Data Center Demand Planning Specialist

About the role

Accenture is seeking a Supply Chain Operations / Data Center Demand Planning Specialist, a remote, full-time, mid-level position within its Business Advisory team. 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

• Develop and optimize demand forecasts, supply plans, inventory strategies and service-level performance, analyzing 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, and balance inventory availability, safety stock and working capital while minimizing shortages, excess inventory and obsolescence.
• Align procurement plans with deployment schedules for servers, racks, networking equipment, power systems and cooling infrastructure.
• Assess current-state processes and design future-state workflows, governance, controls and scalable operating models, and support GCC setup, expansion, process transitions, knowledge transfer and capability development.
• Forecast data center infrastructure requirements based on deployment roadmaps, workload demand and capacity expansion plans.
• Use planning and ERP systems such as Kinaxis RapidResponse/Maestro and SAP S/4HANA, and analyze data with SQL, Power BI and Excel to build dashboards, KPI reports and recommendations.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of experience in supply chain operations, demand planning, supply planning and/or inventory management.
• Preferred: a mix of supply chain, procurement operations and data center planning experience.
• Preferred: Lean Six Sigma certification, APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP certification, and experience with AI/Agentic AI use cases in forecasting and planning.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, operations or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience with process improvement, transformation and cross-functional stakeholder engagement.

Required skills

• ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba
• SQL, Power BI, advanced analytics and data visualization
• Kinaxis RapidResponse/Maestro and SAP S/4HANA (preferred)

What we offer

• Compensation varies by location and experience; annual salary ranges are given for several states.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays and paid time off.