Category Manager Job at Microsoft Corporation (Washington D.C.)

Job Description

The CO+I Supply Chain, Operations and Unified Technology (“SCOUT”) procurement team is responsible for establishing a flexible, efficient and reliable supply chain that can support a portfolio of complex datacenter operations. We are looking to fill a critical role of Category Manager for data center operations Supply Chain.

Job Responsibility

Define and execute a sourcing strategy for one or more complex purchasing categories within datacenter critical environment equipment maintenance and services to ensure optimal costs and a sufficient continuity of supplies
Share industry and category expertise across stakeholder teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies
Integrate business specifications into sourcing events, define and manage supplier scorecard criteria, coordinate performance reviews, and drive corrective actions
Manage contract and pricing negotiations for a single purchasing category
Influence senior managers, adopt practices, and apply market intelligence to enable quality execution, while educating stakeholders to ensure compliance, adapting policy as needed to mitigate risk
Drive consistency, timeliness, and quality of deliverables, ensuring stakeholders are aware of Service Level Agreements
Process or support stakeholder procurement requests for CE equipment maintenance and services via engagement
Execute contracts and comply with established control processes, identifying roadblocks and taking action to resolve them as needed
Develop pricing and negotiation strategies, gaining senior executive support and mitigating contract disagreements
Drive early business engagements for complex business areas and collaborate with suppliers and leads on onboarding processes

Requirements

Master's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND 3+ years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation
OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance OR related field AND 4+ years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operations OR equivalent experience
Strong commercial understanding and experience driving and developing contracts on key categories (General Contractors, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Power Generation, Construction Services, Operations Services)
Experience of collaborating with key stakeholders to jointly develop and implement category strategies to drive efficiencies, improve performance delivery and reduce costs
Experience of developing and enhancing supplier relationships
Data driven mindset to support continuous improvement and accurate reporting
Growth mindset to explore new technologies, new ways of working and new contracting methods
Knowledge of data center industry and experience managing a variety of project delivery methods - ability to lead a project team in defining risk and developing the appropriate contracting and compensation approach
Technical ability to write contracts, ability to set up sourcing plans and negotiation strategies and execute them
Excellent communicator that can interact with diverse groups across organizational levels
Familiarity with common process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six-Sigma, etc.) and ability to facilitate change management
Ability to implement new processes and get buy in from a cross functional team
Category Management experience in one or more key categories including General Contractors, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Construction Services, Operations Services
Skilled project management experience plus exceptional communication and influencing skills
Experience with Global and regional planning and development
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

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