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Supply Chain Manager - EMEA. Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft’s core cloud platforms and services. Within CO+I, the Global Supply Chain team is responsible for establishing a 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 the critical role of Supply Chain Manager, EMEA.
Job Responsibility:
Ensures consistency, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of deliverables, and ensures stakeholders are aware of Service Level Agreement (SLA) and/or defined milestones and deliverables terms
Communicates delays to stakeholders, and independently proposes and executes contingency measures
Ensures adherence to policy, educates stakeholders and suppliers on policy compliance, and manages the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues
Applies an end-to-end understanding of the tradeoffs between Microsoft and key suppliers to drive business impact
Route original contracts and subsequent Change Orders via workflow process or technology in support of product and service requirements
Executes contracts and complies with established control processes
Manages the resolution of escalated pricing issues raised by other sourcing personnel
Manage and coordinate a high volume of Data Center equipment assets in collaboration with vendor partners and cross functional Microsoft stakeholders
Integrates business specifications for complex purchasing areas into request for information (RFI) and/or request for proposal (RFP) processes
Manages contract and price negotiation activities on different pricing models for multiple purchasing category cross-functionally
Defines, maintains, and executes on sourcing strategies for one or more complex projects and/or purchasing opportunities
Collaborates with suppliers and internal Microsoft compliance stakeholders and leads initial and annual refresher on-boarding processes
Develops pricing and negotiation strategies for one or more complex purchasing categories
Drives early business engagements for complex business areas or purchasing categories with cross-functional leadership
Requirements:
Master's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, Law, Quantity Surveying or related field AND vast 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, Law, Quantity Surveying or related field AND extensive years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation