Procurement Manager, Substation Equipment

Aligned Data Centers

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. This role manages strategic purchasing, planning, and project management of owner-furnished equipment for all data center substation projects. The position involves leading collaborative efforts between engineering, procurement, technical program management, and construction teams, and managing owner-furnished equipment throughout its lifecycle from forecasting and strategic planning through delivery, installation, commissioning, and turnover. The role also includes building and overseeing strategic vendor relationships, presenting purchasing strategies to senior leadership, and managing production/delivery schedules, logistics, submittal reviews, factory acceptance tests, and vendor field service scope. Additionally, the manager will support vendor relationships to ensure manufacturing plans align with project and program needs, assist in managing project budgets, track project costs, schedules, and documentation, and handle administrative duties related to project financials such as RFPs, change orders, PO requests, and invoice reconciliation. Collaboration with project site construction managers and procurement project managers is key to successfully delivering data center projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, or equivalent (degree or experience).
• Experience with electrical equipment and substation construction strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the developing data center battery storage and primary power generation market is a plus.
• Experience managing large projects with many key stakeholders.
• Strong commercial skills required, including negotiation, planning and forecasting, budgeting, and reporting.
• 25%+ travel required, with regular visits to project sites and vendor factories. Some international travel may be required.
• High proficiency with computers and industry systems and programs, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office products (especially Excel), Construction programs (such as Procore, Helix, etc), database systems, financial systems, scheduling programs, etc.
• Superb written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task, with strong time management and organizational skills.
• Desire to work in an extremely fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• Must have a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the developing data center battery storage and primary power generation market is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manages strategic purchasing, planning, and project management of owner furnished equipment for all data center substation projects, including high voltage breakers, power transformers, switchgear, control houses, and steel structure packages.
• Leads collaborative effort between engineering, procurement, technical program management, and construction teams.
• Manages owner furnished equipment from forecasting and strategic planning through delivery, installation, commissioning and turnover.
• Builds and oversees relevant strategic vendor relationships – leading the effort to plan and purchase underlying equipment.
• Presents purchasing strategy to senior leadership in connection with underlying funding requests.
• Manages, tracks and reports production/delivery schedules and logistics, submittal review and approval, factory acceptance tests, and vendor field service scope.
• Manages and supports vendor relationships, ensuring the manufacturing production plans support the individual projects as well as the overall program.
• Assist in the management of project budgets according to project controls and processes.
• Set up, manage, and track project costs, schedules, and documentation history.
• Own and maintain all administrative duties associated with project financials, to include but not limited to, requests for proposals, change orders, requests for POs, and invoice reconciliation.
• Collaborate with project site construction managers and procurement project managers to successfully deliver data center projects.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

What This Job Offers

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