Within Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure, the Spares and Warranty team is responsible for ensuring that the right spare parts, are in the right place, at the right time in support of delivering global capacity requirements.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure spares availability for New Products at NPI dock.
- Drive EG guidance and education of NPI sparing timelines, requirements, and dependencies.
- Drive requirements discussions with newly engaged engineering teams on what is needed for Spares NPI deployments.
- Work closely with engineering teams as a sign-off member in Platform Plan Approval meetings- ensuring that spares requirements are understood before a new deployment is approved.
- Be an active member in New Product readiness discussions, and represent Spares Supply Chain requirements.
- Build working relationships across multiple disciplines and teams, driving influence across the organization.
- Drive continuous improvement of deployment processes, including assessment &; improvement of program delivery capabilities, analysis &; insights of business performance metrics, and manage voice-of-the-customer feedback loops.
- Implement measurement frameworks to enable data-driven decision making.
- Collaborate with Sourcing, Finance, Data Center Operations, Procurement &; Planning, effectively building relationships with a wide range of influencers and cultivating strategic relationships globally.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year(s) experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
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