
Indirect Category Supplier Manager
18 hours ago
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for .
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.
The Indirect Category Supplier Managerplays a critical role in leading strategic sourcing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and driving category strategies across global procurement functions. This role is pivotal in supporting business operations, cost management, and operational efficiency goals. will lead the development and implementation of category strategies and projects related-but not limited-to cost reduction initiatives, supply base optimization, and contract negotiation. This is accomplished through building and maintaining strategic supplier relationships that align with category strategies and business needs.
You will engage in supplier benchmarking analysis to formulate, lead, and execute strategies that optimize cost, supply, and quality. Additional responsibilities include negotiating terms, conditions, and pricing to leverage spend, leading and participating in departmental projects, and serving as a primary contact for assigned suppliers in category.
Key Responsibilities
Supplier Relationship Management
- 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 Micron's strategic direction
- Ensure suppliers comply with Micron's 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
Strategic Sourcing & Negotiations
- 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
- 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
Supplier Performance Management
- Collaborate with stakeholders to build a comprehensive view of supplier performance.
- Collect and relay business 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 Suppliers and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement
- Lead strategic supplier events, such as Quarterly Business Reviews, Annual Supplier Evaluations, and Executive Review Meetings
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