About the role
Sourcing management o Perform market assessment and benchmarking to support sourcing strategy development. o Support category/commodity sourcing for sustaining programs to ensure advantaged cost and sufficient continuity of supply. o Manage contracting activities with Legal and ensure contract reflect MSFT's cross functional engagements with suppliers. Cost and operations management o Identify cost reduction opportunities and drive supplier for cost competitiveness with sourcing tools (e.g. Cost modeling). o Run weekly, monthly, quarter review with team on cost and operations KPIs o Support ad-hoc cost issues e.g. tariffs / import export cost, cost inflation. o Support cost and supply chain operations needs relevant to system integrators e.g. invoice, PO, inventory
requirements o Continuous improvement of operations processes. Manage supplier performance and compliance o Ensure supplier compliant with MSFT
requirements (E.g. security, social responsibility, payment terms). o Coordinate business review discussions with cross-functional participation. o Ensure supplier deliver corrective actions on time from business review / audits o Support CSSC teams to drive suppliers toward their operational and cost metrics. 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. Proven capabilities in operating in a growing, fast-paced, results-oriented environment. Extensive knowledge in hardware sourcing and supply chain. Demonstrated track record in supplier negotiation and management. Distinctive problem solving leadership and analytical thinking for continuous improvement. Strong influencing skills and ability to build lasting relationships across multiple layers in the organization. Excellent communication and synthesizing skills of both written and verbal. Familiar with business tools (e.g. word, excel modeling, power point slides) and able to generate quality outputs.
