Indirect Regional Supplier Manager

Manage Supplier Relationship Regionally (in MSTI, Gujarat)

• Act as primary point of contact for assigned suppliers in category
• Perform commercial supplier qualification activities to ensure the commercial development of strategic suppliers
• Maintain collaborative relationships with supplier(s) while effectively resolving supplier performance/capability issues to ensure alignment with Micron's strategic direction
• Ensure suppliers align with Micron's code-of-conduct programs and corporate social responsibility initiatives
• Communicate key supplier management updates and decisions to multiple levels in the organization including Executive Leadership
• Enlist senior management, when appropriate, to help reinforce commitment and involvement from suppliers
• Provide the voice of the supply base to Micron and provide the voice of Micron to the supply base

Identify and Implement Supplier-Related Savings Levers

• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal setting
• Provide market intelligence and category price trends to relevant internal customers on a disciplined schedule
• Use should-cost models for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace
• Serve as the center of knowledge for assigned category and share knowledge with key customers and members of the category teams to enable more effective planning, forecasting and execution

Drive Negotiations with Suppliers for Sustaining Purchases

• Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc.
• Coordinate with Category Sourcing Manager (where relevant) or lead sourcing events/RFQ process into bundled negotiation
• Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiations
• Develop a contract strategy for suppliers in assigned categories and create, negotiate, supervise and enforce contracted terms and conditions 

Ensure Supplier Performance Management

• Partner with customers to build comprehensive view of supplier performance
• Collect and relay site specific priorities to suppliers
• Own and manage overall Strategic Supplier relationships within the assigned categories
• Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics for key regional Suppliers and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement

Lead in organizing and delivering on strategic supplier events, such as Quarterly Business Reviews, Annual Supplier Evaluations, and Executive Review Meetings