Junior Business Planning Specialist - Supply Chain Forecasting

About the role

The Central Forecasting Team (CFS Team) sits within AMD's AECG (Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group) Business Operations & Planning team. It delivers product-level demand forecasts that support supply planning, raw material preparation, capacity reservation, prebuilds optimization and E&O analysis, and produces revenue reports for the revenue consensus process. The team also maintains and refines the Central Forecasting System, designs data visualizations and uses analytics and automation to improve forecasting effectiveness.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and deliver AECG product-level demand forecasts for non-NPI silicon
• Support supply planning processes including raw material preparation, capacity reservation, prebuilds optimization and E&O analysis
• Generate revenue forecast reports across product, customer and market dimensions to support revenue consensus and business planning guidance
• Maintain and enhance forecasting systems and analytics platforms, including SQL databases, Oracle APEX tools, Power BI reports and dashboards, and internal AMD AI-enabled solutions
• Collaborate with business management, customer operations, finance and supply chain planning teams to drive process improvement
• Manage forecast accuracy metrics and recommend actions to improve forecast performance
• Drive automation initiatives to improve reporting efficiency and decision-making speed
• Identify forecasting risks, anomalies and opportunities using data-driven insights
• Explore advanced analytics, machine learning, data science and AI-enabled solutions to improve forecasting models

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Supply Chain Management, Finance or Accounting
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and comfort working with large volumes of data under tight deadlines
• Ability to turn data into business insights and work with cross-functional stakeholders
• Preferred: experience or strong interest in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain, business planning or operations analytics
• Preferred: experience in forecasting, inventory management, production planning or related supply chain processes

Required skills

• Proficiency in Excel
• Working knowledge of PL/SQL, Power BI, Python, ERP systems or similar analytics tools
• Advantageous: automation, dashboard development, reporting solutions, data science, machine learning, forecasting models and predictive analytics