Cloud Supply Chain Rotational Program

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SCORE (Supply Chain Operations Rotation Experience) is the rotation program for university hires entering Microsoft’s Cloud Supply Chain organization.
SCORE is a three-year career experience designed to provide emerging talent with an unparalleled journey through end-to-end cloud supply chain operations. Over three one-year rotations, participants will partner with and learn from our teams while building skills and supply chain acumen to accelerate their career growth. During this experience, participants can expect:
- Meaningful roles in supply chain operations, planning and other critical parts of the business
- A robust support network of leaders, managers, mentors and dedicated SCORE Program Managers
- Targeted learning and developmental opportunities throughout the three-year journey including Lean Six Sigma belt certifications
- Networking opportunities, volunteering, and community engagement
- End-to-end cloud supply chain operations visibility and dedicated time with leadership
The SCORE program is also offered in our India Center of Excellence.

Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain Internship
The US Cloud Supply Chain Internship is a 12-week program exclusively for students enrolled full-time at a college or university. As a Supply Chain Planner intern, you'll become part of a team within the Cloud Supply Chain organization, gaining insight into a future career at Microsoft. Throughout the program, interns can look forward to:
- Opportunities across all Supply Chain operations groups
- Attending LEAN training and receiving your White Belt certification
- Dedicated time with leadership
- An annual Intern Project Fair to showcase your work
- Training sessions and networking opportunities
- A primary pathway into the full-time SCORE rotation program
The Cloud Supply Chain Internship is also offered in our India Center of Excellence for an 8-week experience and in Taiwan for a 12-week experience.

Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain Internship
The US Cloud Supply Chain Internship is a 12-week program exclusively for students enrolled full-time at a college or university. As a Supply Chain Planner intern, you'll become part of a team within the Cloud Supply Chain organization, gaining insight into a future career at Microsoft. Throughout the program, interns can look forward to:
- Opportunities across all Supply Chain operations groups
- Attending LEAN training and receiving your White Belt certification
- Dedicated time with leadership
- An annual Intern Project Fair to showcase your work
- Training sessions and networking opportunities
- A primary pathway into the full-time SCORE rotation program
The Cloud Supply Chain Internship is also offered in our India Center of Excellence for an 8-week experience and in Taiwan for a 12-week experience.

Who should apply?
We are looking for bachelor’s students and new grads who resonate with Microsoft’s mission and are excited and passionate about a career in Supply Chain. Here are some preferred skills and qualifications for both the internship and full-time program:
- One or more internship experiences in a supply chain-related role
- Familiarity with key supply chain concepts
- Strong attention to detail and a passion for analyzing data to convey insights
- Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with excellent communication skills

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Principal AI Demand Planner

2026-04-14

United States, Washington, Redmond +1 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP) is the central planning function within CSCP focused on forecasting, demand planning, and supply planning for all Microsoft Cloud services and associated hardware, directly impacting the success of Microsoft's cloud business. 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. #CSCP #CSCPJobs Responsibilities As a Principal AI Demand Planner, you will be responsible for defining and driving the 5-year long-range forecast for AI infrastructure, translating strategic business priorities and capacity signals into actionable, data-driven demand plans that shape investment decisions at scale. You will partner cross-functionally with Finance, Engineering, Cloud Operations, and Supply Chain leadership to align on multi-year AI demand outlooks — spanning GPU, silicon, power, and infrastructure capacity — ensuring the organization is positioned to meet both near-term commitments and long-horizon growth targets. In the S&OP horizon, you will: <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Create the AI-related long-range demand plan and keep it up to date </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Work with sourcing on what commodities require inputs to support LTAs </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Identify highly complex opportunities and gaps in long range planning and work with engineering, datacenter, supply chain teams and finance to develop scenarios </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Prepare executive presentations and briefings to communicate status, shifts and decisions required </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Support S&OP transformation efforts across the Cloud Supply Chain </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Define data driven metrics and use data to make decisions</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 8+ years supply chain, inventory management or sales operations experience, preferably in planning (demand/supply/forecasting), cloud industry experience, infrastructure, data science, and/or channel management experience <ul><li>OR equivalent experience. </li></ul></li></ul>Other Requirements:<ul><li>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:<ul><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul></li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Ability to think, understand, and process information quickly </li><li>Cloud industry experience, data science, and/or channel management experience </li><li>End-to-end supply chain experience (EX: plan, source, make, deliver) and experience working across those various capabilities </li><li>Mindset of continuous improvement and proven capability to synthesize information and draw conclusions </li><li>Experience building PowerBIs and/or AI Agents and adopting them into key tasks and processes</li></ul> Demand Planning IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Senior Director, Custom Silicon Supply Planning

2026-04-17

United States, Washington, Redmond

3 days / week in-office

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. The Cloud Sourcing, Spares, Security and Sustainability (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing, strategy, and suppliers to provide cost, flexibility, and supply advantages that enable our org to become a world-class supply chain. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable, on-time performance and optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. 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. #CSCP #CSCPJobs Responsibilities Portfolio-Level Supply Planning Leadership <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Own the integrated supply planning strategy and execution across all custom and semi-custom silicon programs (Maia, Cobalt, and future designs). </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Translate long-range demand signals (3 to 5+ years) into portfolio-level, capacity-constrained supply plans aligned with semiconductor industry realities. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Drive scenario planning across demand, yield, and supply variability to inform strategic and operational decisions. </li></ul>Organizational Leadership & Capability Building <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Lead and scale an organization of supply planning leaders and planners, establishing clear accountability and development pathways. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Build a silicon supply planning center of excellence, standardizing processes, systems, and governance across programs. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Drive organizational maturity to support an expanding portfolio of custom and semi-custom silicon initiatives. </li></ul>Cross-Functional & Ecosystem Alignment <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Partner with Capacity Planning to align silicon supply with Microsoft’s global rack deployment strategy (timing, volume, and regionalization). </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Collaborate with Sourcing and Supplier Management to incorporate supplier capacity, lead times, allocation dynamics, and risk signals. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Engage with Engineering leadership on roadmap alignment, yield ramps, and product lifecycle transitions. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Work closely with Finance to align supply strategies with multi-year capex plans, investment pacing, and financial targets. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Interface (in partnership with sourcing) with key ecosystem players including foundries, OSATs, substrate suppliers, and design partners. </li></ul>Integrated Supply & Capex Strategy <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Co-own the multi-year supply and capital investment strategy, including wafer capacity reservations, long-lead material commitments, and infrastructure scaling. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Drive trade-off decisions across cost, risk, and supply assurance using scenario-based and TCO modeling. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Ensure alignment between supply plans, deployment needs, and financial commitments at the executive level. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Define and execute multi-year silicon supply chain strategies informed by market intelligence, capacity outlooks, and supplier landscape evolution. </li></ul>Execution, Risk Management & Operational Excellence<ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Ensure delivery against demand plans through optimized forward and reverse supply chain flows. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Maintain continuity of supply while optimizing inventory and working capital across programs. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Establish enterprise-level risk management frameworks and escalation channels across the semiconductor supply base. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Drive performance across cost, quality, compliance, and on-time delivery metrics. </li></ul>Executive Leadership & Governance <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Serve as a key advisor to senior leadership on supply outlook, risks, and investment trade-offs. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Lead executive-level rhythms, including supply reviews, scenario discussions, and decision forums. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Define stage gates and governance models to enable timely, high-quality decision-making across programs. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Communicate complex supply-demand dynamics and changes with clarity and precision. </li></ul>Operating Agility at Scale <ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Navigate a high-growth, high-ambiguity environment, balancing strategic foresight with tactical execution. </li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Lead through complexity, driving alignment and decisions across a highly matrixed organization.</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 8+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, Sales & Operations Planning, material requirement planning systems and tools, quantitative & qualitative analysis in cross functional or organizational enterprise environment, or related experience<ul><li>OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 6+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, Sales & Operations Planning, material requirement planning systems and tools, quantitative & qualitative analysis in cross functional or organizational enterprise environment, or related experience</li><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li></ul>Other Requirements:<ul><li>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:<ul><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul></li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Experience leading supply chain or planning for custom silicon or hyperscale cloud infrastructure </li><li>Proven familiarity with Tier 1 semiconductor suppliers, foundries, and ecosystem partners</li><li>Demonstrated ability to operate at portfolio and executive levels, influencing cross-company decisions</li><li>Experience building or transforming supply chain capabilities at scale</li><li>Technical depth combined with strong business leadership; advanced degree preferred</li><li>Experience with TCO modeling, supply strategy development, and complex supplier ecosystems</li></ul> Supply Planning M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Demand Planning Manager

2026-04-08

United States, Washington, Redmond +1 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP) is the central planning function within CSCP focused on forecasting, demand planning, and supply planning for all Microsoft Cloud services and associated hardware, directly impacting the success of Microsoft's cloud business. 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. Responsibilities In this role, you will be managing rolling 24-month cloud consumption forecast / plan for internal and external customers via a combination of statistical modeling and consensus demand planning. The primary focus will be: • Lead consensus demand planning process with Engineering Group, Customers, Finance, Field Sales, and Data Science teams to develop a rolling 24-month forecast as part of monthly planning process • Manage demand for high priority events across Standard Compute • Identify macro / micro industry trends affecting demand • Own and report forecast accuracy, forecast bias and value-add metrics for your customers / business segments • Explain drivers of month-over-month change, and corresponding financial impact • Partner with Data Science and Data Engineering teams to continuously improve forecasting models, and with center-of-excellence to improve processes • Partner with analytics team for automating reports and building management dashboards • Perform ad-hoc analysis for critical business needs • Bring in thought leadership to help management in building vision, and aligning with stakeholders Qualifications Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or related field AND 4+ years supply chain, inventory management or sales operations experience, preferably in planning (demand/supply/forecasting), cloud industry experience, infrastructure, data science, and/or channel management experience OR equivalent 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: • Minimum of 5 years in demand forecasting or supply chain planning in Cloud computing forecasting or IT hardware supply chain • MS/MBA preferred • Experience in leading consensus demand planning process, and a proven track record of executing demand planning processes • Experience working with Product / Engineering Groups Cloud / high tech supply chain experience is a plus #CSCP #CSCPJobs Demand Planning IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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