Global Electrical Category Director - Remote-Eligible

Vantage Data Centers Management Company LLC; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers seeks a Director of Global Electrical Category to lead sourcing strategy for power distribution infrastructure across regions, from high voltage to PDUs, switchgear and transformers. You will shape enterprise standards, governance, and supplier relationships while aligning with Engineering, Construction, Operations and Finance.

You will manage long-term capacity planning, supply resilience, and lifecycle value, driving total cost of ownership improvements and risk mitigation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, engineering procurement, or supplier leadership within electrical infrastructure, utilities, or large-scale capital projects.
• Deep technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, including high-voltage and medium/low-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, busway, PDUs, and controls.
• Proven experience leading complex global supplier strategies, executive negotiations, and long-term contractual agreements for critical engineered equipment.
• Strong understanding of lifecycle cost drivers, including capital efficiency, reliability, maintenance strategies, and total cost of ownership optimization.
• Experience managing supplier performance through scorecards, KPIs, and executive-level governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including capacity constraints, sourcing concentration, and technology obsolescence.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Finance.
• Travel required up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global category vision and multi-year strategy for electrical infrastructure, aligned with enterprise growth, uptime requirements, regional expansion, and power distribution standards.
• Establish and execute supplier portfolio strategy, including preferred supplier frameworks, segmentation, regional allocation models, and executive governance structures.
• Own executive-level supplier relationships and negotiations, including long-term agreements, capacity reservations, risk-sharing mechanisms, warranty structures, and performance accountability.
• Develop and implement enterprise contracting strategies for switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, busway, PDUs, and associated services, including commercial levers, indexed pricing, and escalation frameworks.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Construction, Operations, and Finance to align category decisions with network growth, capital planning, and technical roadmaps.
• Drive alignment to enterprise electrical standards, preferred platforms, interface requirements, Product Design Libraries (PDLs), and approved deviation frameworks while enabling scalable deployment and reduced customization.
• Lead supply chain risk management strategies, including mitigation of capacity shortfalls, utility constraints, component obsolescence, grid interface challenges, and geopolitical risks.
• Sponsor and deliver total cost of ownership improvements through standardization, modularization, reduction of conversion losses, optimized service strategies, and lifecycle maintenance planning.
• Lead supplier performance management through scorecards, executive business reviews, corrective action programs, and closed-loop resolution of field performance and reliability issues.
• Ensure alignment of sourcing strategies with commissioning, quality, and operational requirements, including support for quality control, field performance feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive-level reporting on supply market conditions, supplier performance, cost outlook, and category risks, with clear recommendations for mitigation and strategic actions.
• Lead and develop category management team capabilities, operating cadence, governance, and performance expectations to scale with business demand.
• Drive adoption of standardized electrical configurations across regions, reducing non-standard variants and improving repeatability, deployment efficiency, and scalability.
• Ensure delivery performance for long-lead equipment, including alignment with project schedules, energization milestones, and critical path dependencies.
• Support closed-loop reliability improvements by translating field performance, quality issues, and commissioning learnings into supplier strategy, sourcing decisions, and future infrastructure standards.

Skills

Electrical category management

Strategic sourcing

Executive negotiations

Supply chain risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Contracting strategies

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Vantage Data Centers seeks a Director of Global Electrical Category to lead sourcing strategy for power distribution infrastructure across regions, from high voltage to PDUs, switchgear and transformers. You will shape enterprise standards, governance, and supplier relationships while aligning with Engineering, Construction, Operations and Finance.

You will manage long-term capacity planning, supply resilience, and lifecycle value, driving total cost of ownership improvements and risk mitigation