Overview

Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.

The Cloud Sourcing, Spares, Security and Sustainability (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing, strategy, and suppliers to provide cost, flexibility, and supply advantages that enable our org to become a world-class supply chain. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable, on-time performance and 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 a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

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.

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Responsibilities

• Sourcing management and strategies

• Early engage with cross functional leadership including product design, quality, business teams to determine sourcing requirements for system integrators

• Foster the partnership with engineering & business partners to identify/influence design and technology selection

• Develop sourcing strategies for PCBA/ME/EE categories to ensure advantaged cost and sufficient continuity of supply

• Define RFQ / RFP activities and direct structural sourcing team to conduct negotiations with suppliers

• Manage contracting activities with Legal and ensure contract reflect MSFT’s cross functional engagements with suppliers

• Serve as the escalation point for component supply and/or supplier issues

• Cost and operations management • Set up savings targets for the categories managed and drive sourcing managers to deliver the result

• Identify cost reduction opportunities and drive supplier competition with cost modelling and other sourcing tools.

• Run weekly, monthly, quarter review with team on cost and operations KPIs

• Manage ad-hoc cost issues e.g. tariffs / import export cost, cost inflation

• Support cost and supply chain operations needs relevant to system integrators e.g. invoice, PO, inventory requirements

• Continuous improvement of operations processes

• Manage supplier performance and compliance

• Develop and enable new suppliers

• MSFT’s central point of contact of supplier relationship in assigned categories

• Ensure supplier compliant with MSFT requirements (E.g. security, social responsibility, payment terms)

• Conduct business review discussions

• Ensure supplier deliver corrective actions on time from business review / audits

• Support CSSC teams to drive suppliers toward their operational and cost metrics

• Lead site development Taiwan CoE includes determining site future strategy, talent management, and cultural development

• Develop and manage talent based on Microsoft HR policies

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:
• Master'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 roles OR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 10+ 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:
• 15+ years experiences in procurement, supply chain, operations areas

• 10+ year working experience in sourcing and supplier management in PCBA, EE, ME and/or thermal categories • Extensive experience in leading cross functional teams

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

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