Microsoft
Senior Supply Chain Demand Planner (Surface)
Found: Today
The Devices Supply Chain organization is responsible for delivering the right products to customers at the right time, cost, and quality—supporting a global, highly complex hardware portfolio. We partner closely across Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations to plan, build, and deliver Surface and Xbox devices through demand planning, supply execution, materials management, and logistics.
As we continue down the path of delivering on our customer promise, we are looking to hire a Senior Supply Chain Demand Planner (Surface) covering multiple lines of business. This person will oversee all aspects of demand planning for their designated lines of business, from new product launch to product end of life working cross-functionally to achieve optimal business results.
Responsibilities- Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, 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, ensure key customers and opportunities are supported across all of our customer segments and mitigate risk (excess, aged and stranded inventory).
- Oversee product launch and product transition forecasting ensuring that Microsoft is balancing customer and financial expectations with the product life cycle roadmaps.
- Ensure that key forecasting metrics are understood and actioned accordingly, including root cause investigation and leading cross-team efforts to drive necessary improvements.
- Challenge the status quo via a growth mindset – strive for continuous improvement and customer-centrism in all aspects of decision making.
