Manager, Supply Chain Planning - Wafers

We are looking for a Manager, Supply Chain Planning - Wafers, located at our Corporate Headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. At NVIDIA, our employees are passionate about parallel and visual computing. We're united in our quest to transform the way graphics are used for work and play. Our technology impacts the visual experience in video game development, film production, deep learning, space exploration, medicine, computational finance and automotive design. And we've only scratched the surface of what we can accomplish when we apply our technology to it. We need passionate, hard-working, and creative people to help us take on some of these extraordinary opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage weekly, monthly, and quarterly supply plans with business leaders and provide mentorship on supply and inventory positions

• Analyze planning strategies and priority tradeoffs with business leaders to optimize supply to meet customer demand and revenue targets

• Present weekly supply changes to executive management

• Develop, mentor, and lead team of high performing supply chain planners responsible for wafer/die supply

• Collaborate with foundry partners to drive closure of near term wafer supply shortages and to forecast longer term capacity requirements

• Oversee cross-functional alignment with backend planning, capacity planning, and engineering teams to understand chip supply bottlenecks and influence downstream capacity investments

• Guide continuous improvement efforts and projects in support of organizational strategies

What we need to see:

• BA/BS degree in Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 8+ overall years of experience in supply chain/operations, preferably with background in semiconductors or wafer/chip planning

• At least 4+ years of experience in a leadership role

• Proficiency in Excel, SAP, advanced planning software/ERP, and other business software applications

• Demonstrated agility and flexibility in a fast-paced, constraint production environment

• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with senior executive staff

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience managing global manufacturing with foundry suppliers and partner teams around the world

• Proven problem solving, analytical and complex modeling skills

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and people concurrently

• Find creative, out-of-the-box solutions and approaches to complex problems

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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