Procurement Director

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 important to Micron’s growth, delivering outstanding total cost and supply chain resiliency through 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, crafting clear career pathways for growth. We strive to build an engaging and inclusive culture by fostering camaraderie and celebrating different perspectives. Join us today and discover why this is your preferred destination to spark your talent!

Responsibilities

In this role, your team engages in supplier benchmarking analysis to formulate, lead, and implement strategies to optimize cost, supply, and quality. Additional responsibilities include bargaining terms, conditions and pricing to leverage spend, leading and engaging in department projects, serving as a primary contact for industry and supplier information, and acting as a mentor for other members within the Procurement organization. Detailed responsibilities and tasks are as follows:

• Develop and implement commodity strategies through global alignment with Micron business units, manufacturing, engineering, quality, and site purchasing teams.
• Build, develop, and lead a global key materials team.
• Lead all aspects of a global supplier relationship including contract terms, pricing, capacity assurance, risk management, continuous supply, supplier programs (consignment, VMI, local warehousing), materials forecasting, and downstream raw materials supply.
• Establish goals, improvement plans, business reviews, and regular reporting.
• Support the organization to ensure global alignment, meet results, and timelines.
• Conduct effective supplier negotiations and cost reductions.
• Build senior level supplier relationships.
• Drive supplier rationalization strategy to improve category leverage.
• Work with supply base to establish robust quality operating systems to support a “zero defect” culture, including administration and follow-up of Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCARs) to suppliers and participating in supplier site audits.
• Handle supplier performance evaluation (SCORECARD).
• Handle site-related procurement sourcing & support activities on SIG Product Category in Boise and Penang.

Successful Candidates Will Demonstrate The Following Skills

• Strong business insight - an understanding of Micron, Global Procurement, and how our systems, processes, and people work together to ignite Micron’s potential every single day.
• Excellent communication skills - Ability to actively listen and communicate clearly and concisely to educate, advise, and cultivate relationships. Ability to tell a story to engage an audience and influence decisions, behaviors, or opinions.
• Data Fluency - Ability to understand, interpret, and act on data to drive decision making, curiosity, and innovation.
• Digital Dexterity and Innovation - Ability to adopt new tools, processes, and systems in pursuit of better ways of working and continuous improvement. Ability to find opportunities to harness technology’s potential to drive better business outcomes.
• Strategic Execution - Having strategic clarity is knowing specifically where growth is expected and how to get there. Being an enterprise problem solver involves having a broad perspective and implementing a plan while holding ourselves collectively accountable for reaching our goals.
• Growth Mindset - Having a growth mindset, continuously developing through intellectual curiosity that helps leaders and team members feel more empowered and committed.
• People Leader - attracts, retains, and develops people to improve their potential and contribute to the business at the highest levels possible. Achieve greatness as a team, and ensuring each person has the skills, desires, and commitment to help Micron achieve its goals. Developing the whole person by providing coaching, feedback, and avenues to grow.
• Stakeholder management & leading through influence – identify key partners, quickly establish rapport, and earn (and keep) trust. You rally people around a common goal or task by understanding and articulating the “why.” When tasked with an urgent topic, you formulate a plan, communicate clear and specific instructions to collaborators, and deliver excellent results.
• Program and project management skills – an organized and results-focused approach to lead programs and projects. Projects are consistently guided by business-aligned objectives and are handled with efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, supply chain management, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in procurement.
• Strong procurement and Micron business insight.
• Proven experience of leading critical initiatives and running sophisticated projects.

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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