Staff Materials Planner

Staff Materials Specialist

What You Do At AMD Changes Everything At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences-from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges-striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role

We have an immediate opening for a Staff Materials Specialist. This exciting role has a responsibility for determining wafer needs, the most critical and expensive of AMD purchases on a weekly basis to balance customer needs, product changes, yields and inventory.

The Person

The ideal person for this role has excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working with diverse groups. They also have knowledge in statistical analysis, forecasting, inventory and production management theories and application in practical situations. They have strong systems and quantitative modeling background.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving production and delivery performance of global suppliers. This requires direct interfacing with the suppliers on a weekly basis
• Cross-functional work with the BU, engineering and other operations groups
• Analysis of forecasts and yields to determine optimal wafer starts
• Test and implementation of new models and systems used in wafer planning

Preferred Experience

Semiconductor Industry, Fab and / or Supply Chain Experience Experience with Kinaxis RapidResponse Experience with SAP system Programming skills in PowerBI, PL / SQL is preferred

Academic Credentials

Bachelors or Masters degree in Operations Research, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Business Management or Computer Science preferred.

Location

San Jose, CA