Seasonal Category Planning Manager - Retail
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 25, 2025 | |
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OverviewOur purposeas the WW Consumer Channel Sales groupis to earn fans and drive growth by building emotional connections to delight and empower everyone. We engage with consumers globally throughout their shopping journeys, navigating both physical storefronts and digital visits across Partner Channels in Windows, M365 and Surface.Together with retail partners, we drive profitable growth in Windows, Surface, and M365 and inspire customers to use Copilot as their preferred AI companion to achieve more. As a member of our team,you'llbe part of growing a multi-billion-dollar business, charting new areas of innovation, andimpactingbillions of lives around the world. You also will be a part of a culturecentredon embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. If that appeals to you,it'san exciting time to be hereand a part of the WWConsumer Channels Sales group (WWCCS). The Seasonal Category Planning Manager - Retai is responsible for ensuring regional Windows teams are equipped with the right content, insights, and tools to drive execution excellence with retail partners around the world. You will align to key consumer moments, retailer milestones and PC cycles through regional forums like seasonal marketing meetings, retailer readiness, and CES. This role is essential in driving clarity on the top priorities for each season and what it is we are trying to accomplish in growing the Windows Consumer Business. Ensuring our partners globally are going to market with a tightly aligned strategy across our Windows ecosystem is vital and this role spearheads that work. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive our Windows Consumer strategy and priorities at retail and have immense impact on the business.
ResponsibilitiesDrive seasonal planning by ensuring clarity on business priorities, with strong collaboration across Go-To-Market and Product Marketing Management teams to develop content and support plans for Worldwide Go-To-Market planning.Ensure field teams are equipped with the tools and information they need to support Go-To-Market activities and product launches by developing and executing a comprehensive planning framework.Own Windows Customer and Partner Solutions Integrated Planning deliverables for the Consumer Channel Sales team, including the Seasonal Marketing Moments process. Lead the process to ensure a 360-degree perspective from regional teams and key stakeholders on strategy.Partner across organizations to drive timelines for seasonal priority setting and Go-To-Market preparation to support global partner execution. What our team offers At our core, we are a customer-focused team that encourages a diverse & inclusive culture. We are respectful, collaborative, honest, accountable, and caring. The right candidate can expect to have opportunities to grow their own experience and career, influence groups and partners across the company and help develop key go to market strategies and tactics that will enable long term growth for Microsoft. | |