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Senior Category Supplier Manager (CSM) for Construction Trades Sourcing

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.

As a Senior Category Supplier Manager (CSM) for Construction Trades Sourcing, you will be responsible for executing strategies and risk mitigation of the labor ecosystem with the US Construction Procurement team and the respective internal partners and stakeholders. You will support execution of capital construction projects in the western US, specifically the Boise, Idaho construction trade labor program including mega fab builds, tool install, sustaining labor, and other major projects.

You will be conducting strategic sourcing initiatives, plan and execute negotiations using supplier and industry analysis, benchmark and cost management. Through management of the category strategy, you will also be building trusted partnerships with internal stakeholders, driving best-in-class, cost, supply and resilience. You will also coordinate the execution of trade labor programs such as workforce development, addressing workforce barriers, coordinating execution of labor agreements and labor program requirements, labor attraction and retention, and collaboration with union and merit-based organizations, local industry, community, and government partners.

Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

• Implement and lead processes to monitor stakeholder satisfaction and program outcomes with key trade labor partners, including general contractors, trade/subcontractors, and labor organizations.
• Recommend and drive targets to maximize value such as high revenue, spend reduction, cost efficiency, purchasing efficiency, workforce reliability, labor pipeline development, customer services and supplier management.
• Analyze sourcing trends, supplier performance data, labor market conditions, and workforce development opportunities and make recommendations for assigned categories.
• Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal-setting, focusing on execution and delivery of contracted labor programs.
• Support development and execution of category strategies and governance for managed categories and validate strategies with Global and Regional Category Managers and internal partners.
• Coordinate workforce development initiatives by partnering with unions, schools, and community organizations to expand the skilled trades pipeline and secure program funding.

Cost Management & Analysis

• Identify and evaluate category-specific savings/revenue levers and risks.
• Drive category savings/revenue and scorecard metric targets.
• Provide market intelligence, labor rate benchmarks, and category price trends to relevant internal stakeholders
• Utilize should-cost models and labor market data for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace, supporting bid assessments and change-order reviews.

Negotiation

• Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, labor agreements, labor program requirements, etc.
• Lead or participate in sourcing events/RFQ process into bundled negotiation, ensuring compliance with labor agreements and labor program requirements.
• Develop a contract strategy for suppliers in assigned categories and create, negotiate, monitor and enforce contracted terms and conditions.
• Conduct strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and cost management using supplier and industry analysis.

Business Partnering, Stakeholder Engagement & Supplier Relationship Management

• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver and execute strategic solutions.
• Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with key stakeholders.
• Drive a customer-centric approach to solving issues and representing Procurement in cross-functional forums.
• Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships to enhance workforce reliability, cost-effectiveness, supply chain efficiency, and resilience across the labor ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with regional and local unions, ensuring Project Labor Agreements are executed effectively and labor program requirements are met.
• Drive accountability for labor program execution with prime builders (GC, CM, EPC, etc.), ensuring they implement, monitor, and continuously improve site conditions, incentive programs, workforce stability, etc. in alignment with Micron's expectations and contractual obligations.
• Expand Micron's presence and partnerships across local union and merit-based organizations, industry, community, and government partners to strengthen the construction trade ecosystem and support program objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum 35 years of experience in procurement, category management, construction sourcing, or trade labor program management.
• A relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (e.g., Business, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field).
• Proven experience in category management and strategic sourcing, preferably within construction, capital projects or large-scale industrial environments.
• Experience coordinating construction labor programs, including workforce development, union engagement, labor agreements, and compliance.
• Strong negotiating and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively manage relationships with various individuals involved (e.g., prime builders, trade/subcontractors, unions, and community partners).