Strategic Sourcing Lead — Data Center & IT

QTS Data Centers; Lancaster (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

QTS Data Centers seeks a Category Sourcing Manager to lead strategic procurement initiatives across electrical, mechanical, IT and data center categories. You will analyze spend, develop supplier strategies and negotiate complex programs with senior management.

In this role you will collaborate with internal departments, drive cost savings, and implement governance for spends across a national portfolio of data centers, ensuring best-in-class procurement practices and policy compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply-Chain, or Engineering or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Seven or more years of relevant experience in Sourcing / Procurement / Supply-Chain.
• Experience in contract development, execution, negotiation and management.
• Skilled in building relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements, specifications from departments, and category subject matter experts.
• Experience in managing and leading change initiatives involving significant impacts to organization.
• Experience developing long range sourcing plans for assigned categories to reduce total costs, optimize value from suppliers, and meet internal customer requirements.
• Demonstrated company-wide procurement leadership experience within one or more indirect categories or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned scope of spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets.
• Drive development of supplier and industry category profiles and strategies to a “best in class” Supply-Chain for data center providers.
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities.
• Coordinate Facilities’ purchasing activities across national portfolio of data centers.
• Lead supplier selection & recommendation activities including qualitative/quantitative analysis, selection criteria, long/short lists, RFI/RFP development, and bid analysis.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for highest spend, greatest complexity, and most critical/strategic categories.
• Provide strategic guidance to profiles and Total Cost of Ownership models used to support sourcing decisions.
• Develop implementation strategy, responsibility assignments, communications plans, and timeline.
• Lead implementation activities for categories with critical impacts to business and internal customers.
• Monitor compliance with supplier agreements related to high spend scope area.
• Develop long range sourcing plans for assigned categories to reduce total costs, optimize value from suppliers, and meet internal customer requirements.
• Conduct thorough spend analysis, develop methodology and metrics tools to track progress.
• Negotiate, review, and execute implementation of contractual arrangements per company policy and business objectives.
• Identify and implement system solutions and best practices that optimizes indirect sourcing and procurement work practices.
• Builds relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and category subject matter experts.
• Ensure tactical execution of purchasing activities to meet routine business needs.
• Drive value through innovation and collaboration with strategic suppliers and internal customers.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Sourcing / Procurement

Contract management

Data analysis

Change leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply-Chain, or Engineering

MBA or Master’s in Supply Chain

Job description

QTS Data Centers seeks a Category Sourcing Manager to lead strategic procurement initiatives across electrical, mechanical, IT and data center categories. You will analyze spend, develop supplier strategies and negotiate complex programs with senior management.

In this role you will collaborate with internal departments, drive cost savings, and implement governance for spends across a national portfolio of data centers, ensuring best-in-class procurement practices and policy compliance.