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Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP) is the central planning function within CSCP focused on forecasting, demand planning, and supply planning for all Microsoft Cloud services and associated hardware, directly impacting the success of Microsoft's cloud business. We are seeking an experienced Senior Demand Planning Manager to join our team!
Job Responsibility:
Oversee and direct the plan or forecast across the company for demand planning, applying advanced techniques like time series analysis, scenario planning, and simulation modeling
Leads capacity plan development and engagement, while impacting customer capacity availability and the bottom-line cost for global server deployments
Leads the designing of solutions to adjust to changes in demand after deployment and excessive finished goods
Drives process enhancements and supports strategic initiatives, model validations, and software integration for forecasting and planning tools in addition to project tracking, quarterly reporting, and financial variance analysis
Independently defines and manages strategic implementation for both new and improved processes two to three years in advance
Leads collaboration among team and leverages data to identify pockets of opportunities to apply algorithms to improve a solution to a business problem
Provides coaching to team members on business context, interpretation, and the implications of findings
Manages hardware and software roadmap
Engages with senior leaders to difficult business decisions around risk mitigation or de-risk
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 6+ 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
3+ years of experience working with Product / Engineering Groups in Cloud / high tech supply chain
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Nice to have:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 12+ 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