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Posted date: Sep 10, 2025
Category: Hardware Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! 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, 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, Spares, Security and Sustainability (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing, strategy, and suppliers to provide cost, flexibility, and supply advantages that enable our org to become a world-class supply chain. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable, on-time performance and optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.
We are looking for a Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager - Optics to join our team.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Focus Areas:
Early engagement with suppliers, network architecture and engineering teams to identify optimization opportunities and drive product solutions around design for availability and TCO.Establishment of appropriate sourcing strategy with relevant partners to drive long-term goals of Technology Adoption, COS (Continuity of Supply), cost, Quality, Business Health and SustainabilityFound and deliver supplier relationship management strategies tuned to each supplier.Drive RFP selection process through analysis of supplier capabilities.Provide thought leadership and manage strategic initiatives with internal stakeholders and suppliers to support cloud supply chain objectives and strategiesResponsibilities:
Sourcing management
Engage with cross- functional leadership including Network architecture, engineering, quality, and business teams to determine design solution and supply base to deliver that solution at optimal SC, COS, and cost.Own the Datacenter Switch technical sourcing strategy, partnering with product engineering teams on high visibility technology developments and delivery of innovative solutionsLead industry initiatives and innovate on business models to deliver best in cloud solutionsDefine RFQ / RFP activities and conduct negotiations with suppliers.Manage contracting activities with Legal and ensure contracts reflect appropriate business terms, IP protection, etc.Cost and operations management
Build multi-sourcing strategies to mitigate risk and drive appropriate competition.Identify cost reduction opportunities and drive supplier competition with cost modelling and other sourcing tools.Run weekly, monthly, quarter review with team on cost and operations KPIsContinuous improvement of all critical areas around supply, mfg., cost, etc.Manage supplier performance and compliance
Develop and enable new suppliersEnsure supplier compliance with MSFT security and social responsibility requirementsConduct Executive Business Review discussionsEnsure on time supplier delivery of corrective actions from business review / auditsSupport and meet business cost metrics through the development processEmbody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 6+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related rolesOR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related rolesOR equivalent experience.3+ years of working with networking optics.Other Requirements:
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 Qualifications:
Cloud / high tech supply chain experienceExtensive knowledge in hardware sourcing and supply chainDemonstrated track record in supplier negotiation and managementProficient influencing skills and ability to build lasting relationships across multiple layers in the organizationProficient communication and synthesizing skills of both written and verbalAble to generate quality outputs using Microsoft tools (Word, Excel modeling, Power Point slides).Sourcing Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 19th, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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