New 
Supply Planner
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 29, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Supply Planner within our Infrastructure Planning and Execution (IPE) team, you will perform a key role in planning the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform for both Artificial Intelligence and Commercial Cloud businesses. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide. 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.
ResponsibilitiesAnalytics, Tools, and Processes Manages data sources for analyzing supply. Translates data into business insights for senior leaders to provide meaning for the organization's goals. Interprets data to help make assumptions or predictions of business needs for component or product level. Designs and optimizes processes regarding overall data management and utilization. Manages process improvements, actions, and reports progress. Oversees the creation of dashboards to visualize and present supply-chain analysis and metrics. Leads the identification of gaps in order to understand the root cause. Uses data for insights to inform business improvements. Leverages increasingly complex datasets to synthesize insights. Serves as an expert in tools and processes for managing supply and driving improvements to avoid additional labor needs. Provides automation and scales systems for inventory. Implements and provides oversight for checks and balances into the system to ensure risks and liability are in check. Summarizes complex systems or processes into simplified supply chain fundamental steps. Drives process changes and improvements. Guides standardization and maturity processes. Beginning to coach and mentor other team members with challenges. Communication Serves as a key point of contact between teams to ensure priorities are defined, communicated, and executed. Communicates with stakeholders, including senior leaders. Communicates status, drives recommendations for change, and influences others for decisions needed. Simplifies complex terminology for stakeholders. Strategy Applies strategy of how to react to determine best operating model for forward and reverse planning strategy to optimize service levels, costs, and inventory positioning based on uncertainty of true demand. Collaborates with the team developing the strategy for AI and non-AI Commercial Cloud demand and supply. Aligns forecast/order and/or inventory targets. Identifies process gaps, establishes a methodology for prioritization, and makes recommendations to leadership. Aligns recommendations with cross-functional partners. Drives efficiencies and sets performance metrics. Addresses imbalances and proposing mitigation strategies Designs solutions to adjust to changes in demand after deployment; may oversee the reworking of finished goods inventories. Shapes demand to manage inventory. Ensures consideration for supplier capacity and manufacturing ramifications. Supply and Demand Independently develops and influences forward or reverse supply plans of increasing scope, scale, and size of decisions. Collaborates with team to determine raw materials buffers and flexibility to absorb fluctuations in demand. Collaborates and promotes alignment on plans; cross-functional relationships (e.g., Finance, other partners). Conducts analysis and determines "what-if" scenarios impacting supply and demand management for forward and reverse planning. Supports and helps lead contingency plans and impact assessments. Drives allocation processes. | |