivery schedules and coordinating responses to action items.
• Provide weekly reporting analysis by collecting all data relevant to creating the revenue plan (backlog, lead times, product lifecycle, historical sales, market trends, sales forecast).
• Engage senior leaders in meetings and presentations with consensus revenue forecast, KPI metrics as well as risks and opportunities within the S&OP cycle.
• Perform data analysis and reporting for selected key inventory metrics such as ending on hand (EOH), days of supply (DOS) targets, and aging inventory disposition plans.
• Responsible for the execution of key operational and revenue related activities.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvements to business processes.
• Drive root cause/corrective actions to improve business performance.
• Onsite in office: Tuesday through Thursday