About the role
AI summarisedGlobal Supplier Manager role at Micron Technology, a semiconductor memory and storage solutions company. Responsible for managing strategic suppliers, driving cost optimization, and enabling resilient supply strategies within the Global Procurement team.
IDMFull-timeGlobal Procurement
Key Responsibilities
- Handle the commercial development and qualification of strategic suppliers; and participate in supplier quality audits.
- Serve as the primary knowledge center for assigned suppliers, enabling effective planning, forecasting, and execution.
- Provide updates and recommendations to leadership, including at the executive level.
- Identify and carry out cost-saving and revenue-enhancing opportunities across categories.
- Lead and/or support sourcing events, RFQs, contract negotiations, and renewal strategies.
- This role will identify automation opportunities and develop scalable AI solutions that become building blocks for future projects.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement processes.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills with the ability to drive cost-management outcomes.
- Effective communication skills for engaging and influencing diverse collaborators.
- Advanced understanding of material cost structure and cost analysis methodologies.
- Experience handling large strategic suppliers or global supply portfolios.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional negotiations and bundled sourcing events.
- Familiarity with should-cost modeling and market-intelligence frameworks.
- Success driving savings, revenue impact, or scorecard metric improvements.
- Ability to build and complete supplier contract strategies, including performance monitoring.
- Strong relationship-building skills and a customer-centric approach to issue resolution.
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML tools. Deep research or model-training expertise is helpful.