Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.

Within CSCP, the Spares Supply Chain organization is reinventing and transforming the cloud service parts supply chain. Our goal is to ensure the right spare parts are in the right place at the right time to support global capacity requirements and make sure our customers have the cloud capacity they need when they need it. We are looking for a Principal Spares Sourcing Engineer!

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Strategic Leadership

• Develop and own Microsoft’s global sourcing strategy to enable data center reliability and long term scalability.
• Guide executive decision making on portfolio priorities, investment trade offs, and risk mitigation across NW sparing.
• Benchmark industry practices and introduce outside in innovation to enhance Microsoft’s Cloud Supply Chain.

Operational Excellence

• Lead end to end sourcing and supply operations , ensuring system, tool, and process readiness across near, mid , and long term horizons.
• Drive the rhythm of business including governance, KPI management, program tracking, and cross functional alignment.
• Oversee the accuracy of product lifecycle foundations including install base, BOMs, FRUs, and ECO management.
• Optimize global logistics footprint and supply chain flows to reduce cycle time, cost, and operational risk.

Supplier & Partner Management

• Build and manage strategic supplier relationships to ensure strong RMA performance, depot inventory health, and operational compliance.
• Lead escalation management, establishing clear processes and engagement protocols across teams.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to drive improvements in repair/refurbishment operations and contractual performance.

Minimum qualifications:
Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 6+ 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 8+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR equivalent experience.

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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred qualifications:

• Doctorate in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 5+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 8+ 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 12+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR equivalent experience.
• Proven success delivering medium to large scale programs in mission critical industries, particularly Networking and Optics.
• Experience optimizing supplier performance and leading global capability improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to drive insights and collaboration across global teams.

Sourcing Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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