Senior Network Sourcing Manager

Overview

Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computers with an industry-leading supply chain.

The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide.

We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.

The Cloud Sourcing, Security and Sustainability (CS3) organization within CSCP manages sourcing, strategy, and suppliers to provide cost, flexibility, and supply advantages that enable our org to become a world-class supply chain.

Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable, on-time performance and optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and deliver trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

The role of the Senior Network Sourcing Manager will focus on the following key areas:

• Define and establish Microsoft’s Network Sourcing strategy for datacenter switching technologies to drive competitive advantages for Microsoft cloud offerings.
• Early engagement with our suppliers, network architecture and engineering teams to identify optimization opportunities and drive product solutions around design for availability and TCO.
• Establish appropriate sourcing strategy with relevant partners to drive long-term goals of Technology Adoption, COS (Continuity of Supply), Cost, Quality, Business Health, and Sustainability.
• Provide thought leadership and manage strategic initiatives with internal stakeholders and suppliers to support cloud supply chain objectives and strategies.

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Responsibilities

Sourcing management

• Engage with cross- functional leadership including Network architecture, engineering, quality, and business teams to determine best design solution and supply base to deliver that solution at optimal Supply chain, Continuity of supply, and cost.
• Own the switch sourcing process, partnering with product engineering teams on high visibility technology developments and delivery of innovative solutions.
• Provide sourcing engineering expertise on datacenter switching platforms, evaluating switch architectures, merchant silicon ecosystems, optics technologies, supplier capabilities, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead industry initiatives and innovate on business models to deliver best in cloud solutions.
• Define RFQ / RFP activities and conduct negotiations with suppliers.
• Manage contracting activities with Legal and ensure contracts reflect appropriate business terms, IP protection, etc.

Cost and operations management

• Build multi-sourcing strategies to mitigate risk and drive appropriate competition.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities and drive supplier competition with cost modelling and other sourcing tools.
• Manage NPI (New Product Introduction) development builds until mature enough to transition to sustaining sourcing team.
• Support programs through the development phases to ensure continued optimization, parts availability, and contract readiness.
• Run weekly, monthly, quarter review with team on cost and operations KPIs.

Manage supplier performance and compliance

• Create and deliver supplier relationship management strategy.
• Drive RFQs and supplier selection process through a cross-functional analysis around supplier capabilities.
• Develop and enable the introduction of new suppliers.
• Oversee compliance with MSFT requirements for security, social responsibility, and payment terms.
• Ensure suppliers deliver timely corrective actions from business review / audits.
• Support and meet business cost metrics through the development process.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles
• OR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles
• OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

• Ability to meet Microsoft’s standards for security screening, including passing Microsoft Cloud background checks biennially.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 6+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles
• OR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles
• OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in networking product development, validation, component engineering, field applications engineering, sourcing engineering, or related roles.
• Experience with networking hardware development, manufacturing, qualification, or validation.
• Experience applying automated testing, data analysis, and continuous improvement practices.
• Expertise in datacenter switching hardware and network component engineering.
• Advanced knowledge in networking hardware development, qualification, and validation.
• Strong influencing and storytelling capabilities to build and maintain crucial stakeholder relationships.
• Exceptional analytical skills with experience applying data analysis and continuous improvement practices.

Pay and benefits

Sourcing Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.