Group Procurement Account Manager.

Group Procurement Account Manager

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 respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Are you an experienced leader that is passionate about growing high performing teams while also influencing and driving economic value across Microsoft’s most complex supplier relationships? Do you seek opportunities to impact decisions that will have a long-term impact on Microsoft’s future? Are you experienced in leadership, supplier or partner relationship management including:

• Experience in developing teams by coaching for success and focusing on individual strengths
• Establishing a sense of trust and confidence thru leading by example
• Driving economic value realization
• Managing supplier accountability and performance
• Balancing trade-offs to optimize for value for Microsoft
• Developing, negotiating and implementing contract strategies

Procurement has a mission to deliver business value through proactive global solutions that are innovative, compliant and cost effective and exceed stakeholder expectations. Procurement is a global team of 220+ employees across 30 countries supporting 100+ geographies worldwide facilitating $30B+ in annual purchases worldwide.

Microsoft’s Supplier Management team within the Microsoft Financial Operations/Procurement team has a working management opening for a Group Procurement Account Manager. We are looking for a leader to manage a team that is responsible for the supplier relationships with our key Services suppliers by driving supplier accountability, managing supplier risk and extending economic value across our highest impact suppliers. This will include, but is not limited to, aligning our purchase/use actions with the overall business strategies, monitoring the supplier’s performance, mitigating risk and driving future innovative opportunities, between Microsoft and the supplier.