Procurement Lead - Data Centers
About The Position
The Procurement Lead - Data Centers is responsible for sourcing excellence and cost reduction opportunities using a strategic approach. This high-visibility, growth-oriented indirect procurement role works on global commodities and engages key stakeholders, including senior company leaders. The role leads sourcing-event collaboration and decisions about event structure, supplier pools, selection criteria, and outcome criteria. It also supports cross-functional activities and continuous improvement of the Procurement function, while advancing sourcing solutions that deliver the lowest total cost of ownership for assigned commodities. The position supports corporate procurement objectives and strategic priorities, advises on communication with management, business partners, and suppliers, and leads supplier risk assessments, risk management, and disaster recovery planning. The role also manages projects throughout their full life cycle, from defining scope and objectives with relevant stakeholders through technical feasibility, planning, implementation, resource allocation, progress tracking, change control, testing, documentation, training, and status reporting.
Requirements
- University degree, such as a bachelor's degree, or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Strong oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Strong organization, planning, and time-management skills.
- Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity.
- Accountability for achieving goals and standards.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to work effectively with all organizational levels, suppliers, and/or external customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead collaboration with functional areas to populate sourcing events and determine event structure, supplier pool, selection criteria, and outcome criteria.
- Advise on cross-functional activities involving Planning, Engineering, Quality, Programs, Finance, Legal, and Manufacturing.
- Lead the continuous development of the Procurement function toward best practices.
- Lead collaboration to promote lowest-total-cost-of-ownership sourcing solutions and value propositions for assigned commodities.
- Advise on delivery of corporate-aligned procurement objectives that support the company's strategic vision.
- Advise on communication strategies to ensure accurate and timely information flow to upper management, business partners, and suppliers.
- Lead supplier risk assessments, risk management, and disaster recovery planning.
- Manage the full life cycle of project scope and objectives, involving relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Lead comprehensive project plans and implementation processes, including resource allocation, progress tracking, change control, testing, documentation, training, and status reports.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Education reimbursement
- Wellness programs
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Paid time off, including vacation or flex-time, sick, bereavement, and parental leave
- Short-term incentive programs for eligible positions
- Long-term incentive programs for eligible positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
