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You will guide your employees to effectively run warranty processes and data bearing device (DBD) destruction. This opportunity will allow you to model leadership principles, drive focus on accurately and efficiently completing Inventory and Asset Management (IAM) tasks, and work with stakeholders to manage escalations as they arise.\nMicrosoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I DIAM, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development of all employees and offers training and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion training and events, and professional certifications.\nMicrosoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.\nResponsibilities\nResponsible for overall day-to-day operations and ensure inbound and outbound processes are running smoothly and effectively. \nAssess resource and workflow patterns to determine any needed changes in work assignments to ensure timelines are met.\nSupport the planning, management, and communication of end-to-end project plans with applicable stakeholders and teams. \nEnsure that all issues are documented, tracked, discussed, and resolved with internal and external stakeholders as well as suppliers with consistent and complete communication. \nCoordinate and oversee relationships with any third-party vendors who perform DBD destruction as necessary ensuring all DBDs leaving premises do not contain customer information and are destroyed.\nComply with established methodologies and approaches to ensure delivery and execution of contracts and purchase orders. \nProcess price and procurement requests requested by Microsoft management in support of server, network, Storage Area Network (SAN), and spare requirements. \nProvide thought leadership on established methodologies and monitor outcome.\nServe as subject matter expert and model compliance to team members. \nConduct or assist in conducting daily safety briefings, completes required safety training, provides guidance to technicians to facilitate compliance with safety procedures (e.g., Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage, rack moving, heavy-equipment usage,lifting, ladder/rolling stair use).\nSeek out opportunities to contribute to workstreams and evolve existing workstream processes, services, and solutions toward greater simplification and automation.\nManagers help deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring while promoting a positive and effective team culture.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree AND 3+ year(s) experience warehouse/supply chain in an information technology (IT) environment, inventory management, retail, warehouse management, logistics, or a related field.OR equivalent experience.\n\nWhile not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications:\n5+ year(s) experience in warehouse/supply chain in an information technology (IT) environment, IT, and/or logistics, operating heavy-load movement equipment (e.g., forklift, pallet jacks, chassis lifts) for a large corporationOR equivalent experience.\n\n1+ year(s) project management experience.\nCertification in American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)/Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM), Inventory Control, OR equivalent.\nBackground Check Requirements:\nAbility to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. 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