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.

The Global Procurement team is an integral engine to Micron’s growth, delivering outstanding 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 build clear career pathways for development and career growth. We also strive to build an engaging and inclusive culture through building camaraderie and celebrating the diverse 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 Supplier Manager, you will be responsible for developing a category strategy, validating strategies with Global and Regional Category Managers and the respective internal partners and stakeholders. You will be conducting strategic sourcing initiatives, planning and executing negotiations using supplier and industry analysis, benchmark and cost management. Through management of the category strategy, you will also be building positive relationships with internal stakeholders, driving outstanding cost, supply and resilience.

Key Responsibilities

Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

• Recommend resource levels across procurement sourcing categories, projects and functions.
• Implement processes to supervise collaborator satisfaction with key suppliers.
• Recommend targets to improve value such as high revenue, spend reduction, purchasing efficiency, customer services and supplier management.
• Analyze sourcing trends and make recommendations for assigned categories.
• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal-setting.
• Develop category strategies for managed categories and validate strategies with Global and Regional Category Managers and internal partners.

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 collaborators.
• Apply should-cost models for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace.

Negotiation

• Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc.
• 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 build, negotiate, supervise and implement contracted terms and conditions.
• Conduct strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and cost management using supplier and industry analysis.

Business Partnering

• Collaborate with Collaborators to Deliver Strategic Solutions.
• Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with key collaborators.
• Drive customer-centric approach to solving issues and representing Procurement.
• Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships to improve cost-effectiveness, supply chain efficiency, and resilience.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Procurement / Supply Chain.
• A relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in category management and strategic sourcing.
• Strong negotiating and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively manage relationships with various individuals involved.

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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