Senior Demand Forecasting Manger

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

22h

About The Position

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.

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Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 4+ 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.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Science, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, or related field AND 8+ years supply chain, inventory management or sales operations experience, preferably in forecasting, cloud industry experience, infrastructure, data science, and/or channel management experience OR equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Generates and owns the forecast, drives understanding of organic and inorganic inputs into the forecast.
• Performs data analyses to identify trends, patterns, correlations, customer usage tendencies, and insights to develop new forecasting models and improving existing models.
• Shapes short and/or long term (e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly) demand forecasts and partners cross-functionally (e.g., Product Groups, Cloud Operations + Innovation, Marketing, Finance, and/or Channel Operations, Engineering).
• Defines forecast key performance indicators (KPIs), tracks forecast performance and develops plans to continually improve performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level