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Microsoft · 11 hours ago

Data Center Inventory & Technician Manager

United States, Illinois, Chicago

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$60K/yr - $124K/yr

3+ years exp

Microsoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Data Center Inventory & Asset Technician Manager to lead a team responsible for inventory management tasks and regulatory compliance in their data centers. The role involves overseeing day-to-day operations, managing relationships with vendors, and ensuring compliance with safety procedures while promoting a positive team culture.

Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Managers help deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring while promoting a positive and effective team culture

Responsible for overall day-to-day operations and ensure inbound and outbound processes are running smoothly and effectively

Assess resource and workflow patterns to determine any needed changes in work assignments to ensure timelines are met

Support the planning, management, and communication of end-to-end project plans with applicable stakeholders and teams

Ensure that all issues are documented, tracked, discussed, and resolved with internal and external stakeholders as well as suppliers with consistent and complete communication

Coordinate and oversee relationships with any third-party vendors who perform DBD destruction as necessary ensuring all DBDs leaving premises do not contain customer information and are destroyed

Comply with established methodologies and approaches to ensure delivery and execution of contracts and purchase orders

Process price and procurement requests requested by Microsoft management in support of server, network, Storage Area Network (SAN), and spare requirements

Provide thought leadership on established methodologies and monitor outcome

Serve as subject matter expert and model compliance to junior team members

Conduct or assist in conducting daily safety briefings, completes required safety training, provides guidance to technicians to facilitate compliance with safety procedures (e.g., Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage, rack moving, heavy-equipment usage, lifting, ladder/rolling stair use)

Seek out opportunities to contribute to workstreams and evolve existing workstream processes, services, and solutions toward greater simplification and automation

Embody our culture and values

Qualification

Warehouse ManagementSupply Chain ManagementInventory ManagementAPICS CertificationLogisticsHeavy-Load Equipment OperationProject ManagementTeam LeadershipCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

High School Diploma AND 3+ year(s) experience warehouse/supply chain in an information technology (IT) environment, inventory management, retail, warehouse management, logistics, or a related field

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements

Preferred

5+ year(s) experience in warehouse/supply chain in an information technology (IT) environment, IT, and/or logistics, operating heavy-load movement equipment (e.g., forklift, pallet jacks, chassis lifts) for a large corporation

1+ year(s) project management experience

Certification in American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)/Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM), Inventory Control, OR equivalent