indirect category supplier manager, material category

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As an Indirect Category Supplier Manager, you will be responsible for validating strategies with Global and Regional Category Managers/s and the respective internal partners and stakeholders. You will be conducting strategic sourcing initiatives, plan and execute negotiations using supplier and industry analysis, benchmark and cost management. Through management of the category strategy, you will also be building trusted partnerships with internal stakeholders, driving best-in-class, cost, supply and resilience.

Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

• Implement processes to monitor customer satisfaction with key suppliers.
• Recommend targets to maximize 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/s 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 customers
• Utilize 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 create, negotiate, monitor and enforce contracted terms and conditions
• Conduct strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and cost management using supplier and industry analysis.

Business Partnering

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

Requirements:

• A relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong negotiating and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively manage relationships with various individuals involved.
• Advanced skills in material cost structure understanding and analysis

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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