Program Manager
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Dec 24, 2024 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft's Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP's vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud Capacity Differentiated at Scale. Our mission is to deliver capacity for all cloud services predictably through intelligent systems driven by continuous learning and a world class organization. The CSCP Organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), decommissioning and disposition of Data center assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters supporting services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries worldwide.Cloud Sourcing, Supply Chain, Spares and Security (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing and supply of IT hardware for the data centers. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable on-time performance, optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are seeking a Program Manager for Commodity Qualification to join Cloud Sourcing, Spares, Sustainability and Security (CS4) to manage and oversee critical commodity qualification initiative, which entails ownership and management of end-to-end commodity qualification processes.
Responsibilities Detailed program management of qualification testing initiatives including SKU design layout, determining quantity of hardware required, tracking hardware purchases, lab space and capacityWork closely with key stakeholders to drive on time qualifications and ensure Cloud Sourcing, Spares, Sustainability and Security (CS4's) production, non-production requirements in today's supply environment Manage and lead the commodity qualification request, scheduling and prioritization with various engineering and supply chain teamsWorking with our third-party managed labs to ensure seamless executionCollaborate with engineering team to efficiently track pre-qualification to streamline downstream process Drive automations, process efficiency projects, resolutions of critical commodity qualifications and support operational growthCollaborate and forge relationships with engineers and technical teams involved in server commodity testing and performance analysisLead weekly v-team meetings to update and track the progress and status of qualifications with stakeholdersInterface with non-production and spares lifecycle management team to determine spares commodity qualification requirement including hardware and sample dependencyIdeate and build analytics to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive operational efficiencyUse tools like power BI, ADO, OnePDM to drive data driven decisions with dashboards for communication to leadership Actively contribute to process and system efficiency to reduce commodity qualification cycle time by developing analytical solutionsOther Embody our culture and values. | |