{"id":1987913,"url":"https://alion.io/job/micron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager","title":"Global FE Materials Category Supplier Manager","company":{"id":37,"name":"Micron Technology","domain":"micron.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/micron-technology","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":831,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.593,"repost_share":0.002,"time_to_fill_p50_days":42,"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Hiroshima, Japan"],"countries":["JP"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":41000,"max_usd":94000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":4596},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-07T03:37:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-07","last_verified_at":"2026-10-23T00:44:09Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":16,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":16},"description":"Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.\nMicron 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.\nMicron 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.\nAs a Global Front-End (FE) Materials Category Supplier Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and executing Micron's global sourcing strategy for critical semiconductor materials. You will serve as a primary global procurement interface for assigned material categories and suppliers, partnering across Micron's global manufacturing, technology and procurement organizations to drive cost competitiveness, supply resilience, supplier performance and long-term sourcing success.\nThe FE Materials Global Procurement owns strategic category and supplier management, including sourcing, RFQ activities, market analysis, business award recommendations, supplier performance and cross-functional execution of category strategies.\nYou will develop a deep understanding of your assigned materials markets, including supplier capabilities, manufacturing technologies, market dynamics, cost drivers and supplier roadmaps. You will translate these insights into sourcing and negotiation strategies that create sustainable value for Micron.\nKey Responsibilities\nCategory Strategy & Strategic Sourcing\nDevelop and execute global category sourcing strategies in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.\nLead sourcing activities, including RFI/RFQ processes, supplier selection, allocation recommendations, and business awards.\nDevelop material pricing roadmaps and identify opportunities to improve cost competitiveness.\nLead supplier negotiations covering pricing, commercial terms, Long-Term Agreements (LTAs), payment terms, and other key commercial requirements.\nApply cost analysis and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodologies to identify cost opportunities, understand key cost drivers, and strengthen negotiation strategies.\nAnalyze market trends, supplier capabilities, and emerging supply-base opportunities to support sourcing decisions.\nCost Competitiveness & Commercial Excellence\nIdentify and implement category-specific savings levers and deliver category cost objectives.\nConduct cost analysis and identify cost-improvement opportunities in collaboration with internal stakeholders and suppliers.\nConduct supplier benchmarking and market analysis to strengthen sourcing and negotiation strategies.\nLead negotiations for significant-spend and multi-year commercial agreements.\nDrive opportunities for supply-base optimization, commercial improvement, and procurement efficiency.\nSupply Resilience & Risk Management\nIdentify global supply risks and develop proactive mitigation strategies with internal stakeholders and suppliers.\nDevelop strategies addressing risks such as geographic concentration, raw-material exposure and global capacity constraints.\nPartner with suppliers to strengthen business continuity and supply resilience.\nLead global supplier escalation and mitigation when significant supply constraints occur.\nSupport material readiness requirements associated with technology and manufacturing roadmaps.\nCross-Functional Leadership\nLead and participate in Material Strategy Teams (MST) to develop and execute category-specific strategies.\nCollaborate globally with FE Materials Operations, Technology Development/Material Procurement, engineering, quality, manufacturing and other procurement partners.\nCommunicate category strategies, sourcing recommendations, supplier risks and key decisions effectively across multiple organizational levels.\nProvide fact-based recommendations and market intelligence to senior leadership on strategic category and supplier decisions.\nAct as a subject-matter expert for the assigned material category and build strong internal and external industry networks.\nSustainability & Responsible Supply Chain\nPartner with suppliers and internal teams to support Micron's sustainability and responsible-sourcing objectives.\nDrive supplier alignment with applicable compliance and responsible-sourcing expectations.\nSupport supplier Scope 3 emissions management and category-related regulatory/compliance requirements.\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience in Engineering, Business Administration/Management, Supply Chain, Procurement, or a related field.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert market, supplier and cost information into sourcing strategies.\nDemonstrated capability in strategic sourcing, supplier management, commercial negotiation or supply-chain management.\nAbility to collaborate across functions, organizations and geographies and influence decisions in a complex global environment.\nStrong communication, stakeholder-management and negotiation skills.\nPreferred\nMaster's degree in Business Administration/Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.\n5+ years of relevant experience in Engineering, Purchasing/Procurement, Supplier/Partner Relations, Supply Chain, or Product Management.\nSemiconductor industry or semiconductor materials experience, particularly in lithography\nExperience negotiating significant-spend, multi-year supplier agreements.\nWorking knowledge of strategic sourcing, cost analysis, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodologies.\nFamiliarity with semiconductor-material manufacturing processes and global supply markets.\nExperience applying AI and digital tools to improve productivity, analyze information, generate insights, and support data-driven procurement and business decisions.\nProfessional certifications such as CPSM, CPM, APICS, or PMP.\nAbout Micron Technology, Inc.\nWe 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.\nTo learn more, please visit micron.com/careers\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.\nTo request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact \nMicron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.\nMicron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.\nAI alert : Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.\nFraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7901,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Enterprise Storage Systems","Semiconductor Manufacturing","Memory & Storage Chips"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-07T03:37:17Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":60,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.672,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":16,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","urgency","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/micron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/micron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T10:29:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15939,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":37},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=37"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/micron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-global-fe-materials-category-supplier-manager"}]}