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The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning and Analytics will drive the requirements for the development of new or revised statistical systems, problem solving, or investigation related to modeling. They will need to be able to work in a self-start environment, apply high-level problem-solving skills and model a can-do attitude. They will drive process simplification and operational adoption of processes in partnership with the value stream owners, ensuring a connection across the overall ecosystem, as we scale the organization. In this role, you will partner and establish relationships by building trust with internal and external stakeholders, develop and execute strategies to meet business outcomes.

The successful candidate must be a self-starter with proven skills in driving key initiatives with results through engagement with external and internal partners and have a solid business acumen. The candidate will be a problem solver and be resourceful, able to drive change, creative and willing to work with and through others to be successful.

The candidate must have the ability to demonstrate the value of the solution (not just demonstrate the functionality) and build strong relationships with internal customers. Strong executive verbal and written communications skills and analytical thinking are necessary for driving a high level of impact.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams in support of different project workstreams, and manage overall project activities, plans and schedules associated with deliverables and milestones.

• Lead, guide and support multiple workstream leads / consultants through the design and implementation of targeted change strategies including identification of change impacts to people, process, policy and structure, stakeholder identification and alignment, appropriate communication and feedback loops, success measures, training, organizational readiness and long-term sustainability.

• Ability to synthesize numerous sources of information to create long range forecasting model while ensuring that operations are reflective of the plan.

• Leads, drive day-to-day change management activities while providing the appropriate levels of support and coaching of peer/team members.

• Recommend appropriate new or revised change management tools and practices.

• Bring Supply Chain experience and help to shape the vision in alignment with the overall Global Supply Chain core team.

• Baseline of current process and drive lean processes on regional basis.

• Evaluate and engage with internal and external stakeholders to accelerate transformation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in Data Science/Analytics, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management with a Supply Chain or Operations field

• OR Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in Data Science/Analytics, Engineering, or Project Management with a Supply Chain or Operations field

• OR equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of experience in Commercial, Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Planning, Digital Transformation, or related organization.

• Ability to lead, guide and coach project team members in areas such as supply chain planning, digital transformation, and SAP project implementation.

• Ability to effectively design, gain alignment and successfully execute significant change initiatives from project start to finish.

• Have experience collaborating with BI teams and building programs on Power BI and Power Platform

• Lean Six Sigma certification is preferred.

Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage large scale changes and influence in a matrixed organization.

• Demonstrated strategic thinking and leadership with strong relationship management ability.

• Displayed capacity to navigate ambiguity, leveraging available information to construct a highly probable planning scenario.

• Prior experience in managing by influence across multiple teams/groups across an organization.

• Proven track record for identifying risks and implementing mitigations successfully.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal collaboration skills, clear and succinct delivery.

• Data-oriented, analytical and detail oriented, capable of developing and using models for optimization purposes yet balanced with an ability to be able to step back from data to draw out the right business approach for conclusion.

• Strong project management/process improvement skills, effectively evaluates information/data to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develop plans to resolve issues; create actionable strategies and operational plans.

• Demonstrated customer focus – evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer and develops processes to deliver outcomes that meet corporate, operations and sourcing goals.

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.

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