Microsoft Demand Planning Manager 

United States, Washington 

494730707

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 2+ 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:

• 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, warehousing / inventory management, transportation and distribution.
• 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.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively manage key stakeholders, resolve problems and seek practical solutions.
• Proficiency in Enterprise Planning systems (such as SAP, Oracle, E2Open, etc.) and business intelligence engines (SQL, Power BI, Power Pivot, Tableau, etc.) are highly desired for this role.
• A proven track record of growth and increasing responsibility, specifically in acquiring scope/leading areas in supply chain and capacity planning.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 13, 2024.

There are three key areas to this role:

1. Leveraging the usage forecast to translate it into hardware units with an optimal capacity plan across Azure workloads.
2. Managing shiproom or Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) decisions to balance demand supply risks.
3. Engaging and partnering with a wide set of stakeholders including Software engineering, Finance, Supply Planning and Sourcing, and New Product Introduction teams to inform and influence the Hardware Demand plan while maintaining key metrics like plan accuracy, optimality, availability, and quality.

A successful candidate for this role will leverage their analytical, leadership, and communication skills to deliver innovative solutions that will transform the way our customers interact with our products.

• Serve as the primary focal point with engineering team for all capacity topics.
• Develop technical insights into the product, customer value, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and margin drivers to make well balanced data driven decisions for the business.
• Providing a clear forecast and prioritized capacity plan to the end-to-end execution teams and optimizing the plan for availability, business growth and cost.
• Partner with finance, execution, capacity management, software and hardware engineering teams to drive cluster decisions to ensure right capacity is available in the right place at right time.
• Operationalize and drive the monthly business review (MBR) monthly business review cadence for capacity planning.
• Liaison with the hardware development organization to ensure SKU development and hardware roadmaps meet the business need by dates.
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