Job Category: Operations
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 850759-122591
Division: Cloud and Enterprise Engineering
Description
Global Foundation Services is the team behind the cloud. GFS is responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy Demand Planning Program Manager to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services.
This role is critical to the Demand Planning team and must develop and lead the Demand Management processes to reflect the Edge site demand for all divisions to enable effective and timely growth strategy. The role will also develop and implement processes to support our convergence strategy and facilitating the decision-making processes to support the strategic infrastructure adoption plan.
The candidate will be managing the developing processes that ensure accurate Edge and convergence demand plans for key Business Groups and tail properties. Interaction and communication will include Senior Management both within GFS and the Online Business groups. The Demand manager will be expected to employ processes to ensure the accuracy, timing and effectiveness of the demand plans that articulate the adoption of the Azure/Autopilot/Share services platforms. This role collaborates with GFS stakeholders developing options to accelerate the adoption process.
This role is expected to continuously and improve the demand planning process to increase the accuracy, effectiveness and timeliness to support web scale planning processes.
Other Responsibilities include:
- Review/certify edge demand plans submitted by property groups while driving process improvement and data accuracy.
- Lead Monthly Demand Review sessions for properties to provide capacity feedback
- Build relationships, learn/understand drivers/levers for demand changes with Finance, Sales, Marketing and Operations.
Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Networking/Business/Supply Chain/Engineering related field or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of experience in supply chain/or manufacturing or network environment
- Six Sigma certification a plus
- Advanced understanding of Demand Planning best practices with a track record of ongoing development.
- Proven record in process improvement and project management skills in a Web Scale environment
• Customer driven with the ability to influence positive outcomes in a web scale environment
- Ability to work effectively and influence priorities and outcomes on cross-organizational teams
- 3+ years of direct experience with Demand Planning tools and ERP packages
• Strong written and oral communication skills, BI experience preferred. Creative and effective use of power point essential.
- Advanced understanding of statistics; confidence intervals, standard deviation, control charts, chi-square testing. Experience with statistical software; Mathematica, R, Minitab, Matlab
- Advanced experience creating models, queries and reports with databases including Access and SQL.
- Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft Excel; pivot tables, formulas, tables, data manipulation, macros.
Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the work place.
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Nearest Major Market: Seattle
Nearest Secondary Market: Bellevue
Job Segments: Engineer, Demand Planner, Supply Chain, Cloud, Database, Engineering, Operations, Technology
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 850759-122591
Division: Cloud and Enterprise Engineering
Description
Global Foundation Services is the team behind the cloud. GFS is responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy Demand Planning Program Manager to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services.
This role is critical to the Demand Planning team and must develop and lead the Demand Management processes to reflect the Edge site demand for all divisions to enable effective and timely growth strategy. The role will also develop and implement processes to support our convergence strategy and facilitating the decision-making processes to support the strategic infrastructure adoption plan.
The candidate will be managing the developing processes that ensure accurate Edge and convergence demand plans for key Business Groups and tail properties. Interaction and communication will include Senior Management both within GFS and the Online Business groups. The Demand manager will be expected to employ processes to ensure the accuracy, timing and effectiveness of the demand plans that articulate the adoption of the Azure/Autopilot/Share services platforms. This role collaborates with GFS stakeholders developing options to accelerate the adoption process.
This role is expected to continuously and improve the demand planning process to increase the accuracy, effectiveness and timeliness to support web scale planning processes.
Other Responsibilities include:
- Review/certify edge demand plans submitted by property groups while driving process improvement and data accuracy.
- Lead Monthly Demand Review sessions for properties to provide capacity feedback
- Build relationships, learn/understand drivers/levers for demand changes with Finance, Sales, Marketing and Operations.
Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Networking/Business/Supply Chain/Engineering related field or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of experience in supply chain/or manufacturing or network environment
- Six Sigma certification a plus
- Advanced understanding of Demand Planning best practices with a track record of ongoing development.
- Proven record in process improvement and project management skills in a Web Scale environment
• Customer driven with the ability to influence positive outcomes in a web scale environment
- Ability to work effectively and influence priorities and outcomes on cross-organizational teams
- 3+ years of direct experience with Demand Planning tools and ERP packages
• Strong written and oral communication skills, BI experience preferred. Creative and effective use of power point essential.
- Advanced understanding of statistics; confidence intervals, standard deviation, control charts, chi-square testing. Experience with statistical software; Mathematica, R, Minitab, Matlab
- Advanced experience creating models, queries and reports with databases including Access and SQL.
- Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft Excel; pivot tables, formulas, tables, data manipulation, macros.
Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the work place.
XGFSXDCS:SHHA*LI
O:MSGFS
Nearest Major Market: Seattle
Nearest Secondary Market: Bellevue
Job Segments: Engineer, Demand Planner, Supply Chain, Cloud, Database, Engineering, Operations, Technology
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