New College Grad - Indirect Category Supplier Manager

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Indirect Category Supplier Manager

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

Department Introduction

The Global Procurement organization plays a meaningful role in enabling Micron's business objectives by developing strategic supplier partnerships, optimizing total cost of ownership, mitigating supply risk, and ensuring continuity of supply across global operations. The team collaborates closely with internal partners and suppliers to drive sourcing excellence, deliver cost savings, support operational requirements, and strengthen supplier performance.

Through data-driven decision-making, market intelligence, and strategic supplier management, Procurement helps accelerate Micron's growth and innovation, including technology solutions that support AI-enabled business transformation.

Position Overview

As an Indirect Category Supplier Manager , you will partner with internal team members to build a comprehensive view of supplier performance and drive sourcing success across assigned indirect spend categories. This role is responsible for developing and accomplishing category strategies, leading supplier relationship management activities, conducting market analysis, driving cost reduction initiatives, negotiating contracts, and optimizing supplier performance.

You will employ analytics, market intelligence, and strategic sourcing methodologies to deliver measurable value while ensuring alignment with Micron's business objectives, risk management requirements, and operational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end supplier relationship management for assigned indirect categories, ensuring supplier performance, issue resolution, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement!
• Partner with cross-functional interested parties as the regional category lead to align business requirements, demand forecasts, sourcing priorities, and procurement strategies!
• Lead supplier qualification activities to support the selection, onboarding, development, and performance management of strategic suppliers.
• Drive supplier compliance with Micron's Supplier Code of Conduct, sustainability initiatives, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) expectations.
• Develop market intelligence, pricing benchmarks, should-cost models, and supplier performance analytics to support sourcing decisions and negotiations.
• Lead RFx events, supplier negotiations, contract renewals, repricing initiatives, supplier transitions, and commercial actions that deliver value and continuity of supply.
• Define and implement sourcing and contract strategies, including negotiation of commercial terms, service agreements, statements of work, and software licensing agreements.
• Establish supplier governance processes, including quarterly business reviews, annual supplier evaluations, executive reviews, and performance improvement plans to strengthen accountability and strategic alignment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, supply chain, or a related function.
• Experience negotiating contracts and commercial agreements in partnership with legal, finance, and business partners.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and interested party management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, prioritize multiple initiatives, and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
• Experience using data, cost analysis, and market intelligence to support sourcing decisions and supplier management activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Engineering, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading RFx processes, supplier negotiations, and sourcing initiatives across indirect spend categories, including services, IT, facilities, or professional services.
• Experience performing cost analysis, volume planning, supplier evaluations, make-versus-buy assessments, and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Knowledge of supplier governance practices, contract management, procurement systems, and strategic sourcing methodologies.
• Experience and/or interest in developing Agentic AI workflows into current or future processes.
• As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future.  We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget.  Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave.  Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays.   For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits .
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