Strategic Data Center Procurement Lead

Vertiv; Pelzer (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking a senior procurement lead to own and drive procurement for large data center projects. You will serve as the primary liaison between Procurement and project teams, proactively identifying supply risks and developing mitigation plans with engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers.

The role requires 7–10+ years in procurement or supply chain, with experience in strategic sourcing, risk management, and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in procurement, supply chain or materials management.
• Experience identifying, assessing, and preventing supply risks across supplier networks.
• Experience designing and driving preventive supply risk strategies.
• Experience with supplier capacity, long lead times, single-source dependencies, logistics.
• Experience delivering structured, executive-level reports and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the dedicated procurement lead for one or more large, strategic data center customer projects.
• Identify supply-related risks early in the project lifecycle.
• Develop, drive, and track mitigation plans with Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing, Materials Planning, Quality, and suppliers.
• Coordinate procurement inputs to project schedules to align with customer milestones.
• Drive strategic, preventive supply risk actions across the organization (multi-sourcing, supplier development, early material commitments, multiple manufacturers, buffering).
• Prepare and deliver regular reports and executive-level updates to leadership.

Skills

English fluency

Procurement leadership

Supply chain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in SCM

MBA or Master’s in SCM

CPSM certification

PMP certification

Tools

Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

Word

Oracle ERP

Cyberplan

Job description

Vertiv is seeking a senior procurement lead to own and drive procurement for large data center projects. You will serve as the primary liaison between Procurement and project teams, proactively identifying supply risks and developing mitigation plans with engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers.

The role requires 7–10+ years in procurement or supply chain, with experience in strategic sourcing, risk management, and cross-functional leadership.