Supplier Strategy Director
 Microsoft | |
remote work
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 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 25, 2025 | |
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OverviewDoes pioneering new and innovative ways to reimagine and transform end-user productivity across the breadth and depth of Microsoft's global workforce sound exciting to you? Are you passionate about the future of work, driving innovation and showcasing an employee experience blueprint that inspires customers and partners to navigate their digital transformation? If so, the Microsoft Digital (MSD) team is an excellent place for you to grow your career. Microsoft Digital (MSD)'s mission is to power, protect, and transform the employee experience at Microsoft around the world.Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work as part of this critical and forward-thinking team. Microsoft Digital (MSD) innovates, creates, and delivers the vision for Microsoft's employee experience, human resources, corporate and legal affairs, global real estate products, and runs Microsoft's internal network and infrastructure, plus builds campus modernization and hybrid solutions. You will leverage the latest technologies and focus on empowering Microsoft employees with the tools and services that define both the physical and digital future of work. The Supplier Strategy Director will own a portfolio of supplier sourcing and contractual engagements, and you will establish relationships by building trust with internal and external stakeholders. As director, you will develop and execute supplier sourcing strategies that will help meet MSD business outcomes. You will lead and have responsibility over supplier strategy, negotiations and contracting, supplier management, and compliance with key stakeholders and partners across the company. This position is based at the Redmond campus and supports 50% work on-site and 50% work from home. 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.
Responsibilities Driving key supplier sourcing & selection initiatives with results. Relationship management and engagement with external and internal partners. Leverages technology, especially Microsoft's Copilot and other Microsoft applications to improve output and increase efficiency. Solid business acumen. Understanding of overall supplier strategy including planning, sourcing and execution. Leading a team in definition and implementation of supplier strategy for MSD portfolio of IT engineering and technical services, software, SaaS, networking and hardware. Defining core goals and working to meet them. Coaching, developing, and growing team members per career aspiration. Challenging the status quo via a growth mindset - striving for continuous improvement and customer-centrism in all aspects of decision making. | |