Sr Indirect Category Supplier Manager II - Materials Category

1850 Micron Memory Malaysia SD; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Sr Indirect Category Supplier Manager II - Materials Category in Penang, Malaysia. You will drive category strategies, supplier partnerships, and cost management across indirect materials.

The role emphasizes negotiations, business partnering, and AI-enabled ways of working with global and regional stakeholders to optimize value delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Proven category management and strategic sourcing experience.
• Experience managing multiple large-scale projects with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Advanced knowledge of materials cost structure and analysis.
• AI proficiency and AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Implement processes to monitor customer happiness with key suppliers.
• Recommend targets to increase value such as revenue, spend reduction, and efficiency.
• Analyze sourcing trends and provide category guidance.
• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal-setting.
• Develop category strategies and validate with Global/Regional teams.
• Lead or participate in negotiations for contracts and renewals.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

AI proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Ariba

SAP

SCOUT

Job description

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. Join Micron as a Sr Indirect Category Supplier Manager II - Materials Category and embark on an exceptionally rewarding journey! This outstanding opportunity allows you to play a pivotal role in transforming our strategic procurement processes while working alongside world-class professionals.

Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

• Implement processes to monitor customer happiness with key suppliers.
• Recommend targets to increase value such as high revenue, spend reduction, purchasing efficiency, customer services, and supplier management.
• Analyze sourcing trends and provide suggestions for assigned categories.
• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal-setting.
• Develop category strategies for managed categories and validate strategies with Global and Regional Category Managers and internal partners.
• Leverage Artificial Intelligence to improve category management.

Cost Management & Analysis

• Identify and evaluate category-specific savings/revenue levers.
• Drive category savings/revenue and scorecard metric targets.
• Provide market intelligence and category price trends to relevant internal customers.
• Apply should-cost models for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace.

Negotiation

• Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc.
• 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 build, negotiate, monitor, and enforce contracted terms and conditions.
• Conduct strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and cost management using supplier and industry analysis.

Business Partnering

• Collaborate with customers to deliver strategic solutions.
• Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with key collaborators.
• Drive a customer-centric approach to solving issues and representing Procurement.
• Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships to improve cost-effectiveness, supply chain efficiency, and resilience.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Over 10 years of experience in the Facilities & Construction Category.
• A relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in category management and strategic sourcing.
• Experience managing multiple large-scale projects concurrently, ability to work with minimal supervision, and strong project management skills.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Advanced skills in materials cost structure and analysis.
• AI proficiency and AI-enabled ways of working.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working in indirect category management at a semiconductor company.
• Experience working with Ariba, SAP, and SCOUT.

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

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards. Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.