250 Capacity Planning jobs in Singapore

POSITION SUMMARY:

This role ensures that the right resource is available internally when required to meet customer demands and leads the global capacity planning work processes and tools for the supply chain. This is also responsible for execution of category level supply plans against the 5-year vision to deliver Cost, Cash, and Customer Service goals.

Additionally, this role coordinates across all product lines and supply chain team to plan for capacity, balance and execute with constrained capacity. He/she will join a team that drives and adapts business infrastructure tools like SAP IBP/Hana or other enterprise digital planning platforms, short and long-term planning processes and service level agreements between Manufacturing, Sales Operations, Supply Chain & Order Fulfillment as our business becomes more complex.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Map and Digitize Capacity across our Big 5 Factories in terms of equipment, floor space, headcount to drive planning activities and optimize manufacturing efficiency, stock levels and costs.
   • Generate a view of critical capacity constraints impacting manufacturing (line, equipment, people, floorspace, warehousing capacity, etc.)
   • Create a detailed view of AE’s assets (primarily equipment/testers) with associated specifications in order to build a comprehensive map of capacities in our network.
   • Identify critical bottlenecks in this network.
   • Ensure the information received is of quality, integrated and live to enable effective decision making.
   • Run SC capacity plans balancing across BUs (product launches, capacity constraints)
2. Work with Factories to analyze Capacity constraints and Footprint Utilization: Leads and own processes for Demand Flow Verification, Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Category level Production capacity what If, CSP issue Resolution, Drive and Enable Category-Level Supply Chain Improvement, Inventory glide-path and critical supply planning (CSP) Health Check.
   • Represents Supply and Demand Management in quarterly business review on cost scorecard and/or project updates with leadership.
   • Ensure healthy inventory management KPIs. Will work with stakeholders to drive a healthy utilization of warehouses, clear disposition of ageing inventory and efficient inventory management practices.
   • Create capacity plans which meet business targets and optimize manufacturing efficiency and costs.
3. Drive manufacturing flexibility for our sites: Drive the standardization of equipment and optimize factory organization for the mid and long term.
   • Review systems and methods to continually improve plans so that the organization can better anticipate customer needs leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies, platforms and solutions.
   • Assess existing capacity and draw up forecasts based on future plans for demand.
   • Analyze specifications and capacity and undertake appropriate calculations to estimate job requirements, in terms of labor, tools, materials and resources.
4. Assess NPI Capacity Requirements as part of the product lifecycle management and incorporate any associated phase out considerations.
   • Continually monitor and review plans and make appropriate adjustments in the event of changes and unforeseen circumstances.
   • Review trends, research data and evaluate and prepare results.
   • Reconcile variances from original plans and maintain a view of actual against forecast projections.
5. Lead Capacity Ahead Of Demand (CAOD) Capex Meeting: Determine production capacity needs to meet changing demands of the products. Understands how the business operates and plans for future capacity requirements.
   • Continually review ways in which to make improvements and make the capacity planning and manufacturing process more efficient implementing and adopting best practices.
   • Utilize knowledge and research methods to drive best practice results.
   • Implements and train BU on CSP tools and work processes, enabling the business to deliver critical supply planning business results.
   • Serves as primary CSP resource and level one support for end users within BU.
6. Relationship Management
   • Liaise with internal stakeholders and obtain appropriate information and data in order to prepare schedules, plans and forecasts.
   • Liaise with customers to understand existing and future demands.
   • Communicate plans and forecasts to internal stakeholders and review plans to ensure efficient resource utilization.
   • Support meetings supplying relevant data, provide updates on plans and highlight concerns relating to actual or potential issues.
   • Escalate any issues to business leaders or others in the organization particularly when there is risk which could prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.
   • Support product change requests and prepare plans and forecasts in line with changes.
   • Design and maintain capacity performance reports and statistics to share with internal stakeholders and provide information as required in relation to organizational metrics and updates using digital technologies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Works in a standard office environment and uses office equipment (telephone, PC, copier, fax machine, etc.).

Travel required approximately 25% of time both domestic and international.

SKILLS:

• Excellent product knowledge with understanding of test equipment and application range
• Excellent communicator with the ability to present/communicate clearly complex concepts to different audiences across functions and different levels.
• Self-driven/Proactive individual with strong ability to drive and influence without authority.
• Able to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving skills, attention to details and strong business acumen
• Commercial and financial acumen with a strong understanding of the cost of failure both the production and the ability to fulfil customer orders.
• Strong numeracy, statistical and reporting skills with the ability to analyze, interpret and manage information, data, and trends. Comfortable work with numbers and large datasets
• Knowledge and experience of project management skills.
• Results orientated and able to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Adhere to health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, other staff, and visitors.
• Pro-active, Optimistic and welcomes change, collaborative approach to working with others.
• Able to remain focused and work efficiently under pressure while handling multiple tasks (both tactical/strategic)

EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrate initiative, adaptability and problem-solving skills in dynamic environment.
• Prior experience in a capacity planning role, preferably within the semiconductor/ high-technology or manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Good understanding of the semiconductor industry with a good knowledge of production/ manufacturing processes and lead times.
• Experience or knowledge of statistics, forecasting and management information methods and techniques.
• Experience in using SAP IBP, SAP Hana, SAP ECC or any relevant technologies that support efficient and productive ways of working.
• Prior experience of building capacity/forecasting models and plans and undertaking complex analysis to create accurate information.
• Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel skills and the ability to learn new software packages.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) holder with preferably 5-10 years of work experience in an engineering, capacity management or analytical role. Preferred background in a semi-conductor or industrial with supply chain management experience. MBA is a plus.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This role ensures that the right resource is available internally when required to meet customer demands and leads the global capacity planning work processes and tools for the supply chain. This is also responsible for execution of category level supply plans against the 5-year vision to deliver Cost, Cash, and Customer Service goals.

Additionally, this role coordinates across all product lines and supply chain team to plan for capacity, balance and execute with constrained capacity. He/she will join a team that drives and adapts business infrastructure tools like SAP IBP/Hana or other enterprise digital planning platforms, short and long-term planning processes and service level agreements between Manufacturing, Sales Operations, Supply Chain & Order Fulfillment as our business becomes more complex.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Map and Digitize Capacity across our Big 5 Factories in terms of equipment, floor space, headcount to drive planning activities and optimize manufacturing efficiency, stock levels and costs.
  • Generate a view of critical capacity constraints impacting manufacturing (line, equipment, people, floorspace, warehousing capacity, etc.)
  • Create a detailed view of AE’s assets (primarily equipment/testers) with associated specifications in order to build a comprehensive map of capacities in our network.
  • Identify critical bottlenecks in this network.
  • Ensure the information received is of quality, integrated and live to enable effective decision making.
  • Run SC capacity plans balancing across BUs (product launches, capacity constraints)
• Work with Factories to analyze Capacity constraints and Footprint Utilization: Leads and own processes for Demand Flow Verification, Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Category level Production capacity what If, CSP issue Resolution, Drive and Enable Category-Level Supply Chain Improvement, Inventory glide-path and critical supply planning (CSP) Health Check.
  • Represents Supply and Demand Management in quarterly business review on cost scorecard and/or project updates with leadership.
  • Ensure healthy inventory management KPIs. Will work with stakeholders to drive a healthy utilization of warehouses, clear disposition of ageing inventory and efficient inventory management practices.
  • Create capacity plans which meet business targets and optimize manufacturing efficiency and costs.
• Drive manufacturing flexibility for our sites: Drive the standardization of equipment and optimize factory organization for the mid and long term.
  • Review systems and methods to continually improve plans so that the organization can better anticipate customer needs leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies, platforms and solutions.
  • Assess existing capacity and draw up forecasts based on future plans for demand.
  • Analyze specifications and capacity and undertake appropriate calculations to estimate job requirements, in terms of labor, tools, materials and resources.
• Assess NPI Capacity Requirements as part of the product lifecycle management and incorporate any associated phase out considerations.
  • Continually monitor and review plans and make appropriate adjustments in the event of changes and unforeseen circumstances.
  • Review trends, research data and evaluate and prepare results.
  • Reconcile variances from original plans and maintain a view of actual against forecast projections.
• Lead Capacity Ahead Of Demand (CAOD) Capex Meeting: Determine production capacity needs to meet changing demands of the products. Understands how the business operates and plans for future capacity requirements.
  • Continually review ways in which to make improvements and make the capacity planning and manufacturing process more efficient implementing and adopting best practices.
  • Utilize knowledge and research methods to drive best practice results.
  • Implements and train BU on CSP tools and work processes, enabling the business to deliver critical supply planning business results.
  • Serves as primary CSP resource and level one support for end users within BU.
• Relationship Management
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders and obtain appropriate information and data in order to prepare schedules, plans and forecasts.
  • Liaise with customers to understand existing and future demands.
  • Communicate plans and forecasts to internal stakeholders and review plans to ensure efficient resource utilization.
  • Support meetings supplying relevant data, provide updates on plans and highlight concerns relating to actual or potential issues.
  • Escalate any issues to business leaders or others in the organization particularly when there is risk which could prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.
  • Support product change requests and prepare plans and forecasts in line with changes.
  • Design and maintain capacity performance reports and statistics to share with internal stakeholders and provide information as required in relation to organizational metrics and updates using digital technologies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Works in a standard office environment and uses office equipment (telephone, PC, copier, fax machine, etc.).

Travel required approximately 25% of time both domestic and international.

SKILLS:

• Excellent product knowledge with understanding of test equipment and application range
• Excellent communicator with the ability to present/communicate clearly complex concepts to different audiences across functions and different levels.
• Self-driven/Proactive individual with strong ability to drive and influence without authority.
• Able to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving skills, attention to details and strong business acumen
• Commercial and financial acumen with a strong understanding of the cost of failure both the production and the ability to fulfil customer orders.
• Strong numeracy, statistical and reporting skills with the ability to analyze, interpret and manage information, data, and trends. Comfortable work with numbers and large datasets
• Knowledge and experience of project management skills.
• Results orientated and able to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Adhere to health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, other staff, and visitors.
• Pro-active, Optimistic and welcomes change, collaborative approach to working with others.
• Able to remain focused and work efficiently under pressure while handling multiple tasks (both tactical/strategic)

EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrate initiative, adaptability and problem-solving skills in dynamic environment.
• Prior experience in a capacity planning role, preferably within the semiconductor/ high-technology or manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Good understanding of the semiconductor industry with a good knowledge of production/ manufacturing processes and lead times.
• Experience or knowledge of statistics, forecasting and management information methods and techniques.
• Experience in using SAP IBP, SAP Hana, SAP ECC or any relevant technologies that support efficient and productive ways of working.
• Prior experience of building capacity/forecasting models and plans and undertaking complex analysis to create accurate information.
• Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel skills and the ability to learn new software packages.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) holder with preferably 5-10 years of work experience in an engineering, capacity management or analytical role. Preferred background in a semi-conductor or industrial with supply chain management experience. MBA is a plus.

POSITION SUMMARY:
This role ensures that the right resource is available internally when required to meet customer demands and leads the global capacity planning work processes and tools for the supply chain. This is also responsible for execution of category level supply plans against the 5-year vision to deliver Cost, Cash, and Customer Service goals.
Additionally, this role coordinates across all product lines and supply chain team to plan for capacity, balance and execute with constrained capacity. He/she will join a team that drives and adapts business infrastructure tools like SAP IBP/Hana or other enterprise digital planning platforms, short and long-term planning processes and service level agreements between Manufacturing, Sales Operations, Supply Chain & Order Fulfillment as our business becomes more complex.
Essential Responsibilities:
Map and Digitize Capacity across our Big 5 Factories in terms of equipment, floor space, headcount to drive planning activities and optimize manufacturing efficiency, stock levels and costs.
Generate a view of critical capacity constraints impacting manufacturing (line, equipment, people, floorspace, warehousing capacity, etc.)
Create a detailed view of AE’s assets (primarily equipment/testers) with associated specifications in order to build a comprehensive map of capacities in our network.
Identify critical bottlenecks in this network.
Ensure the information received is of quality, integrated and live to enable effective decision making.
Run SC capacity plans balancing across BUs (product launches, capacity constraints)
Work with Factories to analyze Capacity constraints and Footprint Utilization: Leads and own processes for Demand Flow Verification, Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Category level Production capacity what If, CSP issue Resolution, Drive and Enable Category-Level Supply Chain Improvement, Inventory glide-path and critical supply planning (CSP) Health Check.
Represents Supply and Demand Management in quarterly business review on cost scorecard and/or project updates with leadership.
Ensure healthy inventory management KPIs. Will work with stakeholders to drive a healthy utilization of warehouses, clear disposition of ageing inventory and efficient inventory management practices.
Create capacity plans which meet business targets and optimize manufacturing efficiency and costs.
Drive manufacturing flexibility for our sites: Drive the standardization of equipment and optimize factory organization for the mid and long term.
Review systems and methods to continually improve plans so that the organization can better anticipate customer needs leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies, platforms and solutions.
Assess existing capacity and draw up forecasts based on future plans for demand.
Analyze specifications and capacity and undertake appropriate calculations to estimate job requirements, in terms of labor, tools, materials and resources.
Assess NPI Capacity Requirements as part of the product lifecycle management and incorporate any associated phase out considerations.
Continually monitor and review plans and make appropriate adjustments in the event of changes and unforeseen circumstances.
Review trends, research data and evaluate and prepare results.
Reconcile variances from original plans and maintain a view of actual against forecast projections.
Lead Capacity Ahead Of Demand (CAOD) Capex Meeting: Determine production capacity needs to meet changing demands of the products. Understands how the business operates and plans for future capacity requirements.
Continually review ways in which to make improvements and make the capacity planning and manufacturing process more efficient implementing and adopting best practices.
Utilize knowledge and research methods to drive best practice results.
Implements and train BU on CSP tools and work processes, enabling the business to deliver critical supply planning business results.
Serves as primary CSP resource and level one support for end users within BU.
Relationship Management
Liaise with internal stakeholders and obtain appropriate information and data in order to prepare schedules, plans and forecasts.
Liaise with customers to understand existing and future demands.
Communicate plans and forecasts to internal stakeholders and review plans to ensure efficient resource utilization.
Support meetings supplying relevant data, provide updates on plans and highlight concerns relating to actual or potential issues.
Escalate any issues to business leaders or others in the organization particularly when there is risk which could prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.
Support product change requests and prepare plans and forecasts in line with changes.
Design and maintain capacity performance reports and statistics to share with internal stakeholders and provide information as required in relation to organizational metrics and updates using digital technologies.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Works in a standard office environment and uses office equipment (telephone, PC, copier, fax machine, etc.).
Travel required approximately 25% of time both domestic and international.
SKILLS:
Excellent product knowledge with understanding of test equipment and application range
Excellent communicator with the ability to present/communicate clearly complex concepts to different audiences across functions and different levels.
Self-driven/Proactive individual with strong ability to drive and influence without authority.
Able to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
Strong analytical skills, problem-solving skills, attention to details and strong business acumen
Commercial and financial acumen with a strong understanding of the cost of failure both the production and the ability to fulfil customer orders.
Strong numeracy, statistical and reporting skills with the ability to analyze, interpret and manage information, data, and trends. Comfortable work with numbers and large datasets
Knowledge and experience of project management skills.
Results orientated and able to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
Adhere to health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, other staff, and visitors.
Pro-active, Optimistic and welcomes change, collaborative approach to working with others.
Able to remain focused and work efficiently under pressure while handling multiple tasks (both tactical/strategic)
EXPERIENCE:
Demonstrate initiative, adaptability and problem-solving skills in dynamic environment.
Prior experience in a capacity planning role, preferably within the semiconductor/ high-technology or manufacturing/engineering environment.
Good understanding of the semiconductor industry with a good knowledge of production/ manufacturing processes and lead times.
Experience or knowledge of statistics, forecasting and management information methods and techniques.
Experience in using SAP IBP, SAP Hana, SAP ECC or any relevant technologies that support efficient and productive ways of working.
Prior experience of building capacity/forecasting models and plans and undertaking complex analysis to create accurate information.
Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel skills and the ability to learn new software packages.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) holder with preferably 5-10 years of work experience in an engineering, capacity management or analytical role. Preferred background in a semi-conductor or industrial with supply chain management experience. MBA is a plus.
#J-18808-Ljbffr

• Manage and maintain VMware vSphere environments including vCenter, ESXi hosts, DRS, and HA configurations.
• Lead capacity planning initiatives to ensure optimal allocation of compute, storage, and memory resources across clusters.
• Monitor environment performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement proactive measures for optimization.
• Forecast infrastructure needs and design scaling strategies to meet business and workload demands.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (network, storage, application, and security teams) to support workload planning and infrastructure design.
• Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Support and enhance disaster recovery readiness through testing, validation, and failover planning.
• Automate virtual machine provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Perform patching, upgrades, and system maintenance with minimal downtime.
• Drive improvements in performance tuning, resource utilization, and infrastructure resilience.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a VMware Administrator/Engineer.
• Strong expertise in VMware vSphere suite (vCenter, ESXi, DRS, HA).
• Proven experience in capacity planning, performance tuning, and resource optimization.
• Hands-on with monitoring tools such as vRealize Operations Manager (vROps), RVTools, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with vSAN, VMware NSX, and PowerCLI scripting for automation.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure design, virtualization best practices, and workload management.
• Experience in disaster recovery, business continuity planning, and high availability architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with ability to resolve performance, connectivity, and configuration issues.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

• VMware certifications (e.g., VCP-DCV, VCAP, VCDX) are highly desirable.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) integrated with VMware solutions.
• Knowledge of storage technologies (SAN, NAS) and backup solutions (Veeam, Commvault, etc.).
• Familiarity with DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and automation frameworks.
• Experience working in large-scale, enterprise IT environments.

EA License No. – 25C2690 | EA Registration No. - R1330510

Job Responsibilities

Primary Tasks

• Overall Capacity modelling/planning/expenditures for the filter business. Works with planning, manufacturing, process and equipment engineering to ensure demand is met.
• Review capacity model, understanding the constraints and track cycle to cycle capacity changes.
• Identify bottle-neck process and workout capacity improvement projects with cross-functional teams and/or CapEx for capacity ramping/ expansion for the Filter business.
• Review capital and cashflow requirements, driving activities to improve capital efficiency and reduce cost.
• Conduct time study and update processes cycle time.
• Lead and drive cross functional teams to continuously improve OEE, cycle time and processes.
• Identify process and operation inefficiencies in order to propose solutions for optimization and improvement.

Secondary Tasks

• Project management using Gantt chart / Action plan to execute and track the timeline of tools ready for production.
• Lead, coordinate and work with cross functional teams such as logistic, contractors, tools suppliers, equipment engineers, process engineers, facility engineers, environment health and safety officer to install the tools as planned.
• Brainstorm/Support with layout engineer to optimize equipment density, production flow and expansion.

Job Requirements

• BS in Industrial Engineering required, MS preferred.
• 8 years related experience in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, experience in Semiconductor Industry preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of Industrial Engineering concepts, practices, and principles
• Preferred experience with Backend Assembly, Test and Die packing
• Good communication skills (verbal, interpersonal, written).
• Possess Project Management skills.
• Excellent problem solving, continuous improvement analytical skills (6Sigma / 5S / Lean Manufacturing).
• Ability to use software models to solve problems.
• Must be a team player, detail oriented, and work well with others and perform well under pressure
• Conduct time study on site.
• Able to work in fast-paced environment.
• Proactive and able to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Self-driven and Self motivate to get job done.

Proficient utilizing:

• Microsoft Office tools: Excel, Power Point, Project, Word & Visio
• AutoCAD
• Simulation Software
• Experience with Reporting tools
• Advance Planning systems
• Reporting systems such as FabTime
• MES (Promis) basic knowledge

Senior Capacity Planner, CDN Edge Capacity Planning

Singapore | Regular | R&D | Job ID: A02882

About the Team: The Edge Capacity Planning team drives the strategy, planning, and operations behind TikTok’s edge data center, PoPs (Points of Presence), and network infrastructure. The team is responsible for planning TikTok's global infrastructure capacities and managing the full lifecycle of resources across computing, storage, and networking. We align infrastructure growth with business expansion, manage the lifecycle of CDN and edge sites, and coordinate with partner teams to ensure edge sites meet performance, reliability, and scalability targets while maintaining cost efficiency. If you're excited by the challenge of planning infrastructure at a global hyperscale, this is the role for you. You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution, partnering across technical and business teams to turn global growth into actionable infrastructure plans.

1. Drive strategic capacity planning initiatives for TikTok’s global edge and CDN infrastructure, from forecast to execution.
2. Analyze traffic growth trends, user demand, and business forecasts to synthesize future capacity needs at edge locations.
3. Support TOB and TOC users' onboarding and mass deployment alongside product and engineering teams. Gain deep knowledge of their resource profiles and produce bespoke resource fulfillment plans.
4. Partner with product, engineering, network, supply chain, and regional edge strategy teams to develop and maintain a rolling build plan aligned with growth, product roadmap, and cost competitiveness.
5. Work with third-party providers and the commercial team to evaluate capabilities and costs for vendor selection in a hybrid setting.
6. Produce business requirements with defined SLAs for network, strategy, supply chain, delivery, and third-party providers to facilitate proposals with TCO.
7. Influence long-term infrastructure roadmap by identifying opportunities to optimize cost, resiliency, and deployment velocity.
8. Lead quarterly and annual planning cycles; present capacity strategies and updates to cross-functional leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure capacity planning, technical program management, or large-scale deployment operations.
• Knowledge of IP networking, routing, server hardware, compute, and storage.
• Understanding of datacenter infrastructure, CDN or edge architecture, and global deployment strategies.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; experience driving alignment across teams.
• Proven ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and managing multiple initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading capacity planning for large-scale cloud, CDN, or hyperscale environments.
• Knowledge of interconnect, hardware lifecycle management, global site expansion, and vendor coordination.
• Knowledge of infrastructure financial planning, TCO modeling, and supply chain constraints.
• Executive-level communication skills for presenting insights and trade-offs.
• Experience working with international teams and understanding region-specific infrastructure considerations.

About Us: Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. Our products include TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut, Pico, and platforms like Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, serving diverse global audiences.

Why Join ByteDance: We aim to help people express themselves, discover, and connect. Our teams are diverse and innovative, working towards creating value and inspiring creativity worldwide. Join us to make a meaningful impact.

ByteDance is committed to an inclusive environment that values skills, experiences, and perspectives. We celebrate diversity and aim to reflect the communities we serve. We hope you share our passion for this mission.

Senior Capacity Planner, CDN Edge Capacity Planning

Singapore | Regular | R&D | Job ID: A02882

Responsibilities

About the Team: The Edge Capacity Planning team drives the strategy, planning, and operations behind TikTok’s edge data center, PoPs (Points of Presence), and network infrastructure. The team is responsible for planning TikTok's global infrastructure capacities and managing the full lifecycle of resources across computing, storage, and networking. We align infrastructure growth with business expansion, manage the lifecycle of CDN and edge sites, and coordinate with partner teams to ensure edge sites meet performance, reliability, and scalability targets while maintaining cost efficiency. If you're excited by the challenge of planning infrastructure at a global hyperscale, this is the role for you. You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution, partnering across technical and business teams to turn global growth into actionable infrastructure plans.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic capacity planning initiatives for TikTok’s global edge and CDN infrastructure, from forecast to execution.
• Analyze traffic growth trends, user demand, and business forecasts to synthesize future capacity needs at edge locations.
• Support TOB and TOC users' onboarding and mass deployment alongside product and engineering teams. Gain deep knowledge of their resource profiles and produce bespoke resource fulfillment plans.
• Partner with product, engineering, network, supply chain, and regional edge strategy teams to develop and maintain a rolling build plan aligned with growth, product roadmap, and cost competitiveness.
• Work with third-party providers and the commercial team to evaluate capabilities and costs for vendor selection in a hybrid setting.
• Produce business requirements with defined SLAs for network, strategy, supply chain, delivery, and third-party providers to facilitate proposals with TCO.
• Influence long-term infrastructure roadmap by identifying opportunities to optimize cost, resiliency, and deployment velocity.
• Lead quarterly and annual planning cycles; present capacity strategies and updates to cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure capacity planning, technical program management, or large-scale deployment operations.
• Knowledge of IP networking, routing, server hardware, compute, and storage.
• Understanding of datacenter infrastructure, CDN or edge architecture, and global deployment strategies.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; experience driving alignment across teams.
• Proven ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and managing multiple initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading capacity planning for large-scale cloud, CDN, or hyperscale environments.
• Knowledge of interconnect, hardware lifecycle management, global site expansion, and vendor coordination.
• Knowledge of infrastructure financial planning, TCO modeling, and supply chain constraints.
• Executive-level communication skills for presenting insights and trade-offs.
• Experience working with international teams and understanding region-specific infrastructure considerations.

Job Information

About Us: Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. Our products include TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut, Pico, and platforms like Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, serving diverse global audiences.

Why Join ByteDance: We aim to help people express themselves, discover, and connect. Our teams are diverse and innovative, working towards creating value and inspiring creativity worldwide. Join us to make a meaningful impact.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to an inclusive environment that values skills, experiences, and perspectives. We celebrate diversity and aim to reflect the communities we serve. We hope you share our passion for this mission.

Senior Capacity Planner, CDN Edge Capacity Planning
Singapore | Regular | R&D | Job ID: A02882
Responsibilities
About the Team: The Edge Capacity Planning team drives the strategy, planning, and operations behind TikTok’s edge data center, PoPs (Points of Presence), and network infrastructure. The team is responsible for planning TikTok's global infrastructure capacities and managing the full lifecycle of resources across computing, storage, and networking. We align infrastructure growth with business expansion, manage the lifecycle of CDN and edge sites, and coordinate with partner teams to ensure edge sites meet performance, reliability, and scalability targets while maintaining cost efficiency. If you're excited by the challenge of planning infrastructure at a global hyperscale, this is the role for you. You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution, partnering across technical and business teams to turn global growth into actionable infrastructure plans.
Responsibilities
Drive strategic capacity planning initiatives for TikTok’s global edge and CDN infrastructure, from forecast to execution.
Analyze traffic growth trends, user demand, and business forecasts to synthesize future capacity needs at edge locations.
Support TOB and TOC users' onboarding and mass deployment alongside product and engineering teams. Gain deep knowledge of their resource profiles and produce bespoke resource fulfillment plans.
Partner with product, engineering, network, supply chain, and regional edge strategy teams to develop and maintain a rolling build plan aligned with growth, product roadmap, and cost competitiveness.
Work with third-party providers and the commercial team to evaluate capabilities and costs for vendor selection in a hybrid setting.
Produce business requirements with defined SLAs for network, strategy, supply chain, delivery, and third-party providers to facilitate proposals with TCO.
Influence long-term infrastructure roadmap by identifying opportunities to optimize cost, resiliency, and deployment velocity.
Lead quarterly and annual planning cycles; present capacity strategies and updates to cross-functional leadership.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure capacity planning, technical program management, or large-scale deployment operations.
Knowledge of IP networking, routing, server hardware, compute, and storage.
Understanding of datacenter infrastructure, CDN or edge architecture, and global deployment strategies.
Strong organizational and communication skills; experience driving alignment across teams.
Proven ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and managing multiple initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience leading capacity planning for large-scale cloud, CDN, or hyperscale environments.
Knowledge of interconnect, hardware lifecycle management, global site expansion, and vendor coordination.
Knowledge of infrastructure financial planning, TCO modeling, and supply chain constraints.
Executive-level communication skills for presenting insights and trade-offs.
Experience working with international teams and understanding region-specific infrastructure considerations.
Job Information
About Us: Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. Our products include TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut, Pico, and platforms like Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, serving diverse global audiences.
Why Join ByteDance: We aim to help people express themselves, discover, and connect. Our teams are diverse and innovative, working towards creating value and inspiring creativity worldwide. Join us to make a meaningful impact.
Diversity & Inclusion
ByteDance is committed to an inclusive environment that values skills, experiences, and perspectives. We celebrate diversity and aim to reflect the communities we serve. We hope you share our passion for this mission.
#J-18808-Ljbffr