Regional Indirect Supplier Manager

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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.

JR61078 Regional Indirect Supplier Manager

Responsibilities:

Manage Supplier Relationship Regionally (in India, Asia)

• Act as primary point of contact for assigned suppliers in category
• 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 Microns strategic direction
• Ensure suppliers comply with Microns code-of-conduct programs and corporate 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

Identify and Implement Supplier-Related Savings Levers

• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal setting
• Provide market intelligence and category 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 center of knowledge for assigned category and share knowledge with key stakeholders and members of the category teams to enable more effective planning, forecasting and execution

Drive Negotiations with Suppliers for Sustaining Purchases

• Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc.
• Coordinate with Category Sourcing Manager (where relevant) or lead sourcing events/RFQ process into bundled negotiation
• Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiations
• Develop a contract strategy for suppliers in assigned categories and create, negotiate, monitor and enforce contracted terms and conditions

Ensure Supplier Performance Management

• Partner with stakeholders to build comprehensive view of supplier performance
• Collect and relay site specific priorities to suppliers
• Own and manage overall Strategic Supplier relationships within the assigned categories
• Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics for key regional Suppliers and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement

Education

Required: Bachelor/Master Degree in Business, Business Administration/Management, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field of study