Senior M&E & Infrastructure Sourcing Leader

Nextdc Ltd.

Melbourne

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

10 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

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Collaborative culture
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Job summary

NEXTDC, a leading ASX 100-listed data centre operator, seeks a Senior Category Manager for M&E and infrastructure. You will lead sourcing strategy for data-centre power, cooling and fitout components, build supplier partnerships and negotiate commercial agreements to keep projects moving.

Melbourne or Sydney preferred; applications from across Australia welcomed. Working with Development, Design, Engineering, Construction and Operations, you will turn pipeline into capacity across Australia and

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to deliver category strategies for capital-intensive spend.
  • Strong negotiation, financial and analytical skills with should-cost models.
  • Working knowledge of data centre M&E infrastructure and related technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for M&E data centre fitout and development.
  • Lead RFI/RFP processes and high-value negotiations with OEMs, manufacturers and M&E contractors.
  • Standardise specifications in collaboration with Design & Engineering across sites.

Skills

Category leadership
Negotiation
Technical fluency
Supply chain management
Contracting
Stakeholder management
Excel/BI
AI tools awareness
Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/related
MCIPS qualification or in progress

Tools

ERP systems
Project tracking tools
E-procurement

Job description

NEXTDC, a leading ASX 100-listed data centre operator, seeks a Senior Category Manager for M&E and infrastructure. You will lead sourcing strategy for data-centre power, cooling and fitout components, build supplier partnerships and negotiate commercial agreements to keep projects moving.

Melbourne or Sydney preferred; applications from across Australia welcomed. Working with Development, Design, Engineering, Construction and Operations, you will turn pipeline into capacity across Australia and

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