Data Center Demand Planning Specialist
Location: Remote
Role Overview
We are seeking a Supply Chain Operations / Data Center Demand Planning Specialist with hands-on planning expertise and experience supporting operational excellence, analytics, and business transformation. The role combines demand forecasting, supply and inventory planning, cross-functional execution, and continuous improvement with opportunities to support Global Capability Center (GCC) operating models, data centers, and technology-enabled transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Supply Chain Operations & Demand Planning
- Develop and optimize demand forecasts, supply plans, inventory strategies, and service-level performance
- Analyze historical demand, market trends, capacity, lead times, stocking models, safety stock, and inventory risk
- Collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, sales, and regional stakeholders to align demand and supply; support planning and execution
- Align procurement plans with deployment schedules for servers, racks, networking equipment, power systems, cooling infrastructure, and other critical components
- Balance inventory availability, safety stock, and working capital while minimizing shortages, excess inventory, and obsolescence
Supply Chain Transformation & Global Capability Center (GCC) Enablement
- Assess current-state processes and design future-state workflows, governance, controls, and scalable operating models
- Support GCC setup, expansion, process transitions, knowledge transfer, and capability development where relevant
- Contribute to transformation roadmaps, operational standardization, process optimization, and automation initiatives
Analytics, Planning Systems & Technology
- Forecast data center infrastructure requirements based on deployment roadmaps, workload demand, and capacity expansion plans
- Use Kinaxis RapidResponse/Maestro, SAP S/4HANA, or comparable planning/ERP systems to support demand planning, inventory optimization, and scenario analysis
- Analyze disparate datasets using SQL, Power BI, Excel, and other analytical tools; create dashboards, KPI reporting, and data-driven recommendations
- Support planning system improvements, data integration, ERP modernization, and planning process enhancements