Senior Global Demand Planner

$122,000 - $200,500/Yr

Microsoft - Redmond, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Redmond, WA

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Senior Global Demand Planner will oversee all aspects of demand planning for multiple lines of business at Microsoft, focusing on optimizing business results from product launch to end of life. This role requires cross-functional collaboration with various internal teams and business partners in Retail, Microsoft Stores, and Commercial segments to align demand planning with supply chain operations. The position is critical in bridging the gap between business and supply chain teams, ensuring effective planning for future materials, capacity, and inventory transitions.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with S&OP, regional S&OE and Supply Planning to drive short-term and long-term sell through and sell in demand planning to achieve financial and operations targets.
• Drive optimal channel inventory to maximize revenue opportunities, ensuring key customers and opportunities are supported across all customer segments and mitigate risks such as excess, aged, and stranded inventory.
• Oversee product launch and product transition forecasting, balancing customer and financial expectations with product life cycle roadmaps.
• Ensure that key forecasting metrics are understood and actioned, including root cause investigation and leading cross-team efforts to drive necessary improvements.
• Challenge the status quo via a growth mindset, striving for continuous improvement and customer-centrism in all aspects of decision making.

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 of 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 planning/forecasting, preferably in demand, supply, or inventory management.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 8+ years of 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.
• Proven track record for identifying and implementing new opportunities to create synergy and mitigate risk.
• Understanding of an end to end Supply Chain and the value / cost drivers that Supply Chain Management and Strategy can drive.
• Ability to communicate, both written and verbal along with cross functional collaboration skills.
• Data-oriented, analytical and detail oriented, yet balanced with an ability to step back from the data to draw out the right business approach for conclusion.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee discount programs