Category and Strategic Sourcing Manager

4 days ago

Redmond, Washington, United States Microsoft Corporation Full time
Job Title: Category and Strategic Sourcing Manager

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is a team that delivers over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services worldwide. We are responsible for infrastructure, security, compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services. As a Category and Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for establishing a supply chain that can meet the ever-growing growth of the Cloud and our customers.

Responsibilities
  • Sourcing: Defines, maintains, and executes on sourcing strategies for one or more complex projects and/or purchasing opportunities to ensure optimal cost and sufficient continuity of supply and/or service.
  • Compliance: Applies an end-to-end understanding of the tradeoffs between Microsoft and key suppliers to drive business impact by influencing senior managers cross-functionally.
  • Procurement and Contracts: Processes or supports stakeholder procurement requests for complex purchasing categories via engagement and/or leveraging workflow process or technology.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Statistics, or related field AND 8+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, logistics, operations-related roles, or engineering.
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of construction experience.
  • 5+ years of experience working in a cross-functional team environment on dynamic large-scale capital and/or hyperscale datacenter programs.
  • 3+ years of experience negotiating master agreements.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Quantity Surveying or other related construction qualification AND 10+ years post-graduate experience in construction supply chain and/or construction procurement specifically with large complex capital projects.
  • Commercial understanding and experience of driving and developing key contractual components of categories (General Contractor, Civil Works Contracting, Architect / Engineer, Commissioning, Project Management, Cost Management and other construction services suppliers).
  • Knowledge of Datacenter industry preferable and/or mission-critical experience and experience managing a variety of project delivery methods – ability to collaborate with a project team in defining risk and developing the appropriate contracting and compensation approaches.
What We Offer

Fulfillment & Logistics IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $115,000 - $200,300 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 $146,200 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 24th, 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.

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