Procurement Program Manager

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

As a Procurement Program Manager at Micron Technology, you will be responsible for working with the leadership team to manage projects and programs including communication and change management. The Procurement Program Manager will provide direction and guidance for managing programs consisting of multiple complex projects to achieve specific business goals and objectives while ensuring balance in allocation of resources. Accurate design and tracking of programs and projects to predict results and outcomes is critical to success. Analysis of program and project progress in terms of root cause analysis, pay-back assessment, risk, resources consumption, interdependencies and gaps.

The Procurement Program Manager will and can be a Project Manager on specific projects that are associated to the Program. Projects may involve AI-related programs, where the program manager will have to define the vision and roadmap for AI-powered products and services, define and implement the AI/ML roadmap, aligning it with overall business goals and objectives and lead the AI projects/use cases from ideation to deployment.

The Procurement Program Manager will also participate and support audits (both internal/external), he or she is responsible to help coordinate preparation for such audits.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Initiate and Plan Projects (Projects may include AI projects):

• Define scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders
• Develop project plans and associated communications documents
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Define metrics using appropriate data sources
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team

Execute, Monitor/Control, and Close Projects

• Liaise with project stakeholders & sponsors on an ongoing basis
• Identify and manage project dependencies, track project milestones and deliverables
• Manage and communicate changes to project scope
• Facilitate projects to sustaining mode or close out projects

Manage Project Team(s)

• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
• Communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders
• Coach, mentor, motivate project team members, provide recognition for progress and project member contributions

Improve Project Management Processes

• Conduct project post-mortems and create recommendations based on successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Identify and implement best practices, and use experience to evolve internal processes
• Ensure alignment of project management business processes with PMO team
• Promote Project Management value and business practices to the organization

Provide Business and Data Analysis Support

• Research and analyze data, create and manage Procurement data, and work with Data Analytics team to establish dashboards for reporting

You will need to participate in Site Audits and manage Site Compliance on Procurement.

For business process and/or QMS component that one is responsible or accountable for:

• ensuring the QMS/business process that is effective and conforms to requirements;
• ensuring that the processes are delivering their intended outputs;
• reporting on QMS/business process performance and opportunities for improvement to management;
• ensuring the promotion of internal and external customer focus throughout the organization;
• ensuring the maintenance of the integrity of the QMS/ business process when changes are planned and implemented.
• ensuring customer requirements are met

As a Site Process Steward/Key Assistant with the responsibilities:

• Is an active member in business process review and improvement discussions among the site and the System Level Process team.
• Hold site process review (quarterly for non-manufacturing processes and monthly for manufacturing processes.)
• Responsible for introducing standard methods and deploying standard tools to his site.
• Accountable for organizing process audits and demonstrating compliance to standards.
• Act as the point of contact for bi-directional process communication (corporate groups and local site).
• Work in alignment with related steering committees and Business Alignment Teams (BATs) where applicable.
• Develop and maintain site specific process artifacts (when required by System Level Process).
• Report process performance to site management.
• Participate in the Business Process Management Center of Excellence (BPMCOE) when/if applicable.
• Maintain local procedure, workflow, checklists as job aids for the performers.
• Conduct regular reviews with site leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Management, Supply Chain Management or any related field of study;

• 2-5 years of experience in Procurement Sourcing/Supply Chain/Supplier Management/Product Compliance activities (Manufacturing, QA, Marketing, etc.)
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, along with excellent computer skills
• Good communicator in Japanese & English, strong interpersonal skills
• Able to assemble, manage, mentor, and grow cross-functional teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple sites
• Experienced with working with third party suppliers in difficult and demanding situations, presenting to higher management
• Analytical and data-driven mindset
• Working knowledge of software systems and database structures.
• Experience in driving Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects will be an added advantage
• Experience in programming languages (SQL, Python) or Business Intelligence skillsets (such as Tableau, Power BI) will be an added advantage
• Certified/qualified auditor will be an added advantage

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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