Master Planner

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze historical sales trends, shipment requests and market data of customers for forecast generation.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing to understand demand drivers and orders quantities.
• Maintain forecast accuracy with reviewing revenue targets and tracking waterfall data.
• Analyze forecast demand and establish supply plans.
• Efficient communication on inventory status, delivery commits, potential risks and prevention plans to operations and sales team.
• Execution of material planning strategies to optimize inventory levels and meet production deadlines.
• Track inventory transactions to maintain accuracy.
• Generate and review supplier purchase orders though ERP system (SAP preferred).
• Lead weekly supplier meeting and escalation meeting for supply chain requests.
• Collaborate with Logistics team and Field Service team to ensure the efficient flow of materials for all products throughout the supply chain.
• Coordinate between Engineering and Suppliers for BOM changes, component changes, and test procedure changes to avoid delay in production schedules.
• Support Internal Audit and Finance team requirements for quarter-end and year-end materials reconciliation processes.
• Review safety stock components and strategic inventory level requirements for active products to support key customers.

• Review excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory analysis, end of life status, last time buy requests, slow moving inventory and bill of material changes each quarter with efficient reporting to finance team.
• Evaluate supplier performance, review capacity constraints with engineering and identify areas for improvement, and drive initiatives to enhance supplier delivery to meet revenue targets.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, such as Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in demand and supply planning, material management.
• Deep understanding of electronics manufacturing processes, material requirements, and supply chain dynamics.
• Proven ability to develop and implement material planning strategies, demand/supply planning, optimize inventory levels, and manage supplier relationships.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and supplier commits negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with reporting skills to executive audience.
• Experience with systems such as SAP, Salesforce, Arena / Agile and Excel.

The annual salary range for California is $88,200 to $163,800. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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