Medium Term Demand Planner at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Mar, 26

Salary

151900.0

Posted On

09 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Forecasting, Project Management, Collaboration, Analytics, Communication, Data Science, Statistics, Cloud Concepts, Process Improvement, Capacity Planning, Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management, Metrics

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP) is the central planning function within CSCP focused on forecasting, demand planning, and supply planning for all Microsoft Cloud services and associated hardware, directly impacting the success of Microsoft's cloud business. 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. #CSCP #CSCPJobs Responsibilities As a Microsoft Cloud midterm planner, you will be responsible for: • Collaborate with demand planners in different resource types to understand a capacity plan that meets customer needs, while maintaining compliance to supply and execution policies, throughput capacities and contractual requirements. • Develop deep understanding and be able to provide plan explicability to the end to end execution teams • Own tracking and project management for special decommission projects across stakeholders • Apply advanced analytics toward rich insights and key financial and strategic decisions. • Support workshops for strategic improvement projects to drive alignment for closing gaps in current midterm planning process. • Project manage process improvements and transformations with stakeholders 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. 2 years of Supply Chain experience in planning, forecasting, designing or analyzing supply chain challenges 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: • 5+ years' experience with cross functional coordination, including experience partnering with data scientists, developers, and program managers to drive continual improvement • Supply Chain Expertise: Experience in planning, forecasting, designing or analyzing supply chain challenges • Generating clarity: This is one of the most important aspects of what we do. Our job is to align everyone on the same plan and keep them there. This requires constant communication and diligence to squash any ambiguity. • Bl, Metrics and Analytics: Are you able to identify themes and learnings out of data? Define the essence of a function and measure its success? Provide KPI that are clear to understand and can drive decision making. • Results: Are you a doer who can span from strategic thinking to getting stuff done and consistently delivering. Ultimately ensuring capacity availability at the right cost and minimal surprises or churn. • Collaboration: Excellent collaboration and partnering skills are essential. Great collaborators aren't just easy to work with - they also raise tough questions, challenge others as necessary and negotiate win/win solutions. • Background working with complex enterprise data sets, • Understanding of statistics, including background with different types of modeling • Technical fluency including basic understanding of Cloud concepts: large scale platforms, distributed services, hardware, and data centers • Storytelling skill to demonstrate project needs, communicate progress, and illustrate impacts #CSCP #CSCPJobs Demand Planning IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,800 - $151,900 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 $100,800 - $168,000 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 This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Responsibilities

As a Medium Term Demand Planner, you will collaborate with demand planners to understand capacity plans and manage special decommission projects. You will also apply advanced analytics to support strategic improvement projects and drive alignment in the midterm planning process.