Procurement Manager - Americas - Execution Oversight Team

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. We are responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. 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 individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services.

Within CO+I, the strategic Supply Chain team is responsible for establishing a supply chain that can meet the ever-growing growth of the Microsoft Cloud and our customers. We support a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-billion, multi-year datacenter construction and operations of those assets. We are looking to fill a critical role of Procurement Manager

• Americas

• Execution Oversight Team.

The role is responsible for partnering with the broader Global Supply Chain teams including Planning & Analytics, Procurement, Supplier Quality and overall Special Projects team to ensure on time delivery to meet the on-time delivery for a large, complex capital project. This role will partner with workgroups to drive strategy development and compliance through supplier selection, supplier selection and award, and contract management.

As part of the regional Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) Execution Oversight Team (EOT), the key responsibilities are to work cross functionally with other EOT members to provide oversight on the consistent implementation of the project service level agreement (SLA) and functional governance, perform project health analysis against the approved SLAs/scope/execution plan/cost/schedule, assist with the project setup, evaluate the site resource effectiveness, conduct spot audits, assist with onboarding and training of the site-based team. The team will be dedicated to this scope and will not be assigned to specific projects or other functional/regional activities. The project reviews and assessment will be as per the EOT roadmap and/or managed by exception should a critical priority be raised within the region. The team will be based in a hub location and will travel together to the site as per the roadmap and business critical priorities. Travel requirements: 50-75%.

This role is located in one of these hub locations: Atlanta, GA; Boydton, VA; Phoenix, AZ; Redmond, WA; or San Antonio, TX

Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates must relocate or reside within 50 miles of the hub office location.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field AND 6+ years experience (including internships) in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations

• OR Master's Degree in Engineering,Construction Management, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations

• OR equivalent experience.

• Hyperscale data center or large building or other large scale construction experience in an owner or general contractor capacity

Other 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 every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ Years Experience in Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and/or Operations

• Knowledge of data center industry and experience managing a variety of project delivery methods - ability to lead a project team in defining risk and developing the appropriate contracting.

• Ability to drive to achieve results in midst of ambiguity and matrixed organization

• Technical ability to write contracts, ability to set up sourcing plans and negotiation strategies and execute them.

• Excellent communicator that can interact with diverse groups across organizational levels.

• Familiarity with common process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six-Sigma, etc.) and ability to facilitate change management.

• Ability to implement new processes and get buy in from a cross functional team.

• Ability to drive sourcing strategy and supply chain execution for multiple categories.

• Ability to integrate successfully into large-scale construction projects - large dollar contracts of over $50 Million.

Sourcing and Category Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,200 - $194,800 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 $142,200 - $213,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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Field Service Technician/Engineer Management:

• Verify Supplier labor management on site visits in coordination with General Contractor, Scheduling Teams, and Internal Planning Teams to align schedules and deliverables.

• Audit schedule compliance and escalations from field team to support installation and Commissioning activities as required to drive efficiencies between Supplier and General Contractor

• Review and advise on strategy for any change orders for overtime, schedule compression and acceleration as needed.

Change Order Management:

• Assess Change Order activity after CDEs & Tech Submittals are complete with Suppliers before Constructions begins.

• Review the impact of change orders to the project with Execution Oversight Team partners cross-functionally to mitigate impact on schedule and cost.

• Examine the commercial justification for change orders and review with site team.

• Knowledge of claims management with the detailed understanding of the contractual conditions.

OFCI Management & Quality Assurance:

• Inspect the MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) / OFCI (Owner Furnish Contractor Installed) equipment process of field team

• Audit receiving process of supplier equipment on site and supplier response time to defect resolution in relation to quality issues

• Inspect any design changes post IFC (Issued for Construction) and ensure alignment with Execution Oversight Team stakeholders.

• Review project design information, specifications, compliance documents and technical submittals while on site (master & project level design alignment)

Supplier Engagement & Performance:

• Assess post award site delivery scheduling, on-time delivery performance, and reporting.

• Review and monitor scheduling delays from OFCI/LLE (Liquid-Liquid Extraction) equipment to relevant stakeholders.

• Oversee site specific LLE performance and collaborate with both internal and external partners to proactively resolve issues.

• Supervise technical risk management of design including timelines, SLA/KPI's to avoid disruption to site timelines.

• Leadership liaison between suppliers, site team, and EOT members to execute alignment between suppliers and Microsoft.

• Effectively document and communicate improvement recommendations after site audit completion.

• Embody our Culture and Values