Sourcing Analyst

Microsoft's Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI CSCP's vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.

The Cloud Sourcing, Spares, Security and Sustainability (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing, strategy, and suppliers to provide cost, flexibility, and supply advantages that enable our org to become a world-class supply chain. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable, on-time performance and optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

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
Data Collection & Modeling Management:

• Collect, organize, and cleanse large volume of raw data from various sources, ensuring data quality and accuracy.
• Develop and maintain efficient data collection processes and workflows.
• Design and implement data models to organize and structure large datasets for analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business objectives and identify key data requirements.

Reporting And Visualization

• Design and build visualizations, dashboards, and reports to effectively communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Deploy solutions that enable self-service analytics, allowing users to independently explore and access data.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities for process automation and optimization to improve efficiency and accuracy in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Capable of performing complex data analysis to identify problems or opportunities to improve overall supply chain performance.
• Document minutes, process, flows and specifications to track progress and for knowledge management.

Project Management

• Work closely with engineering, project managers and business users to support data migration and other supply chain initiatives.
• Conduct user interviews, collect requirements from business user, draft specifications of system design that optimize efficiency.
• Manage meetings with engineering team to monitor and solve system issues, including creating ticket, tracking open issues and conduct UAT.
• Support sourcing analytics and material supply reporting / dashboard.
• Work closely with sourcing managers/GSMs/Engineers for Multisource component qualification progress tracking and report out.
• Purchase orders operations and budget tracking to ensure spending within budget.

Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in procurement, supply chain, sourcing, engineering, operations, or relevant sales-related roles OR equivalent experience.
• Expert level in Microsoft Excel and familiar with advanced function such as Power Query.
• Strong analytical and data modeling skills, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in English and Chinese.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) or experienced in Power BI.
• Familiarity with data analysis and automation in programming language such as Python, R, JavaScript.
• Experience in using SQL to query data.
• Knowledge of operation research and optimization models such as linear programming is a plus.
• Proficient knowledge of electronics (PCBA's) manufacturing processes and logistics.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems, including material planning specific software such as SAP or Oracle. Preferred SAP experience, specifically in materials management and BOMs.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Other Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.