Principal PM Manager, Commercial Cloud Demand Planning

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This team estimates consumption usage, plans for large scale migrations, develops efficiency plans with engineering, and partners with supply planning & sourcing on procurement and execution strategies. You will partner closely with leaders across the organization in Engineering Groups, Finance, HW PMs, CO+I, and other Supply Chain functions. Your team is responsible for delivering high quality, accurate, and stable rack demand plans for standard compute and storage hardware. Your team works within a horizon of 24 (eventually 36) months incorporating statistical model forecasts, decommission plans, hardware and software roadmaps (including planned engineering efficiencies), hardware transition plans, and customer migration plans, and drive our demand to enable strategic priorities. Your leadership will enable customer capacity availability, margins, data center health, and positive customer experiences for all businesses, internal and external. Build, coach, and develop a high performing team of technical program management and demand planning professionals Identify and drive progress towards team Objectives and Key Results Lead generation of unconstrained and constrained short-term and mid-term hardware and capex demand plans leveraging statistical modeling, decommission plans, product-lifecycle plans (new product introductions, end-of-life), migration plans, data center constraints, supply availability, and capex targets Develop technical insights into the product, customer value, COGS, and margin drivers to support well-balanced data-driven decisions for the business Optimize the demand plan for supply availability, business growth, and cost; provide clear demand plan to all downstream partners Lead cross-functional discussions with EG(s), Finance, and Hardware Engineering on 24-month capacity plan, collaboratively identify risks and opportunities; support CVP-level decision-making via monthly interlocks and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cadence Serve as focal point with EGs for all capacity topics Identify business transformation opportunities to drive accuracy, capex optimization velocity, reduce cycle time and increase predictability Identify macro / micro industry trends affecting demand and bake them into planning process Bring thought leadership to help management build and execute vision, inspire team members to do their best work, and proactively align with stakeholders Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 1+ year(s) project or people management experience. 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Data Science, or a related technical field 10+ years supply chain of any combination of demand forecasting, capacity planning, data science, program management, operations, and business planning experience Proven people management capabilities or aptitude Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; ability to effectively coordinate and collaborate with key stakeholders, resolve problems, and seek practical solutions Proven analytical skills and knowledge in root cause analysis/problem solving and the ability to implement and drive corrective actions and efficiencies in a matrix environment Demand forecasting or supply chain planning in Cloud and/or high-tech hardware supply chain Experience leading cross-functional processes / programs with key stakeholders, e.g., Product, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Supply Planning Hands-on leadership experience moving fluidly from long-term strategy to day-to-day tactical implementation Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously Ability to lead in ambiguous situations and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes Ability to get the best out of others Proficient in business presentation tools (e.g., word, power point, excel); able to generate and/or mentor others to produce high-quality outputs Proficiency in Enterprise Planning systems (such as SAP, Oracle, E2Open, etc.) and business intelligence engines (SQL, Power BI, Power Pivot, Tableau, etc.) MS or MBA degree