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Operations Planning & Revenue Management Leader

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world's most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets.

Summary Of Role:

The operations planning & revenue management leader is responsible for optimizing end-to-end operational execution across demand planning, revenue forecasting, capacity alignment, and raw material planning in a complex semiconductor environment. This role serves as a central integrator across sales, product management, finance, supply chain, and manufacturing, ensuring that customer demand is translated into executable plans that maximize revenue, margin, and supply resilience.

Essential Responsibilities

Demand & Supply Planning:

• Own the end-to-end demand planning process, integrating customer forecasts, backlog, upside scenarios, and market intelligence into a consolidated demand signal.
• Translate demand into executable supply plans aligned with fab capacity, cycle times, yield assumptions, and inventory strategies.
• Lead S&OP / IBP processes, balancing customer commitments, capacity constraints, and financial targets.
• Identify demand-supply gaps, risks, and mitigation plans; drive alignment on trade-offs and prioritization.

Revenue Management & Forecasting:

• Own revenue forecasting in close partnership with sales and finance, ensuring accuracy across near-term execution and long-range plans.
• Manage customer purchase order (PO) intake, validation, and reconciliation, ensuring alignment with demand plans, capacity commitments, and revenue forecasts
• Develop and manage allocation frameworks during constrained supply scenarios to maximize revenue, margin, and strategic outcomes.
• Track actuals vs. forecast, analyze variances, and drive corrective actions.
• Support pricing, capacity reservation, and commercial constructs by providing data-driven insights on demand elasticity and revenue impact.

Raw Material & Capacity Planning:

• Own raw material planning strategy, ensuring alignment between demand, wafer starts, long-lead materials, and supplier commitments.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies for supply constraints, including buffer strategies, supplier diversification, and pre-buys.
• Partner with procurement and manufacturing to ensure material readiness supports committed revenue plans.
• Assess capacity investments and readiness (CapEx, tooling, suppliers) to support growth plans.

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Act as a single point of operational truth across sales, product, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain.
• Drive executive-level communication on supply, demand, revenue outlook, and risks.
• Establish clear operating cadence, metrics, and governance for planning and execution.
• Enable fact-based decision making through robust models, dashboards, and scenario analysis.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all environmental, health, safety & security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor operations, supply chain, planning, or revenue management.
• Deep understanding of semiconductor manufacturing flows, capacity planning, yields, and lead-time dynamics.
• Strong experience with demand planning, S&OP / IBP, and revenue forecasting in constrained supply environments.
• Proven ability to operate cross-functionally and influence without authority.
• Advanced analytical skills; strong Excel/modeling capability (experience with planning tools a plus).
• Executive-level communication skills with the ability to synthesize complexity into clear, actionable insights.

Key Attributes

• Highly analytical, structured, and detail-oriented with strong business judgment.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making trade-off decisions under constraint.
• Strong ownership mindset with a bias toward execution and accountability.
• Ability to balance customer commitments with long-term business sustainability.

Success Metrics

• Forecast accuracy (demand and revenue)
• On-time fulfillment of customer commitments
• Revenue realization vs. plan
• Material readiness and inventory health
• Effectiveness of risk mitigation and allocation decisions

Expected Salary Range: $130,000.00 - $254,000.00

The exact salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and location.

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An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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