Director of Data Center Equipment Sourcing & Strategy

Lambda; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, seeks an experienced leader to own and develop strategic sourcing for critical datacenter equipment. You will manage a team of category managers across electrical, mechanical, and modular assets, and drive multi-year strategy, sourcing events, and supplier negotiations.

In this role you will secure supply in tight markets, standardize specifications across sites, and optimize total cost of ownership through structured programs while partnering with Legal,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement or category management.
• 5+ years focused on datacenter, mission-critical, energy or heavy industrial electric.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end sourcing events and supplier negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of category managers across electrical, mechanical, and modular equipment.
• Own multi-year category strategy for datacenter infrastructure equipment and major components.
• Secure supply in a constrained market via capacity commitments and framework agreements.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events (RFI, RFP, RFQ) from spec to award and contract execution.
• Negotiate high-value equipment agreements in partnership with Legal and Finance.
• Standardize specifications across sites and drive volume aggregation.
• Sequence awards to protect critical path, manage expediting and logistics.
• Own owner-furnished vs. contractor-furnished equipment strategy with EPCs.
• Deliver cost reduction via should-cost, TCO, and cost-optimization programs.
• Build partnerships with OEMs and suppliers to reduce concentration risk.
• Own supplier performance management and risk mitigation with scorecards and audits.
• Provide executive briefings on strategy, market conditions and savings.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Negotiation

Sourcing events

Supplier relationship management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, seeks an experienced leader to own and develop strategic sourcing for critical datacenter equipment. You will manage a team of category managers across electrical, mechanical, and modular assets, and drive multi-year strategy, sourcing events, and supplier negotiations.

In this role you will secure supply in tight markets, standardize specifications across sites, and optimize total cost of ownership through structured programs while partnering with Legal,