Job description
We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. This is who we are at our best. One Company. One Team.
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Business Planning Director
The Role:
AMD’s Component Channel business group creates RYZEN desktop products which are designed for the most demanding developers, artists, and gamers - people who demand responsiveness and power efficiency from their PC. RYZEN stormed the market in 2017 and continues to excite people across the globe.
The Person:
We sell both B2B and B2C for DIY PC builders, enthusiast gamers, and System Integrators for gaming, commercial, and workstation PCs. As the Business Planning leader for the Component Channel business your primary mission will be to effectively research the personal computing market, develop strategies and plans to gain market share and product gross margin, align with Channel geographic leads, and effectively communicate these plans to executive management and peer organizations (finance, supply chain, sales). You will be reporting to the business leader for AMD’s Client Channel portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Market research and interaction with key global and regional stakeholders to understand market trends
- Interpretation of corporate goals and how Client Channel can impact those goals
- Creation of high-impact business strategies including NPI strategies, pricing strategies, and promotion strategies to affect the immediate to +18 months
- Creation and documentation of business plans, including volume, mix, revenue, margin, and market share
- Alignment with sales, finance, regional leaders, supply chain, and other teams
- Planning and tracking of regional OPEX to drive customer-led and AMD-led promotional campaigns around the globe
- Weekly tracking and reporting of business performance, product sales, and other metrics relevant to help planning and steering and directing the business.
- Communication of strategies and plans to executive team, up to the CXO level
Preferred Experience:
- Pre-existing understanding of the PC market, with personal interest in the desktop and PC gaming segment
- Exceptional time-management skills - ability to handle multiple ongoing projects/initiatives
- Ability to quickly create effective strategies with imperfect or insufficient datasets
- Strong organizational skills - Ability to work across a large organization and get things done
- Executive-level presentation and communication skills - ability to speak with confidence
- Expert level skills in data analysis, modeling, scripting, reporting and visualization.
- Experience with data mining, predictive modelling & machine learning algorithms, optimization & simulation.
- Relevant experience using tools such as Python, R, PowerBI, DAX, etc.
Academic Credentials:
BS and/or MS degree in Data Sciences, Statistics or Mathematics, Business Management or Finance from a top-tier university
MBA is a strong plus.
Location:
Austin, TX.
Santa Clara, CA.
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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
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