Business Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee the design and enhancement of Integrated Business Planning processes encompassing demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and executive reviews.

• Establish future-state planning processes, business requirements, governance, essential metrics, and frameworks for decision-making.

• Lead the design of the Demand Planning process, which includes consensus forecasting, forecast hierarchy, demand review cadence, exception management, and performance evaluation.

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align business objectives, planning assumptions, and transformation priorities.

• Convert business requirements into functional specifications for planning systems and analytics.

• Assist in planning transformation initiatives and promote standardized working methods throughout the organization.

• Integrate semiconductor-specific planning factors such as fab limitations, yield variability, foundry/OSAT collaboration, NPI ramps, and supply allocation.

• Embed Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities into Integrated Business Planning and Demand Planning.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in supply chain, planning, business architecture, or transformation.

• At least 5 years of experience in Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Demand Planning, or supply chain planning.

• Background in semiconductor manufacturing or a similar complex high-tech manufacturing environment.

• Strong expertise in Demand Planning, including forecast accuracy, bias, consensus planning, and NPI/EOL planning.

• Demonstrated capability to lead cross-functional process design and transformation efforts.

• Experience in translating business needs into functional/system requirements.

• Ability to plan in constrained supply conditions and support demand prioritization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• 16 days of paid vacation time for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next.

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.