Senior Technical Solution Manager

Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud Capacity Differentiated at Scale. Our mission is to deliver capacity for all cloud services predictably through intelligent systems driven by continuous learning and a world class organization. The CSCP Organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), decommissioning and disposition of Data center assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters supporting services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries worldwide.

As a Senior Technical Solution Manager - Supply Chain Planning, you will partner with multiple Supply Chain organizations to lead and drive system and process initiatives to enable the increasing scale and growth of Microsoft Cloud.

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.

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Responsibilities

• Leading cross-functional transformation of Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP)
• Driving maturity in transformation processes and governance, working with other leaders across Capacity, Supply Chain & Provisioning (CSCP) and other organizations
• Improving the ability to deliver to business-critical needs in an agile and timely manner with high quality, working with cross-functional stakeholders
• Ensuring business ownership and approval for system improvements that affect MCP
• Measuring and improving the ability to deliver on cross-functional transformation programs
• Providing business ownership and insights for system improvements
• Driving cross-functional transformation programs and projects Articulating business requirements and impact
• Contributing to development of all steps of the development/deployment process: needs/opportunity identification and impact quantification, requirements generation, key design decisions, user acceptance test development and execution, coordination of subject matter experts, sign-off of deliverables
• Contributing industry best practice knowledge for process and system approaches in areas such as forecasting, capacity planning, hardware demand planning, inventory buffering, supply planning, and long-range planning
• Leading cross-functional transformation of Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP)
• Driving maturity in transformation processes and governance, working with other leaders across Capacity, Supply Chain & Provisioning (CSCP) and other organizations
• Improving the ability to deliver to business-critical needs in an agile and timely manner with high quality, working with cross-functional stakeholders
• Ensuring business ownership and approval for system improvements that affect MCP
• Measuring and improving the ability to deliver on cross-functional transformation programs
• Providing business ownership and insights for system improvements
• Driving cross-functional transformation programs and projects Articulating business requirements and impact
• Contributing to development of all steps of the development/deployment process: needs/opportunity identification and impact quantification, requirements generation, key design decisions, user acceptance test development and execution, coordination of subject matter experts, sign-off of deliverables
• Contributing industry best practice knowledge for process and system approaches in areas such as forecasting, capacity planning, hardware demand planning, inventory buffering, supply planning, and long-range planning

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business, Project Management, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AN