Under the direction of the SVP, Data Center Delivery, the Director, Data Center Procurement is a leadership role responsible for providing the global strategy for the long lead equipment (generators, transformers, chillers, etc. with opportunities to expand to other areas for the business. This role is an excellent opportunity to join a committed and high-performing team, while benefiting from the opportunity to develop a global procurement program.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Planning: Develop and implement comprehensive category based procurement plans to effectively deliver against project goals on budget and schedule. Maintains and executes the construction contracting strategies for large, complex data center construction projects to ensure optimal cost and sufficient continuity of supply and services.

• Negotiation: Develops pricing and negotiation strategies and ensures that strategies clearly articulate the tradeoffs, roles, and responsibilities across parties. Identifies negotiation setbacks and takes action to mitigate contract disagreements.

• Supplier Selection: Creates the process and RFP and minimum requirements for supplier selection. Production planning and capacity analysis.

• Strong relationship with all the vendors of the program, at global and regional level.

• Coordination with the construction managers if all the regions. Ability to adapt the global standards and process to the singularities of the regions from the technical and cultural standpoint.

• Contracting: Understand industry contracting norms and contracting requirements; participate in negotiation of contracts that meet business goals. Executes contracts and complies with established control processes to ensure delivery and execution on contracts in alignment with business requirements.

• Contract Oversight: Monitor key elements of supplier performance to contracted requirements; implement corrective action and lessons learned. Manages contract and change order negotiation.

• Identifies cost reduction opportunities and works closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders to drive cost competitiveness.

• Continuous Improvement: Always seek ways to streamline, automate, and simplify processes; includes deployment of tools, using data analytics and working with IT groups to define system requirements. Organize strategy for performance reviews.

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