Microsoft Senior Demand Planning Manager 

United States, Washington 

515789988

This position is hybrid from Redmond, WA OR Austin, TX and will require you to be onsite in one of these 2 locations 3 days per week.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ 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.
• Effective verbal and written communication along with effective interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional processes with key stakeholders.
  • ex: Product groups, Finance, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Planning and Sourcing functions.
• Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes.
• Effective influencing skills and ability to build relationships across multiple layers in the organization.
• Proficient in business tools (e.g. word, power point slides), analytical tools (Excel modeling, SQL, etc.), and able to generate quality outputs.
• 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.

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In this role, you will be managing rolling 24-month cloud consumption forecast / plan for internal and external customers via a combination of statistical modeling and consensus demand planning. The primary focus will be:

• 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 and 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 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.

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