Supply Chain Manager

OverviewMicrosoft's Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP's vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud Capacity Differentiated at Scale. Our mission is to deliver capacity for all cloud services predictably through intelligent systems driven by continuous learning and a world-class organization. The CSCP Organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), decommissioning, and disposition of Data center assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters supporting services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries worldwide. The Cloud Sourcing, Supply Chain, Spares and Security (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing and supply of IT hardware for the data centers. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable on-time performance, optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experiences to customers and partners worldwide. We are currently seeking a Supply Chain Manager to join the Storage Commodity sourcing team (within CS4) to manage 3P Silicon and Storage Accelerators supply chain. In this role, this person will be instrumental in delivering operational excellence for supply chain management, supplier relationship management, and balancing Microsoft's business priorities for the acquisition of technology and services related to compute & storage systems. 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.ResponsibilitiesThis role will also own strategic supply chain initiatives, including continuous improvement projects spanning all Storage and Memory commodities. Successful candidates will build long-lasting, strategic partnerships with the optimal supply base and internal stakeholders, positioning Microsoft for sustained success. Detailed responsibilities include:Supply Chain Management:Support development and execution of a supply plan spanning a multi-year strategy; Mitigate continuity of supply risk and develop key escalation channels across the supply base; Take part in executing providing feedback on sourcing strategy and then executing to it; Develop supplier capabilities on planning and supply chain operations delivery.Supply Planning:Onboard new suppliers to ensure they meet established requirements and expectations; Work with Supply Chain and Capacity Planning teams on the timing and availability of product transitions to plan for platform end of life (minimizing E&O inventory) and ramp of new platforms; Review priorities between production and spares to create allocation plans for constrained materials.Sourcing Operations:Issue and review all purchase orders placed by Microsoft for pilot, production, and spares to assure compliance and supportability against our inventory positioning; Meet regularly with assigned suppliers to review forecasts, capture supply commitments and publish internally; Define inventory buffer targets (in conjunction with Component Planning) and strategies based on historical usage and forecast; Define financial risk/liability associated with said buffers; Responsible for all analytics surrounding commodity operations, including but not limited to: Demand/Supply views, forecast changes, etc.Strategic Initiatives:Lead process improvement initiatives across Storage commodities in partnership with various internal stakeholder teams; Identify and drive various automation projects tied to forecast changes and associated impact on Storage commodities; Develop detailed forecast change analysis updates for leadership including weekly/monthly change analysis of demand leveraging existing Power BI reports; Be a champion for change management to adopt new business processes for improving efficiency.Embody our Culture & Values

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