Supply Chain Planning Manager

Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. Within CSCP, the Spares Supply Chain organization is reinventing and transforming the cloud service parts supply chain. Our goal is to ensure the right spare parts are in the right place at the right time to support global capacity requirements and make sure our customers have the cloud capacity they need when they need it. 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. #CSCP #CSCPJobs 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.

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