Strategic Capital Equipment Sourcing Engineer

QTS Realty Trust; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

FSA

HSA

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Employee assistance program

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Military leave

QTS scholarship for dependents

Wellness program

Job summary

QTS Realty Trust seeks a Capital Equipment Procurement Engineer to drive strategic sourcing of critical equipment and services for data center deployments. You will develop long-term procurement plans, manage supplier performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with business goals.

The role requires strong contract management experience, change leadership, and the ability to balance cost, availability, and reliability in a fast-paced data center environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Management, Operations, Finance, or Construction Management or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in contract development, execution, and management.
• Experience developing long-range sourcing plans to reduce total costs and optimize supplier value.
• Experience in leading and managing change initiatives with significant organizational impact.

Responsibilities

• Analyze capital plans to drill down equipment and services required to established OFCI equipment budget and rolling 12-month procurement plans accounting for and adjusting to the sales projection updates
• Critical Equipment Planning to ensure accurate cost and schedules are provided in a timely manner to the Development Program Managers in support of budget approvals and project schedule planning
• Provide weekly Development procurement status, progresses, and recommendations to gain support from executives to align on the business objectives
• Continually evaluate new critical infrastructure technologies with partners to ensure that QTS balances cost, availability, reliability and efficiency into its standard equipment offering.
• Strategic Procurement Analyze category spend management opportunities, conducts research to understand the supply market and commodity trends, and deploy appropriate strategic plans and track KPI’s
• Categories would include, but not limited to: Electrical, Mechanical and Construction Management, Design, Engineering, Commissioning, and Testing Professional Services.
• Ensure QTS policies and processes are followed and continuously improve processes and systems to drive best-in-class procurement performance
• Collaborate with Global Procurement leaders to ensure alignment and execution of category strategies
• Continuously identify and implement strategies to improve procurement initiatives, increase speed to market, improve quality, and achieve a lower total cost of ownership
• Understand business impacts and align with stakeholders to effectively assess risk levels, manage supply continuity, develop contingency plans and establish risk management strategies to mitigate risk.
• Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned scope of spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets
• Develop RFP packages and lead competitive sourcing events to ensure structuring of commercial value, risk mitigation, and performances requirements are secured in a contract to protect QTS’s interests.
• Support Sales revenue generator by securing competitive NRC costing for customer deals as requested
• Resolve unforeseen technical and commercial issues that arise from the assigned projects, engage with subject matter experts, and elevate as necessary to close processes utilizing approved corrective actions
• Ensure the most up to date design standards are distributed to the OFCI suppliers to deliver the products as specified
• Obtain OFCI equipment submittals to support the design, specification, and process approval for each assigned project as needed
• Develop KPIs to measure supplier performance (on-site delivery performance, cost savings, etc.)
• Continuously evaluates supplier performance to create and lead teams to improve supplier performance as necessary
• Ensure mutual contracted obligations are met to ensure the negotiated values are realized
• Liaise with QTS Site Operations teams, Suppliers, Finance to be the escalation point on issues that need resolutions and lead process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and maximize value
• Travel to QTS sites, OEM facilities, trade conferences, and networking events to facilitate strong relationships to benefit the strategic positioning of QTS and department objectives
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to the Site Operations’ needs on certain difficult to source equipment, parts, and services

Skills

Contract management

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder management

Cost optimization

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Management, Operations, Finance, or Construction Management or equivalent professional experience

Job description

QTS Realty Trust seeks a Capital Equipment Procurement Engineer to drive strategic sourcing of critical equipment and services for data center deployments. You will develop long-term procurement plans, manage supplier performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with business goals.

The role requires strong contract management experience, change leadership, and the ability to balance cost, availability, and reliability in a fast-paced data center environment.