Overview

Category Manager – Network Cabling

Role focus: This role focuses on the sourcing, contracting, and supplier management of structured cabling and physical network infrastructure within Microsoft's data center environment. The successful candidate will combine technical expertise in network cabling with experience in supplier, project, program, commercial, or contract management. In addition to leading the network cabling category, the role supports selected data center infrastructure, maintenance, operational, and service contract categories.

Although network cabling procurement is the core focus, the role will also manage other data centre contract categories, including selected IT, mechanical, electrical, maintenance, upgrade and operational service agreements.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end sourcing for network cabling, including technical specification review, supplier identification and qualification, tendering, commercial evaluation, negotiation and contracting for both cabling materials and installation labour.

Partner with engineering,



design, construction and data centre operations teams to translate technical requirements into explicit scopes of work, bills of materials, installation standards, acceptance criteria and supplier obligations.

Evaluate cabling contractors and manufacturers on technical capability, installation quality, safety, capacity, delivery performance, commercial value and compliance with applicable standards.

Manage network cabling contracts through delivery, including changes, risks, milestones, service levels, claims, cost controls and performance improvement.

Build strategic relationships with cabling manufacturers, distributors and installation partners, using KPIs and scorecards to improve quality, availability, cost and delivery.

Bring Ability to apply technical expertise to sourcing and contracting decisions to sourcing decisions, challenge specifications and supplier proposals constructivel

📌 Category Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 Hyderabad