Inderjit Singh Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Leading a cross functional team of supply chain professionals, including sourcing directors, engineers, program managers and contract managers driving supply chain for the Microsoft CloudDirecting commodity sourcing function for procurement of $Bs of semiconductor hardware that underpins Microsoft Cloud across first- and third-party businessesLeading the creation of a new end-to-end supply chain organization to manage manufacturing of Microsoft designed semiconductor hardware including Microsoft MAIA and CobaltDirecting team driving supply operations including planning and distribution of critical components that underpin every Azure Cloud server. Team is accountable for assurance of supply, hub operations, contract negotiations, statement of work, delivery, quality, cost, and innovation.Driving Cloud margin improvement by optimizing hardware cost across the hardware stack. Delivered >$2B in capex savings through commercial strategies and hardware design influenceLeading the Cloud contracts organization, responsible for executing/ managing lifecycle of all Cloud contractsLed transformation of organization to strategic procurement through development of sourcing vision, processes, and organization for selecting, managing, and developing strategic suppliersEstablished an SRM program, developing and maintaining high performing relationships with executives of key strategic partnersExecuted strategic long-term agreements driving preferential technology access, pricing, and time to market advantage for MicrosoftKey member of technical and commercial forums to drive product selection, supplier engagement and readinessRespected leader and diversity champion

Redmond, Washington, Us

Operations leader driving a team of planners that deliver Microsoft Cloud infrastructure globally, directed capital investments across the infrastructure stackLeading a team of Capacity Planners and Program Managers to develop comprehensive yet agile demand and capacity plans for incubation/early lifecycle Microsoft Cloud products across all resource typesDirecting organization wide virtual teams executing on critical Microsoft deliverables such as JEDI, global infrastructure expansion, and Availability ZonesCreated/executed capacity frameworks including DC/NW/Server long range plans, network hardware capacity planning, customer capacity quota management, multi-echelon inventory optimization approaches for cloud server planning, and capacity prioritization in a constrained datacenter environmentLeading business planning efforts towards capacity supply chain and provisioning across all time horizons such as monthly capital investment forum, executive business review forums such as engineering Pillar and Fundamentals, engineering semester planning, as well as technical long range planning over a 5 year horizonCapacity war room leader coordinating company wide effort to triage finite capacity in a constrained supply/volatile demand environment, directing capacity to prioritized regions and customers

Redmond, Washington, Us

Finance leader driving Cloud infrastructure investment plan across all Microsoft Cloud propertiesBuilt and maintained the long-range infrastructure plan for Microsoft Cloud, driving $10B+ in annual capital spendDirected Cloud infrastructure build out, decreasing unit cost of capacity by optimizing supply chainDrove annual capital investment envelope approvals with the Microsoft CFO and Cloud Group EVPsPartnered on strategic infrastructure initiatives through enterprise-wide analytics and decision supportDrove business cases for global expansion of Microsoft Cloud services, and economic analysis into next generation as well as long term evolution of cloud infrastructureLed competitive intelligence, KPI reporting, and Cloud Infrastructure FP&A, including monthly close, quarterly forecasting and annual planningCrafted investor relations messaging related to Cloud infrastructure for CEO/CFO earnings scripts

Redmond, Washington, Us

Azure P&L leaderDrove Cloud gross margin for Microsoft Azure through Revenue and COGS management in partnership with key stakeholders across Engineering, Marketing and OperationsSupported business development, M&A and Azure infrastructure expansion strategies Developed resource usage models for internal Microsoft Built on Azure properties and established cost allocation models through deep analytics into competitor pricing modelsDeveloped comprehensive dashboards to provide visibility to executive team into performance of the Azure business, driving decision making to keep business on track towards goals

Redmond, Washington, Us

R&D Controller – Search & Ad Platform Division (2010-2013) - Drove overall financial rhythm and controllership of R&D organization. Partnered with R&D leaders, delivering insightful business analysis, highlighting business issues, risks, and opportunitiesSenior Finance Manager – Microsoft Business Solutions Division (2008-2010) - Drove product strategy in support of Microsoft’s next generation ERP products. Key member of cross functional advisory team providing guidance to executive management on strategic direction for a $1B businessFinance Manager - Customer Service & Support Organization (2006-2008) - Managed $200M Customer Service P&L supporting Microsoft Partner Programs/Microsoft Business Solutions

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Finance Manager – JV & Alliances - Key partner in negotiating financial settlements for industry-leading $2B+ Joint Venture (JV) with Dutch flag carrier KLMVital participant of team negotiating line item alignment issues between US/Dutch GAAP, +$32M P&L impactAudited JV financial books to ensure conformity with Northwest/KLM public financial reports and umbrella JV contract. Identified exceptions worth $10.6M generating $5.3M in potential Northwest incomeIdentified key parameters for right-sizing Transatlantic network enabling Northwest Network Management team to eliminate non-profitable JV routes with savings of $6M annuallyRe-engineered business process reducing annual settlement cycle time by 54 days

Project Engineer - Member of plant commissioning team that designed and built a 3,000 tons/day cement production facility. Managed supplier relationships and directed inspections at supplier factories.

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