Category Sourcing Manager - Construction Services / EPC / Utilities

QTS Data Centers • Duluth, GA

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About The Position

The Category Sourcing Manager (CSM) develops, executes, and manages corporate sourcing initiatives across the major capital project lifecycle. The role’s category scope includes Pre-development, Construction, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), Utilities, and Commissioning. The CSM analyzes data to identify sourcing and cost-optimization opportunities and generate savings. Spend areas may include development services, engineering and design, site preparation, civil works, electrical and mechanical systems, major equipment, construction services, EPC agreements, testing, start-up, commissioning, and project closeout.

The CSM negotiates complex, competitive programs and communicates the value propositions of category proposals to lines of business and Senior Management. In collaboration with internal user departments, the role facilitates and optimizes purchasing and corporate governance for these spend categories across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Seven or more years of relevant sourcing, procurement, supply-chain, or contracting experience supporting major capital projects in Oil & Gas, Renewables, Infrastructure, or an equivalent industry.
• Experience developing, negotiating, executing, and managing contracts for Pre-development, Construction, EPC, and Commissioning scopes on major capital projects.
• Experience building relationships with stakeholders to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and category subject matter experts.
• Experience managing and leading change initiatives with significant organizational impacts.
• Experience developing long-range sourcing plans to reduce total costs, optimize supplier value, and meet internal customer requirements.
• Demonstrated enterprise procurement leadership across one or more major capital project categories, including Pre-development, Construction, EPC, or Commissioning, in Oil & Gas, Renewables, Infrastructure, or an equivalent contracting environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with all levels of the organization.
• Organizational skills to prioritize and multitask appropriately.
• Ability to perform timely follow-up and escalate appropriately when necessary.
• Strong planning, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision on multiple concurrent projects of varying complexity and competing priority.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and solve problems.
• Self-motivated and goal-driven.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or master’s degree in Supply Chain.
• Experience working for or supporting an owner, developer, EPC contractor, or major supplier delivering Oil & Gas, Renewables, Infrastructure, data center, or equivalent major capital projects.
• Procurement certification, such as ISM CPSM.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets.
• Develop supplier and industry profiles and sourcing strategies for Pre-development, Construction, EPC, Utilities, and Commissioning categories.
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities.
• Coordinate purchasing and contracting activities across the capital project lifecycle, from Pre-development through Closeout.
• Lead supplier selection and recommendation activities, including qualitative and quantitative analysis, selection criteria, long and short lists, RFI/RFP development, and bid analysis.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for high-spend, complex, and critical or strategic categories.
• Provide strategic guidance on profiles and Total Cost of Ownership models used to support sourcing decisions.
• Develop implementation strategies, responsibility assignments, communications plans, and timelines.
• Lead implementation activities for categories with critical impacts to the business and internal customers.
• Monitor compliance with supplier agreements for high-spend scope areas.
• Develop long-range sourcing plans to reduce total costs, optimize supplier value, and meet internal customer requirements.
• Conduct spend analysis and develop methodologies and metrics tools to track progress.
• Negotiate, review, and execute contractual arrangements in accordance with company policy and business objectives.
• Identify and implement system solutions and best practices to optimize indirect sourcing and procurement work practices.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and subject matter experts.
• Ensure tactical execution of purchasing activities to meet routine business needs.
• Drive value through innovation and collaboration with strategic suppliers and internal customers.

Benefits

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting.
• Bonus or commission eligibility for every employee.
• Generous paid time off, paid volunteer days, and floating holidays.
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP).
• 11 paid holidays annually and holiday compensation when worked.
• Pet and legal insurance.
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program.
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program.
• Parental leave.
• Military Benefits Package.
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program.
• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents.
• QTS Crisis Fund.
• Wellness Program.
• Tuition Reimbursement Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior