Sr. Director, Procurement - Infrastructure Solutions

Vertiv Corporation; Pelzer (SC); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking a Sr. Director, Procurement - Infrastructure Solutions to lead the Americas procurement team during rapid growth. You will drive end-to-end category strategies, supplier performance, and TCO reductions while collaborating with executive leadership to keep operations moving forward.

You will mentor category managers and project procurement leads, manage major supplier relationships, and ensure on-time delivery at target cost across Infrastructure Solutions projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• MBA or Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of direct procurement and supply chain leadership experience.
• 5+ years managing direct category areas in tech or infrastructure sectors.
• 3+ years leading project procurement cycles or NPD management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of category managers and project procurement leads.
• Develop and execute category strategies for regional needs.
• Collaborate with global category teams, Operations, and Engineering.
• Mitigate supply risks and expand dual-sourcing where needed.
• Oversee major contract negotiations and long-term supply agreements.
• Drive end-to-end project procurement execution and delivery.
• Apply should-cost modeling and TCO analysis for value realization.
• Optimize end-to-end supply chain from suppliers to customers.

Skills

Category Management

Team Leadership

Executive Collaboration

Risk Mitigation

Strategic SRM

Project Procurement

TCO Modeling

Supply Chain Optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Engineering/Technical background

Job description

Job Description Vertiv is hiring a Sr. Director, Procurement - Infrastructure Solutions to lead our Americas Infrastructure Solutions procurement organization during a period of accelerated, hyper-scale growth. Operating in a high-velocity, dynamic environment, this senior executive will lead a team of Category Managers and Project Procurement Leads. The ideal candidate is a decisive, high-impact leader who thrives amidst complexity and change. This individual quickly identifies the root causes of problems and formulates and executes rapid solutions, collaborating effectively with executive leadership to keep operations moving forward. The role is responsible for driving end-to-end category strategies, supplier performance, total cost of ownership (TCO) reductions, project execution, and supply chain readiness across Infrastructure Solutions projects.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Category Management: Lead a team of category managers to develop and execute category strategies for One Core Components and integrated modules. Partner closely with global and other regional category teams, as well as key stakeholders across the Infrastructure Solutions business unit, ensuring regional plans fully align with global category strategies. Additionally, identify strategic suppliers both in the Americas and globally to deliver industry-leading cost, quality, lead time, and capacity availability-supporting rapid scaling and establishing a sustainable competitive advantage for Vertiv.

Team Leadership & Scale: Direct, mentor, and scale a team of category managers and project procurement leads. Foster a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, speed, continuous improvement, and career development.

Executive Collaboration & Regional/Global Alignment: Serve as the primary procurement focal point for the Americas IS Regional Procurement. Collaborate seamlessly with Global Category Teams, Operations, Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) to drive aligned sourcing strategies, operational execution, and best practice deployment.

Rapid Problem Solving & Risk Mitigation: Act decisively to resolve critical supply chain disruptions, material shortages, and supplier capacity constraints. Conduct BOM risk assessments and implement robust mitigation strategies, including expanding dual-sourcing coverage to significantly reduce supply chain risk.

Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): Cultivate high-value partnerships with strategic global and regional suppliers. Oversee major contract negotiations, long-term supply agreements, capacity reservations, and year-over-year cost-reduction pipelines.

Project Procurement Execution & Delivery: Lead project procurement teams to drive critical deliverables, actively building the team's project management capabilities and instilling disciplined execution to ensure customer milestones are met on time, at target cost, and with minimal risk.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) & Cost Modeling: Deploy "should-cost" modeling, category benchmarking, value engineering, and low-cost country sourcing (LCCS) to deliver max value and margin expansion.

Supply Chain Optimization & Material Flow: Partner with manufacturing plants and logistics teams to establish a lean, continuous flow of materials to production sites and directly to customers, optimizing the end-to-end supply chain to maximize delivery speed, flexibility, and operational efficiency.

Metrics & Operational Excellence: Establish and monitor core KPIs across the projects, supplier quality, delivery performance, cost reduction, and working capital, driving targeted continuous improvement plans across all operational and financial metrics.

Minimum Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related technical discipline (MBA or Master's degree preferred).

Minimum Years of Experience

• 10+ years of direct procurement and supply chain leadership experience in high-growth technology, industrial, data center, or critical infrastructure sectors.
• 5+ years managing direct category areas (e.g., stainless steel piping, piping skids, metals, stampings, power and thermal products or categories, integrated rack solutions, or other data center modules).
• 3+ years leading project management, project procurement cycles, or new product development (NPD) management.

Special Skills & Competencies

• Thriving in Fast-Paced Environments: Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize high-stakes activities, and deliver results in a rapidly expanding, highly dynamic market.
• Executive Presence & Influence: Exceptional communication, negotiation, and cross-functional leadership skills across all levels of a matrixed enterprise.
• Analytical & Strategic Agility: Master-level grasp of total cost of ownership, capacity planning, and global supply chain design.
• Process Transformation: Demonstrated success in re-engineering procurement operations, establishing scalable systems, and driving continuous improvement.

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

• Safety.
• Integrity.
• Respect.
• Teamwork.
• Inclusion.

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

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