Procurement Manager - Capital Projects

The Procurement Manager (Capital Projects) is responsible for developing, executing, and managing corporate initiatives that enable effective operations and improvements of existing data centers. Responsibilities will extend beyond capital project procurement, to include support for strategic initiatives such as customer fit-out, site engineering partnerships, and spare parts programs.

Responsibilities:

• Support facilities management procurement strategy in partnership with the development, sourcing, and operations procurement teams to enable success for facilities operations
• Foster strong stakeholder support and cooperation on assigned projects, which can range from facilities and construction services along with equipment and material support
• Develop supply chain strategies that optimize spending, minimize risk, and ensure the successful delivery of capital projects within budget and on time.
• Support development of pre-approved supplier list utilizing input from internal stakeholders and external engagement
• Synthesize supplier, industry and market research for key facilities spend categories to develop pricing for equipment and labor contracts lead by the sourcing team
• Administer, facilitate and answer vendor exchanges as part of the competitive bidding process, to mitigate QTS's exposure to risk and consolidate suppliers' spend
• Support development & execution of procurement programs to optimize regional spend leverage across site services and consumable materials
• Maintain day-to-day supplier relationships; act as the lead point of contact for all commercial issues
• Support negotiations of commercial cost reduction opportunities and provide analytical support for Total Cost of Ownership models used to support sourcing decisions
• Identify and implement system solutions and best practices that optimizes indirect sourcing and procurement work practices
• Builds relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and category 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
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities
• Coordinate Facilities’ purchasing activities across national portfolio of data centers

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply-Chain, or Engineering or related field or equivalent professional experience
• Seven or more years of relevant experience in Sourcing / Procurement / Supply-Chain
• Experience in contract development, execution, negotiation and management
• Skilled in building relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements, specifications from departments, and category subject matter experts
• Experience in managing and leading change initiatives involving significant impacts to organization
• Experience developing long range sourcing plans for assigned categories to reduce total costs, optimize value from suppliers, and meet internal customer requirements
• Demonstrated company-wide procurement leadership experience within one or more indirect categories or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience