Senior Sourcing Engineer

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.

Within CSCP, the Spares Supply Chain organization is reinventing and transforming the cloud service parts supply chain.  Our goal is to ensure the right spare parts are in the right place at the right time to support global capacity requirements and make sure our customers have the cloud capacity they need when they need it.

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.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for leading key Spares Strategic initiatives for short term and long term with cross functional teams; prioritizing deliverables across multiple initiatives running in parallel.
• Own and manage key spares supply chain program deliverables related to Spares sourcing, supply and warehouse and distribution that can drive cost savings and cost optimization within each vertical (Compute, storage and Network).
• Establish and build business case to align cross functionally on cost , process and optimization output.   
• Manage rhythm of business, action items, project timelines, and cross-functional alignment with up/downstream teams.   
• Benchmark industry practices, bring outside-in perspectives/ market intelligence, and draw implications to the Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain.   
• Build an effective team structure, develop and coach team members, and foster a culture of collaboration and excellence.
• Manage supplier relationships, including, but not limited to cost management, KPI's QBR and performance overview. 
• Build meaningful strategic relationship with key suppliers.

Qualifications

Required 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.
• 4+ years of experience in cloud/high tech supply chain. 

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field and, 9+ years supply chain operations, Cost optimization with suppliers, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR  Master’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field and 7+ years supply chain operations, Cost optimization with suppliers, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience.
• Hardware engineering and cloud supply chain background are preferred.
• Extensive experienc