Senior Category Supplier 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.

Micron’s vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Join an inclusive team that is passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the steadfast pursuit of innovation for customers and partners! The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation Micron is pursuing.

The Global Procurement team is an integral engine to Micron’s growth, delivering best-in-class total cost and supply chain resiliency through innovative predictive capabilities, risk analysis and a focus on sustainability and diversity. Our business goals are directly tied to the value we place on our team members – our greatest asset! We invest in our people through a skills-based learning and development model to create clear career pathways for development and career growth. We also strive to create an engaging and inclusive culture through building camaraderie and celebrating the different perspectives of all our distributed team members. Join us and discover why Micron’s Global Procurement team is the preferred destination to unleash your talent!

As a Category Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for Category Strategy for Technology Development with respective internal partners and team members. You will be conducting strategic sourcing initiatives, plan and implement negotiations using supplier and industry analysis, benchmark and cost management. Through management of the Category Strategy for Technology Development, you will also be building trusted partnerships with internal customers, driving best in class, cost, supply and resilience.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development

• Perform market intelligence and analysis including supplier landscape, capabilities and technology roadmaps to develop Category Strategies for Technology Development with Category Supplier Managers.

• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal setting to improve value such as high revenue, spend reduction, purchasing efficiency, customer services and supplier management.

• Recommend resource levels across procurement sourcing categories, projects and functions

• Drive sourcing requirements and supplier selection through decision matrix in support of technology development, cost reduction, performance improvement efforts and sustainability

• Facilitate co-development activities and collaboration with suppliers

• Implement processes to monitor stakeholders' satisfaction with key suppliers

Cost Management & Analysis

• Identify and evaluate category-specific savings/revenue levers

• Drive category savings/revenue and scorecard metric targets

• Provide market intelligence and category price trends to relevant internal team members

• Apply cost modeling (should-cost models, Total Cost of Ownership or other analytical techniques) to drive negotiation for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace

Supplier-related Savings and Negotiation

• Participate in supplier and strategic savings goal setting

• Lead and partner with stakeholders in negotiations with suppliers for strategic sourcing events/RFQ process into bundled negotiation

• Lead or participate in negotiations for equipment evaluations, contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc

• Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiations

• Develop contract strategy for suppliers in assigned categories and create, negotiate, enforce and review contracted terms and conditions to drive accountability to TCO performance commitments that transfer into beneficial business engagement

Supplier Performance Management

• Partner with category team and collaborators to develop comprehensive supplier management

• Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics and drive supplier performance to ensure continuous supplier improvement

• Lead in prioritizing and delivering on supplier events, such as Quarterly Business Reviews, Annual Supplier Evaluations, and Executive Review Meetings

Business Partnering

• Partner with Stakeholders to deliver Strategic Solutions for the assigned categories

• Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with key partners

• Interact with Micron and Supplier executives

• Drive customer-centric approach to solving issues and representing Procurement

You are:

• Proficient in Advanced Packaging Processes and Capital Procurement

• Experienced in a Category Management or Technology Development role, preferably in semiconductor or high-tech industry

• Demonstrate experience in Strategic Sourcing

• Strong in Negotiation and Communication skills

How To Qualify:

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience in Procurement and Engineering

• Bachelor degree in Engineering with Professional Certification in Procurement or Supply Chain (eg CPM, CPSM) desirable

• Proficient in written and verbal communication and presentation skills

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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