# Sourcing and Category Manager

OverviewIn alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft’s core cloud platforms and services that millions of people use every day. With more than 95% of Fortune 500 business on Azure, 180 million using Office 365, and millions using other services - all running on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure - CO+I builds and operates the foundation upon which Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization comes to life. The CO+I Supply Chain and Learning Excellence (“SCALE”) procurement team is responsible for establishing a flexible, efficient and reliable supply chain that can support a portfolio of complex datacenter operations. We are looking to fill a critical role of Category Manager for data center operations Supply Chain. Microsoft’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 respec

- **Id**: 4168643
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-sourcing-and-category-manager-3>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dublin, Ireland, Milan, Italy, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: IE, IT, GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-02T15:38:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T13:58:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 41
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6898
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 521
- **Ghost share**: 0.01
- **Stale share**: 0.568
- **Repost share**: 0.05
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 69000
- **Max**: 118200
- **Currency**: EUR
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 131189

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 41

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **Ireland** — Iso: IE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T13:58:40Z

## Visa

- Country: IE; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Irish employment permits in 12 months: 147; Filings 12m: 147

## Liveness

- **Score**: 33
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.749
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 41
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T16:20:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 131189
- **Is top pay**: yes

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