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Posted date: Jul 23, 2024
There have been 7 jobs posted with the title of Demand Planning Manager all time at Microsoft.Category: Supply Chain
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $119,200
Range: $75,100 - $163,300
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud Capacity Differentiated at Scale. Our mission is to deliver capacity for all cloud services predictably through intelligent systems driven by continuous learning and a world class organization. The CSCP Organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), decommissioning and disposition of Data center assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters supporting services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries worldwide.Are you passionate about solving large scale supply chain planning problems in an ever changing and rapidly growing cloud computing environment? Do you want to work in a fast-paced environment, driving processes and modeling capacity planning innovations for Cloud Services? If yes, please continue reading on. Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP) is an exciting and fast evolving organization within Azure, whose mission is to plan, deliver & optimize industry leading cloud infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s online services used by our customers around the world. MCP is responsible for strategy and delivery of the foundational platform for all Microsoft Online Services including demand forecasting, demand & supply planning, as well as driving capacity optimization and efficiency projects that directly accrue to Gross Margin targets. MCP supports over 200 online businesses including Azure Compute, Storage, Data Services, Bing, M365, Dynamics, among others. As a Demand Planning Manager you will work with a team that directly impacts the Microsoft cloud business's success. This team forecasts, plans and manages majority of Microsoft’s cloud services and directly influences cloud user experience. This is a central function that closely partners with Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Data Centers, NPI and Deployment Engineering. We are looking for a demand planning manager with partner management skills, supply chain planning knowledge, and basic cloud industry knowledge to drive the Microsoft Cloud Services offerings and business deliverables.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
This is a key role that leads plan development and engagement, while impacting customer capacity availability and the bottom-line cost for the Azure Business.
There are three key areas to this role:
Leveraging the usage forecast to translate it into hardware units with an optimal capacity plan across Azure workloads.Managing shiproom or Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) decisions to balance demand supply risks.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.Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
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.
Demand Planning IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $75,100 - $148,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $98,800 - $163,300 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 13, 2024.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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