Microsoft Supply Chain Manager

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Posted date: Aug 30, 2024

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Category: Supply Chain

Location: Redmond, WA

Estimated salary: $147,550
Range: $94,600 - $200,500

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 expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud Capacity Differentiated at Scale. Our mission is to deliver capacity for all cloud services predictably through intelligent systems driven by continuous learning and a world class organization.

The CSCP Organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), decommissioning and disposition of Data center assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 on-line businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters supporting services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries worldwide.

Cloud Sourcing, Supply Chain, Spares and Security (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing and supply of IT hardware for the data centers. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable on-time performance, 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 trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

We are currently seeking a Supply Chain Manager to join the Storage Commodity sourcing team (within CS4) to manage 3P Silicon and Storage Accelerators supply chain. In this role, this person will be instrumental in delivering operational excellence for supply chain management, supplier relationship management, and balancing Microsoft’s business priorities for the acquisition of technology and services related to compute & storage systems.

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.

This role will also own strategic supply chain initiatives, including continuous improvement projects spanning all Storage and Memory commodities.

Successful candidates will build long-lasting, strategic partnerships with the optimal supply base, internal stakeholders and position Microsoft for sustained success.

Detailed responsibilities include:

Supply Chain Management:

• Support development and execution of a supply plan spanning a multi-year strategy

• Mitigate continuity of supply risk and develop key escalation channels across supply base

• Take part in executing providing feedback on sourcing strategy and then executing to it

• Develop supplier capabilities on planning and supply chain operations delivery Supply Planning:

• On board new supplier to ensure they meet established requirements and expectation

• Work with Supply Chain, and Capacity Planning teams on the timing and availability of product transitions to plan for platform end of life (minimizing E&O inventory) and ramp of new platforms

• Review priorities between production and spares to create allocation plans for constrained materials Sourcing

Operations:

• Issue and review all purchase orders placed by Microsoft for pilot, production, and spares to assure compliance and supportability against our inventory positioning

• Meet regularly with assigned suppliers to review forecast, capture supply commitments and publish internally

• Define inventory buffer targets (in conjunction with Component Planning) and strategies based on historical usage and forecast. Define financial risk/liability associated with said buffers

• Responsible for all analytics surrounding commodity operations, including but not limited to: Demand/Supply views, forecast changes, etc.

Strategic Initiatives:

• Lead process improvement initiatives across Storage commodities in partnership with various internal stakeholder teams

• Identify and drive various automation projects tied to forecast changes and associated impact on Storage commodities

• Develop detailed forecast change analysis updates for leadership including weekly/monthly change analysis of demand leveraging existing Power BI reports

• Be a champion for change management to adopt new business processes for improving efficiency

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 3+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experienceOR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 1+ year(s) supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experienceOR equivalent experience.Previous experience working in the Semiconductor Space or related commodity segment.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

Business professional with a passion for industry knowledge relevant to semiconductor or related commodity segment.Exceptional leadership skills and growth mindset to drive cross functional engagement.Ability to partner with key internal stakeholder teams to build credibility and trust while driving alignment around common strategy.Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.Proven track record in supply management and supplier negotiation.Ability to clearly articulate points of view with executive management.Sourcing or supply chain management of semiconductor or related. commodity segment.Master’s degree in business, Supply Chain or equivalent.Supply Planning IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 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 $122,000 - $200,500 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 12, 2024.

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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