Microsoft Procurement Manager - Americas Execution Oversight Team 

United States, Arizona, Phoenix 

899655812

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field AND 6+ years experience (including internships) in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations
• OR Master's Degree in Engineering,Construction Management, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations
• OR equivalent experience.
• Hyperscale data center or large building or other large scale construction experience in an owner or general contractor capacity

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 every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ Years Experience in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations
• 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.
• Ability to drive to achieve results in midst of ambiguity and matrixed organization
• Technical ability to write contracts, ability to set up sourcing plans and negotiation strategies and execute them.
• Effective 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.
• Ability to drive sourcing strategy and supply chain execution for multiple categories.
• Ability to integrate successfully into large-scale construction projects - large dollar contracts of over $50 Million.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Field Service Technician/Engineer Management:

• Verify Supplier labor management on site visits in coordination with General Contractor, Scheduling Teams, and Internal Planning Teams to align schedules and deliverables.
• Audit schedule compliance and escalations from field team to support installation and Commissioning activities as required to drive efficiencies between Supplier and General Contractor
• Review and advise on strategy for any change orders for overtime, schedule compression and acceleration as needed.

Change Order Management:

• Assess Change Order activity after CDEs & Tech Submittals are complete with Suppliers before Constructions begins.
• Review the impact of change orders to the project with Execution Oversight Team partners cross-functionally to mitigate impact on schedule and cost.
• Examine the commercial justification for change orders and review with site team.
• Knowledge of claims management with the detailed understanding of the contractual conditions.

OFCI Management & Quality Assurance:

• Inspect the MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) / OFCI (Owner Furnish Contractor Installed) equipment process of field team
• Audit receiving process of supplier equipment on site and supplier response time to defect resolution in relation to quality issues
• Inspect any design changes post IFC (Issued for Construction) and ensure alignment with Execution Oversight Team stakeholders.
• Review project design information, specifications, compliance documents and technical submittals while on site (master & project level design alignment)

Supplier Engagement & Performance:

• Assess post award site delivery scheduling, on-time delivery performance, and reporting.
• Review and monitor scheduling delays from OFCI/LLE (Liquid-Liquid Extraction) equipment to relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee site specific LLE performance and collaborate with both internal and external partners to proactively resolve issues.
• Supervise technical risk management of design including timelines, SLA/KPI’s to avoid disruption to site timelines.
• Leadership liaison between suppliers, site team, and EOT members to execute alignment between suppliers and Microsoft.
• Effectively document and communicate improvement recommendations after site audit completion.
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