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Posted date: Jul 29, 2024
There have been 3 jobs posted with the title of Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager all time at Microsoft.Category: Hardware Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $215,800
Range: $137,600 - $294,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Microsoft’s Cloud business is experiencing explosive growth, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth. Our mission is to deliver the world’s computer with an industry-leading supply chain. CSCP is responsible for strategic sourcing, customer demand forecasting, capacity planning and management, supply chain planning and execution, capacity provisioning, and decommissioning and dispositioning of datacenter assets worldwide.Microsoft’s Cloud business is ushering in the AI era, and the Capacity, Supply Chain & Provisioning (CSCP) organization is responsible for delivering the products underlying this growth. We're looking for a talented Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team. Our mission is accelerate the deployment of AI network and optics to be first to deploy the fastest, highest quality, and most power efficient solutions in the world.
The Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager role has 3 key focus areas:
Supplier business strategy and product managementLifecycle, security, sustainability, cost, and availability managementSupplier performance and compliance Meanwhile, s/he needs to provide thoughtful leadership and drive strategic initiatives with internal stakeholders and suppliers to support cloud supply chain overall objectives and strategiesMicrosoft’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.
Strategic Sourcing management
Early engage with cross functional leadership including product design, quality, business teams to determine sourcing requirements for Network and Optics suppliersFoster the partnership with engineering & business partners to identify/influence design and technology selectionDevelop sourcing strategies to ensure competitive cost advantage and sufficient continuity of supplyDefine RFQ / RFP activities and direct structural sourcing team to conduct negotiations with suppliersManage contracting activities with Legal and ensure contract reflect MSFT’s cross functional engagements with suppliersServe as the escalation point for component supply and/or supplier issues
Total Cost of Ownership and Quality management
Identify TCO reduction opportunities and drive supplier for cost competitiveness Understand the key metrics for Microsoft (Pace, power, and price) and negotiate with supplier to exceed expectationIdentify and manage de-risking deployment challenges
Security, Supply Chain Resiliency, and supplier management
Develop and enable new suppliersAnalyze financial health of supplier ecosystem and leverage game theory to support partnership recommendationsMSFT’s central point of contact of supplier relationship in assigned categoriesEnsure supplier is committed to Security, sustainability, and social responsibility.Conduct business review discussions with internal and external stakeholdersEnsure supplier deliver corrective actions on time from business review / auditsEmbody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Minimum QualificationsBachelor'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 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 equivalent experience.Experience in leading cross functional teamsExperience in Datacenter Switching hardware and software
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
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, OR 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 equivalent experience. 10+ years experiences in procurement, Extensive experience in leading cross functional teamsExperience in Datacenter Switching hardware and software
Sourcing Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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