Site Procurement Manager

Overview

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's core cloud platforms and services that millions of people use every day. With more than 95% of Fortune 500 business on Azure, 180+million using Office 365, and millions using other services - all running on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure - CO+I builds andoperatesthe foundation upon which Microsoft's mission to empower everypersonand organization comes to life.

Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and deliveringa trustedexperience to customers and partners worldwide. 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 Global Supply Chain teamis responsible forestablishinga supply chain that can meet the ever-growing Microsoft Cloud for our customers. We support a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-billion, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects and operations of those assets. We are looking to fill a critical role ofSite Procurement Manager San Antonio, TXor Atlanta, Georgia

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Asemployeeswe come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empowerothersand 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."

This role islocatedeither in one or all hub locations - Atlanta, GA, Redmond, WA, San Antonio, TX or Phoenix, AZ.

Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates must relocateorresidewithin 50 miles of the hub office location.

Responsibilities

Creates,maintains, and executes material management for several construction projects performingpurchasingresponsibilities, ensuring continuity of supply and/or services. Integrates business specifications intorequest forinformation (RFI) and/orrequest forproposal (RFP) processes, manages supplier evaluation frameworks, and partners with suppliers to drive innovation and execution improvement. Supports contract and price negotiation activities and ensures alignment with cross-functional teams.Appliesend-to-end understanding of procurement processes to drive business impact and leads decision-making around workstream processes. Ensures adherence to policy and collaborates with senior stakeholders to driveconsistencyacross supply chain requests.Managesprocurement execution while ensuring procedural compliance. Monitors the impact of complex change orders and drives supplier and contractor performance management. Develops negotiation strategies andfacilitatesearly business engagements with cross-functional leadership. Manages supplier activity and external stakeholders to improve supplier performance.

Compliance

Ensures adherence to policy, educates stakeholders and suppliers on policy compliance, and contributes to the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues with minimal guidance.

Ensuresconsistency, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of deliverables in alignment with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and/or defined milestones and deliverables. Communicatesdelayspotential to stakeholders and executes contingency measures as directed.

Demonstrates an understanding of the tradeoffs between Microsoft and keysuppliers, anddrives business impact through the application of market intelligence and plans that enable execution with consistency, accuracy,qualityand timeliness of delivery. Manages aspects of supplier scorecard process and strategic businessreviews, andaddresses issues with minimal guidance. Facilitates periodic Microsoft-driven supplier audits against policy/contractual requirements. Ensures the governance modelmaintainsup to date sourcing and supplier data.

Procurement and Contracts

Route contracts and Change Orders via workflow process or technology in support of product and service requirements. Executes contracts andcomplies withestablished control processes as directed within an assigned purchasing category.Identifiesrisks and roadblocks to contract execution,monitorsthe impact of change orders, and escalates their resolution cross-functionally, including Legal and Corporate Affairs, or to senior sourcing personnel as needed. Ensures supplier performs the workin accordance withrequirementsset forth inthe contract.

Processes or supports stakeholder procurement requests forpurchasingcategories via engagement and/orleveragingworkflow processor technology, where applicable in support of product and service requirements with minimal guidance. Route original Purchase Orders as well as anysubsequentChange Orders via workflow process or technology in support of product and service requirements, with minimal guidance. Escalates the resolution of pricing issues to senior sourcing personnel. Audits supplier workin accordance withrequirementsset forth inthe Purchase Order.

Stakeholder Collaboration

Supports business engagements for low-risk and/or well-defined business areas orpurchasingcategories with cross-functional leadership, including product design, quality, and business teams, to advise on supply solutions and strategies, business requirements, and priorities with minimal guidance.

Collaborates with suppliers and internal Microsoft compliance stakeholders and performs active care as directed, toassistthem throughon-boarding. Serves as a contact point between a supplier and Microsoft for a set of well-defined accounts within the same purchasing category.

Develops the pricing and negotiation strategies for a well-defined purchasing category, ensures that strategy is clearly articulated cross-functionally, and gainsappropriate executivesupport for strategies both internally and externally with minimal guidance.