Sr Manager, Supply Chain Capital Planning

Quality Technology Services•Ashburn, VA

About The Position

The Sr Manager, Supply Chain Capital Planning is an execution-focused planning professional who may serve as a people leader depending on organizational design and team structure. This role manages core capital planning activities across QTS’s supply chain and long-lead equipment multi-year program, ensuring planning inputs, analyses, and reporting are accurate, timely, and aligned with enterprise standards. The role translates strategic direction into practical execution, with a focus on supply chain capital planning, capital spend governance, cash flow forecasting, and reporting. It provides financial visibility into capital commitments, purchase order activity, invoice reporting, and forecast accuracy. Working under the guidance of the Director, Capital Planning or Senior Director, Capital Planning, the role partners with Procurement, Finance, Accounting, Development, project controls, and construction delivery. It supports planning cycles, disciplined capital deployment, stronger controls, and clear insight into the relationship between procurement activity, project delivery, and financial performance. The role also develops junior talent, reinforces planning discipline, and helps the function scale as the portfolio grows.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years of progressive experience in capital planning, development finance, portfolio analysis, project controls, or related disciplines.
Experience leading workstreams, supervising analysts or associates, or managing planning deliverables in a complex operating environment.
Strong analytical and financial skills, including experience building executive reporting, dashboards, and analytics that translate procurement and capital activity into clear recommendations and executive-ready materials.
Proficiency with ERP, procurement, and reporting tools, with the ability to reconcile data across source systems and improve reporting integrity.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Accounting, and Development; manage priorities; and improve process consistency in a matrixed environment.
Ability to manage planning deliverables with discipline while balancing speed, accuracy, and stakeholder needs.
Ability to lead teams and workstreams effectively while building trust and credibility across cross-functional partners.
Ability to strengthen planning rigor, process consistency, governance compliance, and data quality across a growing capital planning function.
Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including the ability to present complex procurement and capital data as clear financial insights.

Nice To Haves

Experience in data center development, real estate, infrastructure, energy, or other asset-intensive industries.
Familiarity with integrated business planning, capital governance, and portfolio-level reporting routines.
Experience developing junior talent and building repeatable team processes in a fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

Manage recurring supply chain capital planning workstreams, including data collection, validation, consolidation, and reporting.
Lead portfolio-level analyses of capital timing, phasing, variances, and emerging risks to support planning and governance discussions.
Lead and, where applicable, supervise analysts and associates; translate planning priorities into structured workplans, timelines, and output expectations; coach junior team members.
Lead governance for procurement capital spend, including approval thresholds, commitment tracking, and alignment between capital plans, purchase orders, and invoice activity.
Establish controls for procurement cash flows and forecast-to-actual reporting across capital projects and procurement categories.
Monitor commitments, change orders, and spending variances to identify issues early and support corrective action.
Support audit readiness and policy compliance by ensuring capital procurement data is complete, auditable, and aligned across ERP and reporting systems.
Own procurement capital reporting for commitments, spend, invoice status, cash flow timing, forecast accuracy, and cancellation liability.
Build and maintain reporting standards, definitions, and dashboards showing capital deployment by project, category, vendor, and timeline.
Partner with Procurement, Accounting, Finance, Development, and project teams to reconcile commitments to actuals, resolve data gaps, challenge assumptions, and improve cash flow forecasting.
Align procurement platforms, ERP tools, and reporting data sets so leadership receives consistent, decision-ready information.
Present procurement capital performance, cash flow updates, and reporting insights to senior leadership, including commentary on risks, trends, and required actions.
Develop KPIs for procurement capital management, including committed versus approved spend, forecast variance, invoice cycle timing, and reporting timeliness.
Lead cross-functional reviews to resolve reporting gaps, improve source data quality, and standardize capital procurement processes across teams and regions.
Drive adoption of planning templates, tools, governance routines, and automation to improve repeatability, transparency, efficiency, and analytical rigor.