Microsoft · 13 hours ago
Strategic Sourcing Manager
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
3+ years expMicrosoft is expanding its Cloud business and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will oversee supplier relationships, develop sourcing strategies, and ensure compliance with Microsoft requirements to optimize costs and enhance supply chain efficiency.
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Responsibilities
Supplier Relationship manager for selected SI, representing sourcing with senior account team, to ensure their adherence to MSFT requirements across functions
Prepare internal executive briefings to communicate with senior executive leaders in advance of supplier Executive reviews to help influence favorable business outcomes
Engage across product design, quality, engineering, and operations to determine sourcing requirements for system integrators
Establish and maintain business relationships with stakeholders within and outside of the Sourcing organization
Collect, synthesize, and communicate fact-based insights to drive strategic initiatives and decision making for executives
Conduct capability assessments to develop and enable new suppliers
Allocate product business across SIs to optimize costs and ensure continuity of supply
Develop sourcing strategies to deliver optimized cost, production capacity, continuity of supply, and reduced FGI in support of product strategies
Engage with Supply Chain in various forums, and partner across organizations on actions and deliverables
Interface with demand/capacity planning, deployment, logistics, finance, data center operations and engineering to build processes & tools, drive optimization, garner supply chain efficiencies and improve delivery performance
Lead supplier readiness strategic initiatives across the SI supply chain to proactively ensure all certifications, licenses, and IOR/EOR requirements are met to ship globally without disruption
Demonstrate agility to resolve ad-hoc issues such as cost, tariffs, import / export compliance, and inventory consumption
Lead continuous improvement for commercial operations and sourcing processes
Negotiate pricing to maintain supply chain competitiveness and identify cost reduction opportunities
Execute RFQ / RFP activities to drive incremental cost savings and meet fiscal year plan targets
Ensure suppliers contract compliance with MSFT requirements to include general terms and conditions, commercial operations
Conduct quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and ensure supplier’s compliance to MSFT requirements
Support CSCP teams to drive suppliers to exceed their operational and cost metric targets
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR equivalent experience
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
10+ years' experience in sourcing, supply chain management, planning and commercial operations
4+ years Consulting background in Sourcing or Supply Chain
Excellent influencing skills with ability to build relationships across multiple layers in the organization
Strong verbal and written communication skills along with experienced storytelling abilities
Demonstrated critical thinking to solve complex challenges
Deep analytical capabilities and ability to synthesize data to influence leadership decision making
Extensive knowledge in hardware sourcing, supply chain and product development process
Strong track record and proven capabilities to lead cross functional teams in a fast-paced environment
Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes
Expertise with various business tools (e.g. word, excel, PBI, power point)
Company
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