DC Metro LLE Procurement Leader

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Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud.  Within CO&I, the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) team is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The MS portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services.  In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. ​​​​​​​

Role Summary

• The Metro Procurement Leader maintains and executes sourcing strategies for complex projects and/or purchasing opportunities.
• Integrates business specifications for complex purchasing areas into request for information and/or request for proposal processes
• Applies an understanding of procurement policies
• Identifies issues related to procurement requests and collaborates with business and engineering partners.
• Creates contract execution plans, defining control processes and approaches
• Drives early business engagements for highly complex business areas or purchasing categories.

Compliance 

• Collaborates with senior Procurement 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 to anticipate and mitigate risk and negative business impacts by ensuring compliance with agreed-upon terms, communicating delay potential to stakeholders, and driving the execution of contingency plans cross-functionally and/or cross-regionally as needed. 
• Leads decision making around the execution and evolution of various workstream processes, identifies and 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. 

Sourcing

• Creates, maintains, and executes multi-year sourcing strategy for several complex projects and/or purchasing opportunities, optimizing costs, 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
• Manages, and improves supplier evaluation frameworks, identifies gaps 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 proactively identify and manage risk
• Identifies systematic and long-term cost reduction opportunities and works across stakeholder teams to drive cost competitiveness. 

Job Description:

• OFCI (Owner Furnish Contractor Installed) equipment Strategy Execution:

• The Metro Procurement Leader maintains and executes APAC Sourcing Strategies for his/her sites

• OFCI Management: 
• Help facilitate & drive the OFCI (Owner Furnish Contractor Installed) equipment Management Strategy, once delivered to the site, including inspections & Equipment Preservations  

• Supplier Engagement & Performance:
  • Manage post award site delivery scheduling, on-time delivery performance, and reporting.
  • Help communicate scheduling delays from OFCI equipment suppliers to relevant stakeholders & mitigation plan
  • Oversee site specific Procurement performance and collaborate with both internal and external partners to proactively resolve issues.
  • Manage technical risk management of design including timelines, SLA/KPI’s to avoid disruption to site timelines

• Quality Assurance:
• Address quality-related issues as they arise and report to the quality team and category management as appropriate. 

• Field Service Technician/Engineer Management (OEM):
  • FSR Management for his/her sites in coordination with General Contractor, Commissioning and Projects Control teams to support Overall Project Schedule
  • Negotiate and manage any change orders for overtime, schedule compression and acceleration as needed.

• Change Order Management: 
• Manage Change Orders post PO for his/her sites
• Monitor and mitigate the impact of change orders to the project, and partner cross-functionally to resolve/escalate accordingly.  
• Attend cost/change management meetings to ensure Change Orders are executed promptly and timely.
• Support OEMs Claims negotiations with the detailed understanding of the contractual conditions and partner with regional claims to settle or escalate.

The role is responsible for partnering with the broader teams including Strategic Sourcing, Projects Control, Supplier Quality, DCD, Commissioning and Engineering teams to ensure on time delivery of Equipment and OEM FSR Management to Support Overall Project Schedule

Stakeholder Collaboration 

• Drives early business engagements for highly complex and/or undefined business areas or purchasing categories with cross functional leadership including product design, quality, and business teams, to share best practices, influence decision-makers, drive action, and optimize sourcing 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
• Anticipates negotiation setbacks, proactively drives action to mitigate contract disagreements and coaches others on negotiation best practices across internal sourcing teams. 
• Manages supplier activity and progress across multiple accounts and complex purchasing categories, developing and executing supplier account plans detailing mutual priorities and focus for the supplier relationship for the upcoming period.
• Trains external stakeholders during onboarding and identifies engagement programs to improve supplier performance to achieve business goals.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Management, Supply Chain or related field and 15+ years’ experience in Procurement, Project Management & Supply Chain Operations. 
• Strong commercial understanding of Product/Capital Equipment procurement  
• Extensive experience in Sourcing, Procurement and Supplier management is an essential requirement for this role

While not required, we also look for the followingPreferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Large Scale Manufacturing industry or Infrastructure / Power / Oil & Gas industry managing large capital projects
• Experience in Supply Chain Management, Commercial Negotiations and external Supplier Management across multiple projects spread across different locations.  
• Experience with Product manufacturing processes and assembly, Technology transfer and proven projects execution.

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.

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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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.