Microsoft Construction LLE Procurement Manager 

United Kingdom, England, London 

838649550

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• Extensive Experience in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations
• Hyperscale data center or large building construction experience in an owner or general contractor capacity
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• High energy and drive to achieve results in midst of ambiguity and matrixed org.
• 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.
• Must be able to drive sourcing strategy and supply chain execution for multiple categories.
• Able to integrate successfully into large-scale construction projects - large dollar contracts of over $50 Million.

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.

Field Service Technician/Engineer Management (OEM):

• Manage and oversee Supplier labor management in coordination with General Contractor, Scheduling Teams, and Internal Planning Teams to align schedules and deliverables.
• Manage schedule compliance and escalations from field team to support installation and Cx activities as required to drive efficiencies between Supplier and General Contractor.
• Negotiate and manage any change orders for overtime, schedule compression and acceleration as needed.

Change Order Management:

• Lead Change Order after CDEs & Tech Submittals are complete with Suppliers before Constructions begins.
• Monitor and mitigate the impact of change orders to the project, and partners cross-functionally to resolve/escalate accordingly.
• Attend management meetings after delivery to ensure any change orders for additional equipment are executed promptly.
• Act as the commercial Subject Matter Expert and prescribe the appropriate entitlement and justification for all change orders.
• Negotiate claims with detailed understanding of the contractual conditions and partner with Regional claims to settle or escalate.

OFCI Management & Quality Assurance:

• Help facilitate the MEP/OFCI (Owner Furnish Contractor Installed) equipment once delivered to site, including inspections and appropriate sign offs.
• Manage the receiving process of supplier equipment on site and supplier response time to defect resolution in relation to quality issues.
• Align and maintain design changes post IFC if needed to support design changes with procurement and engineering teams to ensure alignment with stakeholders to drive resolution.
• Deliver and coordinate project design information, specifications, compliance documents and technical submittals (master & project level design alignment)

Supplier Engagement & Performance:

• Manage post award site delivery scheduling, on-time delivery performance, and reporting.
• Communicate scheduling delays from OFCI/LLE equipment to relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee site specific LLE performance and collaborate with both internal and external partners to proactively resolve issues.
• Manage technical risk management of design including timelines, and service level agreements to avoid disruption to site timelines.
• Acts as liaison between supplier, engineer (EOR), architectural engineer (AE), engineering and supply chain teams to execute complex post award design alignment between suppliers and Microsoft.

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