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Our team fosters a culture of innovation, operations excellence and provides great career growth opportunities with a rewarding work environment. We deliver impact by leveraging corporate supplier strategies with a business aligned compliant supplier ecosystem.\nWe are seeking future business leaders to join our Procurement Solutions group as a Senior Sourcing Manager, driving indirect sourcing excellence while leading process, tools, and AI-enabled automation across procurement. This role goes beyond traditional sourcing to modernize how we manage contracts, suppliers, compliance, and category value at scale.\nThis Senior Sourcing Manager role offers a unique opportunity to drive business transformation by modernizing procurement processes and leveraging cutting-edge AI and automation to deliver measurable impact across global operations. You will shape strategic sourcing initiatives, influence supplier partnerships, and directly contribute to cost savings, risk mitigation, and compliance excellence. Collaborating with diverse teams worldwide, you’ll play a key role in building innovative solutions and gain exposure to advanced analytics and digital enablement in a highly rewarding, growth-focused environment.\nResponsibilities\nDrive business impact by applying deep expertise in procurement processes, policies, and market intelligence to develop and influence channel and sourcing strategies across functions and regions.\nDefine, maintain, and execute sourcing strategies for complex indirect categories and purchasing initiatives to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and ensure continuity of supply and service.\nNegotiate contracts and pricing for a purchasing category, driving compliance, cost savings, and supplier competitiveness.\nLead efforts to automate sourcing routine tasks, contract lifecycle tracking, improving cycle times, consistency, accuracy, and compliance at scale.\nCollaborate cross-functionally to define supplier scorecard frameworks, including KPIs, SLAs, compliance metrics, and realized value measurements.\nDesign and implement performance dashboards and scorecards to track preferred supplier savings and financial benefits, category strategy coverage and adoption, contract, policy, and supplier compliance outcomes.\nApply AI and advanced analytics to proactively identify supplier risk, compliance gaps, and policy deviations, enabling preventative action rather than reactive controls.\nQualifications\nRequired/minimum qualifications\nMaster's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND 3+ years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND 4+ years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operations OR equivalent experience.\nAdditional or preferred qualifications\nMaster's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND 6+ years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND 8+ years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR equivalent experience.\n4+ years of experience in stakeholder engagement and running sourcing projects.\nProven cross-functional team facilitation experience preferred. \nExperience working successfully with international businesses and understanding the intricacies and nuances of various cultures and countries.\nAnalytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities in finance and business subjects. \nProficient communication and presentation skills.\nSourcing and Category Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. 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