Supply Chain Manager

The Microsoft Capacity Supply Chain and Provisioning group is an exciting and fast evolving engineering group within Microsoft. CSCP's mission is to optimize and deliver industry leading cloud infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services used by our customers around the world. The organization is responsible for strategy and delivery of the foundational platform for all Microsoft Online Services including demand and capacity forecasting, supply chain, data centers, networking, bandwidth, operations, and incident management . CSCP supports over 200 online businesses including Bing, O365, OneDrive, Xbox and Windows Azure branded services .
Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate, high-energy individuals to help achieve that mission.
The Supply Chain Manager on CSSS' Commodity Operations team will be responsible for creating the Supply Plan of Record for several of our long- lead component suppliers in the GPU space. This includes :

• Driving actions to ensure reliable supply of raw materials for our system integration partners
• Management of materials at our 3PL stocking locations
• Aggressive inventory turns while maintaining supply targets .

This role will contribute to defining key processes and systems requirements, including managing day-to-day interactions with suppliers, providing forecast and capturing supply capability information.Responsibilities

• Work with internal teams to drive 3PL and system integrator alignment to supply DIMMs/GPUs to meet production targets.
• Meet regularly with assigned suppliers to review forecasts, capture supply commitments, and publish updates internally.
  Engage across multiple groups within Microsoft to assure supply salience and mitigate risk/ E&O.
• Review all POs placed by MSFT System Integrators to assure compliance and supportability against our 3PL inventory positioning.
• Manage metrics including days of supply, E&O, shortages within lead time and inventory exposure at each supplier to improve performance.

• Work with Supply Chain and Capacity Planning teams on the timing and availability of product transitions to plan for platform end of life (minimizing E&O inventory) and ramp of new platforms.
• Define inventory buffer targets and strategies in conjunction with Component Planning based on historical usage and forecast and define financial risk/liability associated with said buffers.
• Perform scenario analysis to understand impact of component shortages and demand upside/downside on Supply Plan of Record.

Qualifications Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 3+ 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, Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field AND 1+ year(s) supply planning, operations, supply chain, indirect supply planning, technology-related supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing, or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, supply chain, operations management or engineering
• Capable of performing complex data analysis to identify problems or opportunities to improve supply chain performance
• Strong knowledge of electronics manufacturing processes and logistics

• Experience managing inventory and material movement through a 3 rd party logistics provider.
• Direct experience in electronics assembly and server industry
• Proven track record of delivering change, process improvement, and lean manufacturing solutions.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems, including material planning specific software such as Rapid Response by Kinaxis
• Expert level in MS Excel and other MS Office applications

• Able to think and plan strategically and execute tasks with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work under continual deadline constraints

Supply Planning IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $91,800 - $178,800 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 $117,900 - $195,000 per year.
Microsoft has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets (see below). The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role (except as noted below); the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate's primary work location. Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.
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