Technical Solution Manager - Redmond, United States - Microsoft

    Microsoft background
    Full time
    Description

    Overview

    Microsoft's Cloud business is experiencing explosive growth, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. CSCP is responsible for strategic sourcing, customer demand forecasting, capacity planning and management, supply chain planning and execution, capacity provisioning, and decommissioning and dispositioning of datacenter assets worldwide.

    As a Technical Solution Manager - Supply Chain Planning , you will partner with multiple supply chain organizations to lead and drive system and process initiatives to improve process and automation in capacity planning 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.

    Qualifications

    Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or ProgrammingOR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or ProgrammingOR equivalent experience
  • 4+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
  • 4+ years of supply chain / transformation / business planning experience
  • 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

  • Demonstrated Systems Thinking with proven record of accomplishment in discovering connections (and gaps) between seemingly disparate or independent components of a framework
  • Demonstrated Change Leadership - successes in leading process and organization transformation. Supply Chain transformation experience
  • Project Management experience managing the implementation of Supply Chain Systems projects, such as forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, purchasing / sourcing, warehousing / inventory management
  • Experience in Capacity Planning and/or Supply Chain Management, with an understanding of different supply chain models
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Developing ability to think both strategically and tactically is desired.
  • Proficiency in Enterprise Planning systems (such as SAP, Oracle, E2Open, etc.) and business intelligence engines (SQL, Power BI, Power Pivot, Tableau, etc.) are highly desired for this role
  • Experience in driving Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transformation
  • Experience in Lean Six Sigma
  • Technical Solution Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $91,800 - $178,800 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 $117,900 - $195,000 per year.

    Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

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    Responsibilities

    As Technical Solutions Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

  • 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
  • Other

    Embody our and

    Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect