Microsoft Demand Planner 

United States, Georgia, Atlanta 

679157490

The Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) organization is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services. The Datacenter (DC)

practices in data analysis and demand forecasting to support executive decisions and facilitate strategic

This role will be responsible for analyzing future data center demands leveraging statistical data analysis to balance

customer and engineering requirements in order to optimize demand plans. In addition, this role will be responsible for

recommend potential solutions, delivering robust analysis and recommendations to partners and executives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 2+ years demand/supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics,and experience in supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related 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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 4+ years demand/supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, AND 2+ years ofsupply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Passionate about Cloud Computing and willing to dive into in-depth technical discussions.
• Project Management experience managing the implementation of a medium to large Supply Chain Systems projects, including forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, purchasing / sourcing
• Experience in Demand planning and/or Supply chain management and good understanding of different supply chain models and being able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Support data center demand planning for new region expansions and launches.
• Manage total DC demand across geographies, balancing key infrastructure dependencies
• Deliver demand planning analysis and recommendations in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) rhythms
• Identify, evaluate, and implement planning improvements drawing on statistical methods, demand planning principles, S&OP best practices, and emerging software technology capabilities.
• Manage key relationships across a cross functional set of stakeholders to ensure we collaboratively improve, adapt, and adopt our processes and support software systems to support business requirements
• Embody our