Microsoft DC Contracts - Early Works Category Manager 

Singapore 

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, and/or Operations.

• Proven experience managing hyper-scale construction projects,demonstratingthe ability to lead and deliver complex, large-scaleprojectsfrominitiationthroughtocompletion.

• Extensive experience in supply chain management, commercial negotiations, and contracting, as well as external supplier/contractor management across multiple projects in diverse locations.

• Deep understanding of Commercial Contracting language and terms with proven negotiation skills with external suppliers / service providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• xperience in the Data Center, Infrastructure,Semi-conductor,Power, or Oil & Gas industries, managing capital projects with contractor and supplier management responsibilities.

• Experience working in a large, multinational organization, preferably on the owner’s side, with a strong understanding of corporate processes, stakeholdermanagement, and global operations.

The DC Contracts -Early WorksManager willpre- and post-award contract activities forDatacenter Early Worksto improve availability, velocity,and scalability in Capex construction supply chainEarly Worksprojects typically entail early site preparation and improvement works in advance of permanent data center construction activities.Such works include but are not limited to site clearance, tree felling, demolition, site remediation, earthworks grading, test piles, utility diversions, and site access works.Early Works Category Managerrole involves developing and implementing multi-year sourcing strategies,negotiation of framework agreements, andhighly complexcategories, manage supplier activity and progress, and develop and execute supplier account plans detailing mutual priorities and focus for the supplier relationship for the upcoming period.

Responsibilities

• sub-regionalcontract teamsand othercontract stakeholders to ensure awareness of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and/or defined milestones and deliverables, and to drive timeliness, accuracy, quality, and consistency across supply chain requests. Serves as subject matter expert on the SLA, milestones, and/or deliverables, and manages any escalations related to policy non-compliance. Leverages data toanticipate

• identifiesand seeks solutions to compliance areas/gaps, and influences leadership to drive change internally and/or externally.

• Ensures adherence to policy, educates stakeholders and suppliers on policy compliance, and drives the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues. Influences current and future policy direction as needed to mitigate risks across business units and enable suppliers to meet business requirements.

Contracts & Supplier Management

• maintains, andexecutes onmulti-year sourcing strategy forearly worksprojectsacross APAC,optimizingcosts, ensuring continuity of supply and/or services, and driving benchmarking and alignment across Microsoft. Works cross functionally with senior stakeholders and consults with other industry experts to inform strategy with a global view. Leverages end-to-end sourcing and procurementexpertiseand benchmark data toidentify, revise, and influence the definition of business requirements, manage conflicting priorities and trade-offs, and resolve escalations to execute on sourcing strategies and solutions.

• identifiesgaps or trends across supplier strategic business and performance reviews, and drives corrective actions. Partners with suppliers to drive innovation and improvement, transform operational capabilities, and proactivelyidentifyand manage risk. Evaluates procedural, operational, and/or environmental factors across categories, accounting for key stakeholder relationships and dependencies, analyzing root causes of issues, linking insights to improvement strategies, and influencing the adoption of needed improvements.

• Identifies

• Identifiesissues related to procurement requests and collaborates with business partners to proactively drive process and system improvements. Engages the supply base to process price validation and deliveraccuratepricing to relevant team(s) for purchase order creation. Oversees price and procurement requests via workflow process or technology as applicable in support of product and service requirements, ensuring procedural compliance, and managing the resolution ofhighly complexpricing issues raised by other sourcing personnel.

• Provides support in the creation and delivery of contractadministrationplans,assistingin the definition of control processes and approaches that ensure alignment with business requirements and promote continuous improvements in contractadministrationacross organizations. Acts as a primary point of contact for supporting teams inidentifyingand resolving internal and/or external contract delivery and execution risks. Offers guidance onmonitoringthe impact of complex change orders to the underlying businesscase, andworks cross-functionally to adjust impact models.Assistsin the management of claims, supporting teams in addressing contract disputes and ensuring they are resolved ina timelyand effective manner, in line with contract terms. Supports the proper management of contract notices, helping ensure that all required notifications, amendments, and correspondence are documented accurately and communicated promptly to relevant stakeholders.

• highly complexand/or undefined business areas orpurchasingcategories with cross functional leadership including product design, quality, and business teams, to share best practices, influence decision-makers, drive action, andoptimizesourcing strategies, business requirements, spend, and short- and long-term priorities. Facilitates industry and ecosystem engagements and provides expert consultation with leadership teams on sourcing decisions and optimizations that can be deployed at scale.

• Develops and leads pricing and negotiation strategies for several complex purchasing categories, ensures that strategies clearly articulatetradeoffs, roles, and responsibilities across parties, and gainsleadershipsupport for strategies both internally and externally. Anticipates negotiation setbacks, proactively drives action to mitigate contract disagreements, andcoaches

• Manages supplier activity and progress across multiple accounts and complexpurchasingcategories,developingand executing supplier account plans detailing mutual priorities and focus for the supplier relationship for the upcoming period. Trains external stakeholders during onboarding andidentifiesengagement programs to improve supplier performance to achieve business goals.

Behavioural Attributes

• Can create clarity, generate energy, and deliver success; always beplanning for the future

• Have high integrity – must be ethical and strong value-based individual focused on fairness andmaintainingconfidentiality.

• Bring high energy – a drive to achieve results in midst of ambiguity and a matrix organization.

• regardingissue resolution.

• player&collaborative – Demonstrates an ability to foster collaborationsacross teams and stakeholders,leveragingdiverse perspectives to achieve common goals. Activelyparticipatesin and drives cross-functional initiatives, balancing individual contributions with group success.