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Director, Spares Sourcing Strategy

Microsoft· Hardware Engineering
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Redmond, WA, Austin, TX$142.8k - $274.8kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Director-level role leading multi-year sourcing strategy for the spares hardware portfolio within Microsoft’s Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP), focused on Azure fleet availability, supplier accountability, and lifecycle economics; ownership of long-term sourcing vision, executive engagement, and operating model transformation for spares sourcing.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the multi-year sourcing vision and category strategies for the spares hardware portfolio, aligned to Azure fleet growth, technology roadmaps, and lifecycle economics from NPI through EOL.
  • Anticipate long-horizon supply, cost, and geopolitical risks and build proactive mitigation strategies.
  • Translate long-range demand and lifecycle outlooks into supplier capacity plans and multi-year commitments.
  • Set the decision framework for make/buy, multi-source, last-time-buy, reuse, and warranty renewal trade-offs.
  • Lead strategic contract and terms negotiations with key suppliers.
  • Own executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers and establish joint multi-year roadmaps and governance.
  • Design SLA/KPI framework for supplier performance, pricing, lead times, and multi-source allocation.
  • Architect RFQ/RFP strategies for large-scale, multi-commodity engagements and coach teams on negotiations.
  • Develop multi-year cost roadmaps using should-cost modeling and TCO analysis.
  • Shape warranty, RMA, and repair strategies to lower lifecycle costs while ensuring service continuity.
  • Build executive-ready business justifications for significant investments and trade-offs including tariffs and compliance.
  • Identify systemic gaps in the end-to-end spares lifecycle and lead cross-functional initiatives to close them at scale.
  • Design scalable sourcing processes and AI-enabled tooling to improve effectiveness and speed.
  • Act as a thought leader for spares sourcing across CSCP and mentor sourcing engineers and managers.

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years of technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Sourcing strategyExecutive stakeholder managementNegotiation and contract managementCost modeling and TCOStakeholder collaboration
Nice to have:Supply chain analytics

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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