Microsoft

Supply Chain Planning Manager

Microsoft • $97K — $188K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field plus 4+ years of experience in supply chain or sales operations, ideally in the cloud industry or related areas.
  • 8+ years preferred experience in demand planning, lifecycle management, and reporting within service organizations.
  • Expertise in multi-echelon inventory optimization and deployment of large-scale server hardware.
  • Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure challenges including hardware and incident management.
  • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and overcome ambiguity.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the entire lifecycle planning for assigned commodities or services.
  • Develop supply strategies that optimize availability, costs, and inventory across product life cycles.
  • Lead planning efforts for new product introductions and transitions effectively.
  • Coordinate operational readiness, ensuring all resources are available for business commitments.
  • Monitor inventory metrics and implement corrective actions as necessary to address supply risks.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration to align on priorities and execution plans.
  • Utilize data analytics to inform decision-making and improve operational processes.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment and work-from-home options.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including mental health support.
  • Generous retirement savings plan with company matching.
  • Access to employee assistance programs.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Own end-to-end demand, supply, inventory, and lifecycle planning for assigned commodities, platforms, or services to ensure continuity of operations and service attainment.
  • Develop and execute supply strategies that balance availability, cost, inventory health, and business risk across the product lifecycle.
  • Lead material readiness and planning execution for NPI, scale-out, sustainment, transition, Last Time Buy (LTB), and End-of-Life (EOL) activities.
  • Drive cross-functional programs from planning through execution, managing schedules, dependencies, milestones, risks, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Ensure deployment readiness by coordinating material, spares, capacity, and infrastructure availability to support business commitments.
  • Monitor inventory health, forecast accuracy, excess and obsolete inventory, supply constraints, and capacity risks; implement corrective actions when needed.
  • Partner with engineering, sourcing, suppliers, finance, operations, deployment, and business leaders to align priorities and drive execution.
  • Proactively identify supply chain, lifecycle, and operational risks; lead mitigation strategies, continuity planning, and risk-buy recommendations.
  • Leverage data analytics, planning systems, and dashboards to generate actionable insights and drive fact-based decision making.
  • Define, track, and report key business metrics, providing regular updates on program performance, inventory, risks, and operational readiness.
  • Lead process improvement and automation initiatives that increase planning efficiency, scalability, data quality, and operational excellence.
  • Serve as the central coordination point across multiple organizations, influencing decisions through strategic recommendations and executive-level communication.


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 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.
Other Requirements
  • 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
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 8+ 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.
  • Preferred experience with Planning, Life Cycle management and Reporting for Supply Chain Optimization in a Service Organization.:
  • Demonstrated inventory planning expertise, including multi-echelon inventory optimization.
  • Understanding of supply chain hardware engineering including gathering, analyzing, and defining demand and supply variables and operational execution.
  • Expertise in deployment & service of high-performance, highly available, large-scale server hardware, network devices, and related technologies, preferably in tier one cloud technology providers.
  • Knowledge and understanding of cloud infrastructure and datacenter issues such as physical space, rack units, break-fix requirements, and incident management.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and work well under pressure with minimal guidance.
  • Strong process/system background and proven ability to rapidly understand, use, and drive improvements in new processes/systems.
  • Demonstrated technical problem-solving and communication skills with a focus on process engineering and automation.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced dynamic environment with rapidly changing requirements.
  • Strong critical thinking and ability to drive resolution in ambiguous situations.
  • Detail-oriented, ability to communicate complex problems and solutions, strong drive to collaborate, strong bias for action to close out problems, and very comfortable working with numbers.
  • Good business judgment, executive communication/presentation skills, and persistent attention to detail.
  • Strong working knowledge of key IT and service industry concepts.
  • Strong analytical capabilities & experience with time-series modeling, optimization, and statistical analysis is a plus.
  • Demonstrated expertise in program management methodologies, process, and tools. Lean/Six-Sigma training, 5S, Kaizen, Agile, CPIM/CSCP certification useful/preferred.
  • Experience with ERP/MRP systems is a plus (SAP or comparable).


Demand Planning IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,600 - $188,400 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 $125,000 - $206,400 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.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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