Category Director - Construction Trades Sourcing

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Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

The Global Procurement (GP) team is an integral engine to Micron’s growth, delivering outstanding total cost and supply chain resiliency through innovative predictive capabilities, risk analysis and a focus on sustainability! Our business goals are directly tied to the value we place on our team members – our greatest asset. Micron’s investments will bring innovative memory manufacturing to the United States. We believe that investing in, building, developing, and supporting this outstanding construction workforce is key to not only accomplishing expansions in Idaho and New York, but in supporting the industry to achieve the goals of the CHIPS Act. Semiconductor fabs are the most sophisticated manufacturing facilities in the world and require a skilled workforce. Due to the dynamic nature of technology, fabs are in a constant state of construction, and Micron will continue to invest, develop, and support this workforce for generations.

As the Category Director – Construction Trades Sourcing, you will be responsible to lead sourcing efforts for trade partners working on major construction projects (greater than $300M) across the United States, working with the regional sourcing teams, construction teams, and designated project partners. You will engage with executive leadership to prepare strategy and advance negotiations and develop strong supplier relationships and work with internal customers to enable the best business outcomes. In this position you will be a result driven thinker, highly organized, an excellent problem solver and have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. Ensure maximum value of major construction contracts by sourcing, contracting, developing suppliers, and completing strategies. This role from time to time will also tackle and lead specific expansion related activities, community engagement or other special assignments.

Key Responsibilities

• Objectives and Planning: Develop and implement sourcing strategy and execution plan for construction project trade partners.

• Agreement Development: Crafting, evaluating, negotiating, and completing master agreements with Tier 1 subcontracts nationally.

• Labor Market Expertise: Monitor and strategize on attracting skilled labor to major construction projects, including elements involving housing, transportation, childcare, incentives, etc.

• Risk Management: Partner with external parties to develop skilled labor pipeline to mitigate and potential key labor shortages / constraints including, but not limited to scaling of existing programs, creating new pathways and strengthening existing programs.

• Relationship Development: Identify and pre-qualify trade partners (emphasis on mechanical, electrical, plumbing) and external strategic partnerships (e.g. trade schools) to establish long-term strategic relationships.

• Owner oversight of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) and interface between main parties.

• Strategy Execution: Integrate trade agreements into all aspects of the construction project including planning, buy-out and post buy-out activities.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams including construction and engineering to find opportunities that improve competitiveness upstream in the project lifecycle.

• Market Research & Intelligence: Provide up-to-date insights on the U.S. contracting market, with a strong focus on construction labor trends.

• Contract Issue Resolution: Address and resolve contract-related concerns with key subcontractors and customers.

Successful Candidates will demonstrate the following skills:

• Leadership: track record of developing high-performing teams that attracts, retains and develops people to improve their potential and contribute to the business at the highest levels possible.

• Business Sense: ability to demonstrate industry knowledge, analysis and solutioning and translate into meaningful business insights.

• Communication and Influence: clear and concise communication to educate, advise and cultivate relationships.

• Strategic Execution: this role necessitates a balance of thought leadership and driving vision into actionable plans and results.

 Minimum Qualifications