Microsoft Senior Supply Chain Program Manager 

United States, Washington 

292168635

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Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Hardware Engineering or related field AND 5+ years experience in technical engineering, manufacturing, operations, hardware development
  • OR equivalent experience in technical engineering, manufacturing, operations or a related area.

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

• 5+ years of experience in high-tech supply chain, new product introduction, sourcing, operations or related fields
• Experience in program management at a high-tech company with proven track record of successfully setting up and executing supply chain operational processes
• Proficient verbal and written communication along with interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes
• Proficient in business tools (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Azure Dev Ops), and ability to generate quality outputs
• Cloud supply chain experience

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 11, 2024.

In this role, you'll oversee supply chain readiness for new cloud solutions, focusing on collaboration with product teams, the product group, datacenter infrastructure, and supply chain functions to develop and implement a framework that ensures customer requirements are met. Specific duties would include:

• Working with cross-functional stakeholders and bringing your own thought leadership to define an NPI readiness strategy, including:
  • Conducting risk management efforts
  • Providing insights and identifying schedule acceleration opportunities
  • Conducting cost-benefit analyses and other analytics to examine performance and influence decisions
• Having an in-depth understanding of the product’s technical attributes, milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies
• Using technical experience and product knowledge to have effective engagements with Engineering to ensure schedule, risk, issues, quality, and product changes are aligned to business and customer needs
• Operating effectively in ambiguity- applying process where it creates value, and designing process where it’s needed
• Using program management tools and communication methods to ensure common understanding of the plan of record with stakeholders, holding them accountable to following the schedule
• Influencing across organizational boundaries to achieve broad business goals by early lifecycle engagement
• Scaling NPI processes to increase clarity and simplify execution
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