Director - Demand Planning at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Demand Planning, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain, Datacenter Operations, Forecasting, Strategy Development, Vendor Management, Operational Efficiency, Microsoft AI, Global Operations, Resource Management, Team Leadership, Data Analysis, Process Improvement, Collaboration, Problem Solving

Industry

Software Development

Description

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than one hundred datacenters and one million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts, who work tirelessly to support digital services for more than one billion customers and twenty million businesses in over ninety countries worldwide. Within CO+I, the Core Datacenter Services (CDS) team is responsible for improving overall availability and efficiency for Microsoft’s cloud business. We have multiple teams focused on both Microsoft and Lessor datacenter performance and all aspects of datacenter utilization effectiveness that includes power, water and labor. We are seeking a Director - Demand Planning to support the Operational Supply Chain across datacenters globally. This role will own developing the strategy that will scale with the business and enable a demand forecast for parts, vendor capacity, and inputs into DC ops capacity planning. This role will lead the business requirements to determine internal or external tools needed to build a capacity planning model that can scale to support thousands of SKUs, globally for critical environment spares and Microsoft AI delivery for DC operations. 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.

Responsibilities

The Director - Demand Planning will develop strategies to scale the business and enable demand forecasting for parts and vendor capacity. This role will also lead the requirements for tools needed to build a scalable capacity planning model for datacenter operations.