Director of Strategic Procurement

4 weeks ago


Redmond, Washington, United States Microsoft Corporation Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Director of Strategic Procurement to join our team at Microsoft Corporation. As a key member of our procurement organization, you will be responsible for establishing and leading the development of multi-year sourcing strategies for complex purchasing opportunities company-wide.

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish and lead the development of multi-year sourcing strategies for complex purchasing opportunities company-wide, optimizing their value and ensuring continuity of services.
  • Ensure sourcing strategies account for relevant global perspectives and share thought leadership with internal teams and executive leadership.
  • Define a vision and strategy for process management to drive consistency and improvements, while leading cross-functional contract and pricing negotiations across purchasing categories.
  • Drive business impact by establishing functional standards and procurement performance expectations that define success metrics, while leading partnerships with global stakeholders to identify systemic threats and mitigate risks.
  • Provide strategic oversight for improving Service Level Agreement and deliverables, while managing price and procurement requests and complex pricing issues across purchasing categories.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field, and 9+ years of supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience.
  • OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field, and 7+ years of supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience.
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field, and 11+ years of supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience.
  • OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field, and 9+ years of supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience.
  • OR equivalent experience.

Category Management experience in one or more key categories including General Contractors, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Construction Services, Operations Services.

Skilled project management experience plus exceptional communication and influencing skills.

Experience with Global and regional planning and development.

Strong commercial understanding and experience developing contractual frameworks for relevant categories (General Contractors, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Construction Services, Operations Services).

Knowledge of data center industry and experience managing a variety of project delivery methods - ability to lead a project team in defining risk and developing the appropriate contracting and compensation approach.

Technical ability to write contracts, ability to set up sourcing plans and negotiation strategies and execute them.

Excellent communicator that can interact with diverse groups across organizational levels.

Familiarity with common process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six-Sigma, etc.) and ability to facilitate change management.

Ability to implement new processes and get buy in from a cross functional team.

Salary Range: $129,200 - $273,400 per year.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.



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