Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

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.

In this role, you will conduct negotiations for strategic sourcing events using cost modeling and other analytical techniques to drive the negotiation process and coordinate quarterly negotiations / renewals into bundled negotiation. Also, you will partner with cross-functional teams to enable Micron to meet business plan requirements by optimizing cost structure, ensuring quality standards, and securing a reliable supply.

Job Description

• Facilitate Technical Collaboration with Collaborators

• Understand technical market landscape and supplier capabilities and roadmaps

• Facilitate co-development activities, and technical roadmap collaboration with suppliers

• Coordinate with supplier safety issues (e.g. process hazards, maintenance procedures)

• Lead Procurement Sourcing Strategies (including creation through collaborator input, communication, and execution)

• Get along with Micron and Supplier executives

• Source and Select Suppliers to Meet Technical and Cost Requirements

• Drive sourcing requirements and supplier selection through decision matrix in support of technology development, cost reduction, and quality improvement efforts

• Partner with collaborators to assess Supply Chain risk for new sources

• Provide category-level analysis to influence sourcing decisions and ensure supplier meets the needs of customer, including Total Cost of Ownership, quality, performance and delivery requirements

• Initiate and negotiate contracts to completion for new suppliers

• Partner in Negotiation Processes to Enable Future Cost Structures

• Partner with collaborators on negotiations with suppliers for strategic sourcing/RFQ events

• Apply should / could cost modeling and other analytical techniques to drive negotiation process

• Ensure all new business awards and opportunities are coordinated to bring to bear global business volume

• Negotiate upfront Total Cost of Ownership commitments for time-based reductions

• Partner with internal collaborators to ensure spares contracts support equipment uptime and cost objectives.

• Identify and Implement Supplier-Related Savings Levers

• Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements across categories into negotiations

• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal setting

• Provide market intelligence and price trends to relevant internal collaborators on a disciplined schedule

• Serve as the center of knowledge and share knowledge with key collaborators and members of the category teams to enable more effective planning, forecasting and execution

• Ensure Supplier Performance Management

• Partner with Supplier Managers and Stakeholders to build comprehensive view of supplier performance

• Assist Supplier Managers in relaying site-specific priorities to supplier

• Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement

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

Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of experience within semiconductor manufacturing environments!

• 3 years of experience in strategic sourcing, supplier management, or category management, preferably for capital equipment or complex technical commodities!

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across cross‑functional teams, with strong interpersonal, communication, and collaborator management skills.

• Proven strength in complex problem‑solving, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and drive resolution in challenging situations.

• Demonstrated and shown negotiation capabilities, with a strong background in supplier relationship management, including commercial negotiations, performance management, and long‑term strategic partnership development.

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers

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