Procurement Director - EMEA

Volta; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity in Volta

Retirement contributions

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous vacation days

Job summary

Volta is seeking a Regional Procurement Director to own procurement across our EMEA portfolio. You will report directly to the VP, Vendor Procurement, lead the region’s Category Management team, and drive end-to-end procurement standards globally.

In this role you will own procurement plans for active projects, negotiate regional supply and framework agreements, and provide visibility of spend and risk to senior leadership. A collaborative, cross-functional approach is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in procurement across data center, energy or large-scale infrastructure construction.
• Direct experience across EMEA supply chains and vendor markets.
• Experience leading a category management team and enforcing sourcing discipline.
• Track record negotiating master and framework agreements; managing OEM relationships.
• Experience operating in a matrix delivery organization with project-level delivery pressure.
• Comfortable working with legal counsel on complex commercial terms.
• Clear reporting and communication with senior stakeholders.
• Positive and collaborative approach to building something with a new team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the EMEA Category Management team and strategy.
• Develop preferred supply partners and manage supplier relationships.
• Implement global sourcing standards and end-to-end procurement process in region.
• Own procurement plan for active projects in the EMEA portfolio.
• Track long lead equipment against project schedules.
• Negotiate regional supply and framework agreements with Procurement Legal Counsel.
• Ensure standards with project procurement leads in EMEA networks.
• Coordinate with Regional Delivery Manager and project controls to align sequencing.
• Provide regional vendor spend, risk and commitment visibility to leadership.

Skills

Procurement leadership

EMEA experience

Category management

Negotiating agreements

Matrix organization

Legal collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Collaborative mindset

Job description

About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Regional Procurement Director to own procurement across our EMEA portfolio. You will report directly to the VP, Vendor Procurement, lead the region’s Category Management team, and hold the dotted line into project procurement leads embedded in our Integrated Project Teams. This is a first of fleet role for the region: you will implement Volta’s global sourcing standards, policy and end to end procurement process, not set a regional variant of them.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead the EMEA Category Management team, directing category strategy execution across the region’s key spend categories, including but not limited to, Long lead equipment, MEP, Whitespace, modular and prefabrication packages and required/associated consultant and services.

• Lead Category Management team to develop the Preferred Supply partners and lead the Supplier relationships management in region

• Implement Volta’s global sourcing standards, procurement policy and end to end procurement process within the region, routing any proposed exception through the VP, Vendor Procurement

• Own the procurement plan for every active project in the EMEA portfolio, aligned to each project’s work package structure and delivery sequence

• Track and secure long lead equipment such as transformers, switchgear, generators, chillers and cooling infrastructure against project schedules, flagging schedule critical risk early

• Lead negotiation of regional supply and framework agreements, working closely with Procurement Legal Counsel

• Hold the dotted line into project procurement leads embedded in EMEA Integrated Project Teams, owning their standards, quality of output and career development while day to day direction stays with the project

• Partner with the Regional Delivery Manager, Project Delivery Managers and Project controls teams to keep procurement sequencing aligned with project stage gates

• Provide regional vendor spend, risk and commitment visibility to the VP, Vendor Procurement and to Global Delivery portfolio reporting

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• A track record of 10 or more years in procurement across data center, energy or large scale infrastructure construction

• Direct experience across EMEA supply chains and vendor markets

• Experience leading a category management team, setting and enforcing sourcing discipline across category managers

• A track record negotiating master and framework agreements and managing OEM relationships for long lead, capital intensive equipment

• Experience operating inside a matrix delivery organization, balancing functional standards against project level delivery pressure

• Comfortable working alongside legal counsel on complex commercial and contractual terms

• Clear reporting and communication with senior stakeholders

• Positive and collaborative approach to build something with a new team

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What We Offer

At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We’re building a company where you can make an impact, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you’re proud of.
As a global team, we do our best to provide great benefits wherever you’re based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations, we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary

• Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company’s long-term success

• Retirement/pension contributions

• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits

• Generous number of vacation days each year

Additional Information

Background Checks

All offers of employment at Volta are conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening, which includes confirmation of your right to work, verification of your employment history and a criminal record check, where this is permitted by local law. Screening is carried out by Zinc, an accredited third-party provider, after an offer is made and all information is handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

Equal Opportunity

Volta is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Accessibility

Volta is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will work with you to identify reasonable accommodations that enable you to participate fully in the hiring process.

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