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Oracle Principal Program Manager in Albany, New York
Job Description
Job Description
At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a team with varied strengths of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and demeanor of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really hard-working, motivated, and a diverse set of people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.
We're seeking a Principal Demand Planner who designs and implements a stocking strategy to optimize resource utilization, improve performance and ensure high availability of cloud infrastructure. An ideal candidate possesses a deep experience in understanding emerging business needs, developing data analytics, creating scenario analysis, and partnering with supply management functions. The Principal Demand Planner possesses advanced knowledge of process improvement, and actively drives iteration and new takeaways into the inputs and methods for strategic inventory management including buffering demand, warehousing, and optimizing field inventory.
Responsibilities:
Develop, iterate, and maintain a buffer-stocking strategy at the customer, initiative, SKU, and geo level. The plan will enable OCI to meet growing/shifting customer demand by predicting and mitigating risks of shifts to planned demand and supply.
Iterate on stocking strategy based on performance metrics, feedback loops, strategic goals, business trends, and inputs from customers
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and drive alignment on policies that meet business objectives.
Identify risks and develop prioritized, effective, flexible, and durable mitigation strategies.
Facilitate healthy balance between long range planning and short-term execution. Understand end to end supply chain flow to help ensure customer demand is met.
Collaborate with product management to understand product lifecycle, transition, and how that impacts the stocking strategy.
Provide direct inputs and analysis of data to management, finance, and operational teams in creating and maintaining the corporate S&OP process.
Develop routine and ad-hoc demand analyses and reports for senior management.
Develop and analyze performance metrics to find opportunities for improvement and corrective action.
Develop standardized processes that include feedback loops to enable continuous improvements. Develop vision and requirements to automate standardized processes.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related fields
5+ years’ relevant experience within demand planning, capacity planning or forecasting
Extensive experience in developing demand plans and forecasts for new and existing products
Understand impact of revenue goals, customer usage, overhead and buffer, data center space and power availability on capacity management.
Demonstrate excellent analytical skills and meet deadlines with a strong desire to execute tasks with quality and a sense of urgency.
Advanced in Excel modeling and building complex forecasting models with multiple inputs to drive recommendations and decisions
Ability to both dive deep into data and synthesize findings and insights for exec level communication
Expert in Excel data analytics to drive action and outcome
Experienced in working with VPs and Executives
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads.
Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners to overcome obstacles and deliver results.
Experienced with infrastructure hardware, memory, CPU, JBoDs, servers, etc. Ability to read and interpret product BOM and documentation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
Thrive in ambiguity and ability to make high judgement decisions from ambiguous context.
Ability to translate large amounts of data into useful information and draw conclusions.
Maintain key operational metrics that measure demand planning performance driving continuous improvement.
Experience with building and improving business processes.
Working proficiency of SQL.
About Us
Innovation starts with inclusion at Oracle. We are committed to creating a workplace where all kinds of people can be themselves and do their best work. It’s when everyone’s voice is heard and valued, that we are inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. That’s why we need people with diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and abilities to help us create the future, and are proud to be an affirmative-action equal opportunity employer.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Career Level - IC4
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Develop, iterate, and maintain a buffer-stocking strategy at the customer, initiative, SKU, and geo level. The plan will enable OCI to meet growing/shifting customer demand by predicting and mitigating risks of shifts to planned demand and supply.
Iterate on stocking strategy based on performance metrics, feedback loops, strategic goals, business trends, and inputs from stakeholders
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and drive alignment on policies that meet business objectives.
Identify risks and develop prioritized, effective, flexible, and durable mitigation strategies.
Facilitate healthy balance between long range planning and short-term execution. Understand end to end supply chain flow to help ensure customer demand is met.
Collaborate with product management to understand product lifecycle, transition, and how that impacts the stocking strategy.
Provide direct inputs and analysis of data to management, finance, and operational teams in creating and maintaining the corporate S&OP process.
Develop routine and ad-hoc demand analyses and reports for senior management.
Develop and analyze performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and corrective action.
Develop standardized processes that include feedback loops to enable continuous improvements. Develop vision and requirements to automate standardized processes.
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range: from $87,800 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
About Us
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.
When everyone’s voice is heard, we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. It’s why we’re committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.
We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by calling +1 888 404 2494, option one.
Disclaimer:
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
* Which includes being a United States Affirmative Action Employer
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