Graduate Customer Operations Account Manager Job Listing at AMD in Dublin, D (Job ID 48552-en-us)

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Customer Operations Account Manager

Strategic Account Management

• Builds and nurtures strong value-add relationships with key customers
• Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency, personal responsibility, and follow through with commitments made to the customer
• Successfully follows Xilinx's account management framework and completes assigned actions
• Builds understanding of account decision-makers, and the account drivers and priorities essential for building a successful support strategy
• Applies sound customer satisfaction and retention strategies to all customer interaction situations
• Keeps key stakeholders updated on customer issues
• Incorporates account management best practices into assigned activities
• Builds understanding of how Xilinx's supply chain provides value to customers
• Actively works with account teams and stakeholders to manage key changes (e.g., pricing, product discounts)
• Builds understanding of key operations-related contract terms and conditions for assigned accounts

Supply Chain Assurance Management

• Builds understanding of essential supply chain management tools (e.g., databases, spreadsheet templates)
• Executes timely/ongoing review of customer backlogs and collaborates with stakeholders to resolve (e.g., factory, finance, sales, and customers)
• Manages business through all stages of the product lifecycle (NPI, EOL)
• Manages inventory and DOI (Days of Inventory) to prevent incurring inventory cost to Xilinx)
• Supports implementation of supply chain initiatives as assigned
• Effectively manages product discontinuation notices (PDNs), product change notifications (PCNs)
• Effectively manages material review board (MRB) activities (e.g., executes parts recall based on quality problems; handles return material requests)
• Critically assesses supply/demand data to ensure optimum inventory levels, identify risk and recommend corrective actions

Continuous Operations Process Improvement

• Actively champions and participates in operations-oriented process improvement projects
• Successfully adopts operational process improvements
• Effectively represents process changes to key stakeholders (e.g., provides a clear rational for changes, articulates benefits, achieves buy-in)

Customer Expedite and Escalation Management

• Builds understanding of Xilinx's expedite guidelines and processes to better support day-to-day expedite operations and customer escalation calls
• Develops a solid understanding of market segment requirements and key customer business drivers that cause expedites
• Actively communicates with customers throughout the expedite lifecycle (e.g., communicates progress)
• Works with stakeholders (operations, sales, distribution) to resolve expedite requests, forecast adjustments, and customer shortages
• Develops key information to manage expedites based on a better understanding of root causes (e.g., supply/demand waterfall, customer run-rates)

Forecast Management

• Manages standard, purchase order or forecast-based supply chain programs for key Xilinx direct customers or distribution channels
• Builds understanding of the tools required for successful forecasting (e.g., spreadsheet templates, Monster forecast, forecast waterfalls, databases)
• Monitors the consumption rate and ordering patterns of devices and makes appropriate recommendation for entry and management in Xilinx' forecast systems
• Actively monitors weekly customer forecasts and/or orders as a basis for customer and stakeholder discussions targeted to ensuring accurate supply alignment
• Independently performs standard demand/supply analysis
• Effectively manages on-time revenue forecasting as assigned
• Monitors and minimizes the actual production of finished goods to what was forecast

Influencing Others

• Build relationships with others in team who can provide information, intelligence, support, and other ways to help.
• Work as part of the team and takes a personal interest in others (e.g., by asking about their concerns, interests, family, friends, hobbies) to develop relationships.
• Help to build stories, analogies, or examples that effectively illustrate a point.
• Assist in pulling together graphics, or slides that display information clearly with high impact.
• Gains the support of others in meeting objectives as set out by team leads.

Internal Customer Focus

• Makes themselves aware of internal customers and their needs as a primary focus
• Instil knowledge of customer relationships.
• Work with team to readjust priorities to respond to changing customer demands.
• Look to maintain a level of service to quickly and effectively solve customer problems.
• On identifying internal customer, develop and maintain relationships.
• Look to develop trust and credibility with the customer.
• Finds ways to measure and track customer satisfaction.
• Understands responsiveness to customers' objectives and needs.
• Goes the extra mile to satisfy customer needs and expectations.

NPI Management

• Coordinates with NPI Ops, sales and marketing to ensure product deliverables are met for customer
• Demonstrates a solid understanding of customer NPI needs
• Builds understanding of new product initiatives (e.g., ramp date, preliminary demand forecast for assigned account)
• Builds awareness and familiarity of NPI release schedules and supply availability

Results Orientation

• Meets with team leads to gain key internal customers information to better understand sales challenges and customer perspectives
• Starts to build understanding of the regulations and regulatory compliance resources available for performing compliance-related maintenance or reporting tasks

Requirements

• 3rd Level Qualifications in Business, Supply Chain Management or related discipline
• Strong analytical skills, good business acumen
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player essential

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