Senior Director, Supply Chain Management

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Operations Group, Operations Group > Supply Chain Management General Summary: Qualcomm’s Global Planning organization is seeking a Senior Director, Supply Chain Management to lead Consolidated Business Planning – Demand (CBP-D), the global team that turns business-unit demand into Qualcomm’s unconstrained and constrained demand plans and runs the demand side of the company’s monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) cycle. Reporting to the Vice President, Global Planning, this leader owns demand governance end to end: business-unit demand submission and consensus forecasting, constrained-supply allotment and allocation on leading-edge wafer nodes, and the Executive Demand Review and Executive S&OP forums where senior leaders make supply, capacity and revenue trade-off decisions. The role leads a multi-level, global organization of operational demand managers and analysts across the United States, Taiwan and India, and partners daily with Business Unit operations, Sales, Finance, Sourcing, Capacity Planning, Supply Planning, Manufacturing Operations and IT. The successful candidate brings deep demand- and supply-planning expertise, strong financial acumen and executive presence, and will lead the next stage of demand-planning transformation, including advanced demand forecasting, planning-system automation and practical AI, while keeping the monthly cycle and constrained-supply decisions running with discipline. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business Operations, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field. 10+ years of Supply Chain, Product Planning, or related work experience. Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience. Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree or MBA in Supply Chain, Business Operations, Industrial Engineering, Finance, or related field. 15+ years of semiconductor or high-technology supply chain planning experience spanning demand planning, S&OP/IBP, and supply or capacity planning; fabless and foundry experience strongly preferred. 8+ years leading multi-level organizations (managers of managers), including teams distributed across regions and time zones. 5+ years in roles requiring regular engagement with executive leadership (Vice President and above), including leading executive S&OP or demand reviews. Proven experience running demand planning through constrained supply: allotment and allocation, customer and business-unit prioritization. Strong financial acumen, including reconciling demand to financial forecasts and budgets and quantifying the revenue and inventory impact of supply/demand decisions. Hands-on experience with advanced planning systems (Kinaxis Maestro/RapidResponse preferred) and enterprise analytics platforms (e.g., Databricks); experience leading planning-system enhancements and automation. Experience leading forecasting transformation, such as statistical or machine-learning forecasting, demand-signal design and AI-enabled planning, together with the change management needed for adoption. Track record of influencing without authority across business units, Sales, Finance, Sourcing and IT, with concise executive communication and storytelling. ASCM/APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP) or equivalent is a plus. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Demand organization leadership: Leads the Consolidated Business Planning – Demand team through a leadership team of directors and senior managers; sets direction, goals, KPIs, decision rights (RACI) and back-up coverage for every recurring deliverable; builds bench strength, succession and development plans; and owns the team’s annual strategic plan and people plan. Monthly demand cycle: Owns the demand side of the monthly S&OP calendar, including opening and governing the Unconstrained Demand Plan (UDP) in the planning …

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