Senior Sourcing Engineer

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

The Capacity Supply Chain and Provisioning (CSCP) group is an exciting and fast evolving group within Microsoft whose vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering cloud capacity differentiated at scale. The organization is responsible for planning, delivery, and provision of all data centers globally powering Microsoft cloud properties. CSCP supports over 200 online businesses including Bing, O365, OneDrive, Xbox, and Windows Azure branded services. Cloud structural sourcing and Supply Chain (CS3) organization within CSCP manages sourcing and supply of IT hardware for data centers. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable on-time performance, 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 delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy, technical supply chain professional to focus on EE components to ensure a scalable, TCO optimized, and sustainable solution of all our cloud hardware solutions across our commercial cloud and AI space. The role of Senior Sourcing Engineer will focus on key areas: Building strategic relationships across key partners in engineering, program management, quality, manufacturing, materials readiness in teams across the organization. Partner with our ODM & Category sourcing and Taiwan sustaining team to establish a sourcing strategy for EE components for our mainstream products. Partner closely with Legal and Contracts Management leadership to protect our key business terms and legal position. Ensure cross-functional stakeholders are consistently driving a fair, timely supplier selection process for all new programs. Drive an early engagement sourcing strategy in partnership with engineering architecture teams, bringing a SC NUDDs assessment into the concept approval forum.

Requirements

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.
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.

Nice To Haves

BS or higher degree in any engineering field with MS or PhD a preference.
5+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, operations areas.
5+ years of experience doing direct engineering work driving problem solving solutions.
Cloud / high tech supply chain experience is a plus.
Extensive knowledge of hardware sourcing and supply chain
Demonstrated track record in supplier negotiation, relationship management, and delivering commercial outcomes.
Proven capabilities in operating in a growing, fast-paced, results-oriented environment
Distinctive problem-solving and analytical thinking mindset for continuous improvement, with the ability to lead through ambiguity and drive execution.
Strong influencing skills and ability to build lasting and trusted relationships across multiple layers in the organization and supplier base.
Excellent communication and synthesizing skills of both written and verbal, with the ability to synthesize complex issues into clear recommendations for stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

Engage with cross- functional leadership including product design, quality, and business teams to determine best design solution and supply base to deliver that solution at optimal SC, COS, and cost.
Establish a cross functional supplier selection process to verify appropriate supplier is chosen with appropriate capabilities for the given product while ensuring all potential suppliers meet the business, technical, and financial requirements of the program.
Identify system architecture optimization opportunities through early engagement with engineering partners and suppliers, influencing product design and roadmap decisions to improve cost, supply resilience, performance, and scalability.
Establish contracting activities with Legal and contracts management team and ensure contract including appropriate business terms, IP protection.
Drive a multi-sourcing strategy to mitigate risk and enable appropriate competition in the space.
Identify cost optimization opportunities and drive supplier cost competitiveness using cost modeling and sourcing tools.
Build a predictive gen over gen solution considering optimization from TCO, SC, and Sustainability.
Own these activities through NPI (New Product Introduction) development builds until mature enough to transition to the sustaining sourcing team.
Develop, and enable new suppliers to support business growth, technology roadmap, cost competitiveness, and supply continuity.
Ensure supplier compliance with MSFT requirements for security, social responsibility, payment terms.
Lead regular business reviews with suppliers as the sourcing workstream owner to assess performance, drive accountability, and alignment on strategic priorities, risks, and improvement actions.
Ensure supplier to deliver corrective actions on time from business review / audits
Analyze any new supplier requests from engineering and vet out need and how this would tie into our overall sourcing strategy.