Demand Planning Manager

• Managing rolling 24-month cloud consumption forecast / plan for internal and external customers via a combination of statistical modeling and consensus demand planning
• Lead consensus demand planning process with Engineering Group, Customers, Finance, Field Sales, and Data Science teams to develop a rolling 24-month forecast as part of monthly planning process
• Manage demand for high priority events across Standard Compute
• Identify macro / micro industry trends affecting demand
• Own and report forecast accuracy, forecast bias and value-add metrics for your customers / business segments
• Explain drivers of month-over-month change, and corresponding financial impact
• Partner with Data Science and Data Engineering teams to continuously improve forecasting models, and with center-of-excellence to improve processes
• Partner with analytics team for automating reports and building management dashboards
• Perform ad-hoc analysis for critical business needs
• Bring in thought leadership to help management in building vision, and aligning with stakeholders

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 4+ years supply chain, inventory management or sales operations experience, preferably in planning (demand/supply/forecasting), cloud industry experience, infrastructure, data science, and/or channel management experience OR equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years in demand forecasting or supply chain planning in Cloud computing forecasting or IT hardware supply chain
• MS/MBA preferred
• Experience in leading consensus demand planning process, and a proven track record of executing demand planning processes
• Experience working with Product / Engineering Groups Cloud / high tech supply chain experience is a plus
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

• Minimum of 5 years in demand forecasting or supply chain planning in Cloud computing forecasting or IT hardware supply chain
• MS/MBA preferred
• Experience in leading consensus demand planning process, and a proven track record of executing demand planning processes
• Experience working with Product / Engineering Groups Cloud / high tech supply chain experience is a plus

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation