Strategic Sourcing Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

32d

About The Position

Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth. CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, security, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries. The Cloud Sourcing, Security and Sustainability (CS3) organization within CSCP oversees sourcing, strategy, and supplier management to deliver cost efficiency, flexibility, and supply advantages for Microsoft’s global supply chain. Effective sourcing and supply chain management ensure reliable performance, optimized costs, and timely information sharing across the supply base and infrastructure teams. CS3 prioritizes smart, efficient growth to consistently deliver high-quality products to customers and partners worldwide. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every individual and organization to achieve more. We foster a growth mindset, drive innovation, and collaborate to achieve shared goals, upholding our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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).

Responsibilities

Supplier Relationship Management
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.
Long Term business planning and Source Selection
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.
Commercial operations
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.
Cost Management
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.
Supplier performance and contract compliance
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.