Microsoft Director Demand Planning 

United States, Washington 

774680513

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND10+years experiencein Data Science/Analytics, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management with a Supply Chain or Operations field
  • 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

• Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance. Or related field AND 6+ years experience in Data Science/Analytics, Engineering Or Project Management with a Supply Chain Or Operations field OR Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations Or related field AND 8+ years experience in Data Science/Analytics, Engineering,
• Or Project Management with a Supply Chain or Operations field.
• Or equivalent experience Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes Strong influencing skills and ability to build relationships across multiple layers in the organization 3+ years experience in Management Consulting.
• Or Cloud / high tech supply chain Expert in business tools (e.g. word, power point), analytical tools (Excel modeling, SQL, etc.), and able to generate quality outputs.

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As a Director, Demand Planning you will support the entire Order-to-Live lifecycle for compute properties, working cross functionally to meet customer needs amidst diverse business priorities and ever-shifting constraints. This is a high visibility role interacting across all levels of the organization with direct impact on Microsoft's success. Responsibilities include:

• Own the short term demand plan to deliver optimal fleet capacity.
• Detect, prioritize, and mitigate customer risks in tight collaboration with execution partners.
• Evolve systems, tools, processes, and policies to support the boave amidst continued hyper-scaling and increasing complexity.
• Deliver messaging to stakeholder and leadership on KPI performance and opportunities for improvement.
• Support lifecycle management including introduction of new products and EoL decommissioning.