Supply Chain Planner 4

Summary:
The terms of the Supplier Master Agreement with Company govern all assignments through Company Procurement, inclusive of, but not limited to, the Confidentiality and Security Requirements. Posting the Company name, group names, technologies (Xbox, Bing, etc.), project code names, or program office information is strictly prohibited.

Responsibilities:

• Purpose of the Team: Supply Chain Operations Management (SCOM) organization within CSCP manages manufacturing operations and fulfilment with the external supply chain partners. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management strategies ensures predictable on-time performance, optimized for cost, prevents urgent unplanned investments and provides accurate, timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy supply chain professional to help build create sustainable advantage through supply chain
• Key projects: Continue to drive continuous improvement, cycle time, cost, efficiency
• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm:
• Key link between our Capacity Planning Team and the Build Order & Fulfillment Team, responsible for the stabilization of supply-demand shaping.
• Utilizing data and analytics for supply matching to our capacity planning and customer demand requirements.
• Establishing and defining key metrics and performance indicators driving process improvements.
• The individual filling this role will:
• High Focus on Demand - Supply shaping activities to help drive the execution and delivery of MSFT finished goods to global data centers.
• Maintain company inventory, minimizing both overstock and out of stock occurrences. Ability to analyze the supply and demand of MSFT s products and forecast.
• Monitor inventory supply and design and implement tools for inventory management.
• Develop and drive Company Internal and external key performance Indicators and metrics.
• Ability to work cross functionally with key stakeholders.
• Achieve delivery performance targets as developed to support business needs, while consistently evaluating opportunities and supporting process updates to enhance supply chain performance.
• Manage and communicate tradeoffs between our supplier and business needs within Company.
• Responsible for managing continuous improvements and process initiatives in parallel to day-to-day business operations

• Minimum 4-7 years' supplier management experience in an Electronics, or high-volume supply chain and or applicable Manufacturing / Hardware production environment.
• Minimum of 4+ years Program Management and data analytics
• Degrees or certifications required: Bachelor's degree in Ops/Industrial /Manufacturing engineering, Business, or equivalent experience in related fields
• Current Experience in IT / high-tech electronics or Manufacturing / Service supply chain
• Excellent communication, problem solving skills - ability to manage competing priorities, set clear expectations, collaborate, identify objectives, develop and deliver feedback in written, oral, and presentation formats for partner teams, and senior executive management.
• Strong Project Management skills involving multiple global System Integrators and Internal partners. High comfort with handling multiple ongoing priorities and escalations. Strong customer-focus and attention to detail.
• Capable of performing complex data analysis to identify problems or opportunities to improve supply chain performance
• Skilled in Customer Relationship building, and Cross-functional collaboration opportunities.
• Strong skills and knowledge in root cause analysis/problem solving and the ability to implement and drive corrective actions and efficiencies (ability to hold people accountable, and drive closure)
• Ability to work well in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes
• Support organization wide projects to improve delivery, reliability, and agility; leveraging others effectively to support internal business team goals
• MS/MBA preferred

• 4-5 Years of Current or Experience in IT / high-tech electronics or Manufacturing / Service supply chain/ Operational work
• Candidates should demonstrate in the past that he/she was able to learn quickly
• Effective Collaboration with stakeholders to promote the business