Demand Analyst

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Operations Group, Operations Group  Demand Analysis General

Summary:

Manages customer requirements and demand from the start of concept through design, forecast, ordering, budgeting, production, receipt and shipment to ensure on time and accurate delivery to meet customers’ needs. Analyzes and manages demand streams on production ready devices and allocations of production material. Monitors and analyzes consumption and creates reports or dashboards. Acts as a liaison between internal/external customers and PMO, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance and Operations.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists in managing demand for a product to track supply performance and inventory levels. Helps to ensure on-time, accurate shipment and delivery to customer, with guidance.
• Tracks the availability and distribution of production material to meet customer demand and commits new orders with a promise date according to policies and procedures.
• Executes supply planning efforts, including maintenance of forecasting modules and plans of record.
• Supports transition away from active production, component replacements, and product availability.
• Performs basic analyses on consumption. Reports consumption and demand variance.
• Helps to communicate supply and delivery issues, including supply disruptions across the supply chain.
• Gathers and analyzes basic data and information by region or customer from a variety of sources (e.g., budget forecasts, customer attach rates, supply vs. forecasted demand, supply vs. orders placed). Identifies basic patterns or trends. Creates reports for one's area of responsibility.
• Collaborates with individuals inside own team to complete the team's work.
• Executes individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, following established processes with supervision.
• Adapts to moderate changes and setbacks in order to manage pressure and meet deadlines.

Level of Responsibility:
• Works under close supervision.
• Responsible for own work. Decision-making is limited. Impact of decisions is readily apparent. Errors made typically only impact timeline (i.e., require additional time to correct).
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information about day-to-day activities to others who are fully knowledgeable in the subject area.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Some tasks require multiple steps which must be performed in a specific order; directions or manuals can accurately document the steps necessary to perform the task.
• Some creativity may be required to troubleshoot technical problems or deal with novel circumstances.
• Deductive problem solving is required to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required.
• Incumbent's input may be solicited during strategic planning period.

The responsibilities of this role do not include:
• Does not provide supervision to others.
• Does not have financial accountability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1+ year of Demand Planning, Project Management, Data Analytics, Supply Chain, Operations Planning, or related work experience.

Preferred Qua lifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
• APICS, Six Sigma, or PMP Certification.
• 1+ year of experience with designing and developing within analytical tools (e.g., Tableau, COGNOS, Qlik View).
• 1+ year of experience designing and developing within relevant systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Demantra, Rapid Response).
• 1+ year of experience…