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We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services.
Within CO+I, the strategic Supply Chain team is responsible for establishing a supply chain that can meet the ever-growing growth of the Cloud and our customers.
We are looking to fill a critical role of Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead the sourcing of construction consultancy services in support of our build program across the EMEA region.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
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.
Strong 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.
Experienced in the set up and management of category management plans to capture the long term business strategies for the General Contractor and Associated Sub-Categories.
Strong verbal and written communication skills for executive communication; ability to articulate points of view with executive management and stakeholders.
Be a high performer – be able to fit the Microsoft "culture" by effectively multi-tasking and managing priorities; have a "sense of urgency" regarding issue resolution.
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
#COICareers #EPCcareers #GSCcareers 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, collects relevant internal and industry data to understand business requirements, benchmarks data against relevant markets, and shares industry and category expertise across stakeholder teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies.
Collaborates cross-functionally to define and manage supplier scorecard criteria (e.g., key performance indicators [KPIs], Service Level Agreements [SLAs]), coordinates supplier performance reviews, and drives corrective actions.
Actively partners with suppliers to identify and drive continuous improvement and risk management opportunities by evaluating procedural, operational, and/or environmental factors, analyzing root causes of issues, sharing insights with key stakeholders, and influencing the adoption of needed improvements.
Manages contract and price negotiation activities for a single purchasing category cross-functionally and ensures that both price and capacity needs are met while also reflecting Microsoft's cross functional engagements with suppliers.
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, or cross-regionally to apply market intelligence and adopt practices that enable execution with consistency, accuracy, quality, and timeliness of delivery.
Manages supplier scorecard process, leads strategic business reviews, educates stakeholders on policy compliance, analyzes root causes of issues, and influences change internally and/or externally to address issues.
Ensures adherence to policy, educates stakeholders and suppliers on policy compliance, and manages the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues.
Ensures consistency, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of deliverables, and ensures Procurement stakeholders are aware of Service Level Agreement (SLA) and/or defined milestones and deliverables terms.
Procurement and Contracts Processes or supports stakeholder procurement requests for complex purchasing categories via engagement and/or leveraging workflow process or technology, where applicable in support of product and service requirements.
Executes contracts and complies with established control processes to ensure delivery and execution on contracts in alignment with business requirements.
Develops coherent sourcing strategies for early enabling works scopes across multiple geographies in EMEA building deep market knowledge through a network of sources in the industry.
Accountable to lead engagement with potential supply chain and lead the onboarding process in collaboration with our partner teams in Land Development, Engineering and Construction.
Stakeholder Collaboration Develops pricing and negotiation strategies for one or more complex purchasing categories, ensures that strategies clearly articulate the tradeoffs, roles, and responsibilities across parties, and gains senior executive support for strategies both internally and externally.
Drives early business engagements for complex business areas or purchasing categories with cross-functional leadership including product design, quality, and business teams, to define and drive action on supply solutions and strategies, business requirements, optimal sourcing spend, and priorities.
Collaborates with suppliers, serves as contact point between suppliers and multiple Microsoft accounts across one or more complex purchasing categories, developing and executing supplier account plans detailing priorities and focus for the supplier relationship for the upcoming period.