Microsoft

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field with 3-4 years of relevant experience.
  • Strong background in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, engineering, or relevant sales roles.
  • Ability to meet security screening requirements for government or Microsoft.
  • Experience in logistics operations, specifically vendor managed inventory (VMI).
  • APICS/CPIM/CSCP certification or substantial project/process experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Manage supplier relationships, ensuring adherence to Microsoft's requirements.
  • Collaborate with teams in product design and engineering to define sourcing needs.
  • Develop sourcing strategies to optimize costs and ensure supply continuity.
  • Conduct capability assessments and allocate product business to suppliers.
  • Oversee all financial settlements with suppliers and manage logistics operations.
  • Negotiate pricing and execute RFQ/RFP activities to achieve cost savings.
  • Ensure supplier compliance with contract terms and conduct quarterly reviews.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for various employee benefits and compensation programs.
  • Access to ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Supplier Relationship Management
  • Assigned SI, representing sourcing with senior account team, to ensure their adherence to MSFT requirements.
  • Engage across product design, quality, engineering, and operations to determine sourcing requirements for system integrators.
  • Develop sourcing strategies to deliver optimized cost, production capacity, continuity of supply, and reduced FGI.
  • Establish and maintain business relationships with stakeholders within and outside of the Sourcing organization.
  • Collect, synthesize, and communicate fact-based insights to drive strategic initiatives and decision making for executives.

Long Term business planning and Source Selection
  • Conduct capability assessments to develop and enable new suppliers.
  • Allocate product business across SIs to optimize costs and ensure continuity of supply.
  • Experienced in developing forecasting models for new factory and warehouse capacity.
  • Maintain SI Sourcing strategy align to support product strategy.

Commercial and hub operations
  • Manage execution of all financial settlements with suppliers to include E&O and purchase price variance.
  • Experience in managing VMI logistics operations to optimize inbound materials from hub to SI factory dock.
  • Lead SI readiness strategic initiatives to ensure all certifications, licenses, and IOR/EOR requirements are met to ship globally.
  • Demonstrate agility to resolve ad-hoc issues such as cost, tariffs, import / export compliance, and inventory consumption.
  • Experience in managing execution custom brokerage requirements and knowledge of current laws and policies.
  • Lead continuous improvement for commercial operations and sourcing processes

Cost Management
  • Negotiate pricing to maintain supply chain competitiveness and identify cost reduction opportunities.
  • Execute RFQ / RFP activities to drive incremental cost savings and meet fiscal year plan targets

Supplier performance and contract compliance
  • Ensure suppliers contract compliance with MSFT requirements to include general terms and conditions and business operations.
  • Conduct quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and ensure supplier's compliance to MSFT requirements.
  • Support CSCP teams to drive suppliers toward their operational and cost metrics.


Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles
    • OR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles
    • OR equivalent experience.

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:
  • 10+ years of experience in sourcing, supply chain management, planning, and commercial operations.
  • 4+ years of consulting experience in sourcing or supply chain management.
  • 4+ years of logistics operations experience, focussed on vendor managed inventory (VMI).
  • Strong record of leading cross-functional teams and driving effective collaboration.
  • Experience managing cloud or high-tech supply chain processes.
  • APICS/CPIM/CSCP certification or demonstrable project/process experience.
  • Expertise in using advanced Excel and PowerPoint tools, with knowledge of MRP systems.


Sourcing Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Learn more about Microsoft
Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
MSFT
* Ladders Estimates

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