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JR62459 Sr Indirect Category Supplier Manager

• Job Description

SR INDIRECT CATEGORY SUPPLIER MANAGER

Micron Technology’s vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life and our dedication to people, innovation, tenacity, partnership, and customer focus allows us to fulfill our mission to be a global leader in memory and storage solutions. This means conducting business with integrity, accountability, and collaboration while supporting our global community.

As the Senior Indirect Category Supplier Manager for Global Category team, you will be responsible for establishing the category strategy and supplier relationships for CSA (Civil, Structural, Architecture) category. You will partner with Global & Site Facilities and Regional Procurement teams to develop Global category strategies, work with Micron Legal to determine the contract strategy needed to support each project, and then drive compliance to that contract.  Your primary goal is to deliver the greatest value of each project, which require strong sourcing (negotiating), contracting, supplier management, and overall project management skills.  

In this role, you are expected to collaborate with regional procurement teams, 3rd party service providers and supplier account teams across multiple categories and regions, in an indirect leadership role. You will engage in and lead the development and implementation of category strategies to optimize cost, supply, and quality. Additional responsibilities include negotiating terms, conditions and pricing to leverage spend, leading and participating in department projects, serving as a primary contact for industry and supplier information, and acting as a mentor for other members within the Procurement organization.

REPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Manage Supplier Relationship Globally 
• Act as primary point of contact for assigned suppliers and projects
• Perform commercial supplier qualification activities to ensure the commercial development of strategic suppliers 
• Maintain collaborative relationships with supplier(s) while effectively resolving supplier performance/capability issues to ensure alignment with Micron’s strategic direction 
• Ensure suppliers comply with Micron’s business ethics, code-of-conduct programs, and corporate safety policies and social responsibility initiatives 
• Communicate key supplier management updates and decisions to multiple levels in the organization including Executive Leadership 
• Enlist senior management, when appropriate, to help reinforce commitment and involvement from suppliers 
• Provide the voice of the supply base to Micron and provide the voice of Micron to the supply base 

Drive Negotiations with Suppliers
• Lead or participate in negotiations for contract
• Lead on sourcing events/RFQ process  
• Develop a contract strategy for each project, including to create, negotiate, monitor and enforce contracted terms and conditions 

• Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiations 

 
Manage Supplier Performance
• Partner with stakeholders and sites teams to build comprehensive view of supplier performance 
• Collect and relay site specific priorities to suppliers 
• Own and manage overall Strategic Supplier relationships for category
• Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics for Strategic Suppliers and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement 
• Lead in organizing and delivering on strategic supplier events, such as Quarterly Business Reviews, Annual Supplier Evaluations, and Executive Review Meetings

Create and Implement Category Strategy
• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal setting 
• Provide market intelligence and price trends to relevant internal stakeholders on a disciplined schedule 
• Utilize should-cost models for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace 
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Facilities procurement category and share knowledge with key stakeholders and Indirect teams to enable more effective planning, forecasting and execution

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree or higher
• PMP certification or equivalent, preferred.

EXPERIENCE

Required

• Manage multiple large-scale projects concurrently, ability to work with minimal supervision, strong project management skills
• 10+ years’ experience in CSA material and CSA early works category management in construction industry.
• Strong category knowledge in CSA early works including concrete works, steel works, architectural works, and construction material
• United States market intelligence in Semiconductor industry
• Proficient in MS office
• Comfort around Senior Leaders and Executives, ability to create and deliver executive-level presentations

WORKPLACE

Travel Required?

• Yes

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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