Microsoft Director Sourcing Procurement 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

48817233

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 Director of Sourcing and Procurement for Critical Environment (CE) Spare Parts.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 9+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 7+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of Category Management experience in one or more key categories including IT Equipment and Components, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Data Center Operations Services or Spare Parts
• 3+ years project management experience plus exceptional communication and influencing skills
• 3+ years experience with Global and regional planning and development.

Background Check 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.

While not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 11+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 9+ years supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
• Commercial understanding and experience developing contractual frameworks for relevant categories (Data Center Equipment, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment or IT Hardware).
• 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.
• 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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 2, 2025.

• You’ll establish and lead the development of multi-year, global sourcing strategies for CE Spare Parts, optimizing their value and ensuring continuity of services. You’ll also ensure sourcing strategies account for relevant global perspectives, and share thought leadership with internal teams and executive leadership.

• While leading the integration of business specifications and sourcing strategies into supplier selection processes for CE Spare Parts, you’ll define a vision and strategy for process management to drive consistency and improvements. You’ll also lead cross-functional contract and pricing negotiations across purchasing categories.

• You’ll drive business impact by establishing procurement standards and expectations that define success metrics, while leading partnerships with global stakeholders to identify systemic threats and mitigate risks. You’ll also provide strategic oversight for improving Service Level Agreement and deliverables.

• While managing price and procurement requests and complex pricing issues for CE Spare Parts, you’ll address unresolved escalations and drive process changes broadly across the organization. You’ll also provide guidance and clarification on contract execution and control processes.

• You’ll lead pricing and negotiation strategies for CE Spare Parts, broadly fostering partnerships to negotiate decisions, driving consensus in goals, and sharing thought leadership to enable teams to negotiate successfully. You’ll also drive strategies for business engagements between sourcing teams and corporate leadership to determine supply strategies at scale, and direct supplier activity across the most complex and strategic accounts.