Strategic Sourcing Lead, Power & Cooling Infra

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a seasoned Category Sourcing Manager for its Power and Cooling Infrastructure Equipment portfolio. You will shape multi-year sourcing strategies, drive RFx processes, negotiate high-value contracts, and cultivate executive-level supplier relationships to ensure capacity and performance.

Collaborate with data center engineering, construction, and capacity planning teams to align procurement with deployment schedules.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement for power and cooling infrastructure equipment or related mechanical and electrical systems.
• Experience leading end-to-end sourcing processes including RFx development, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, and contract execution for capital equipment categories.
• Experience developing category strategies that incorporate market intelligence, total cost of ownership analysis, and supply risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute multi-year category strategies for power and cooling infrastructure equipment, including market analysis, supplier segmentation, and sourcing roadmaps aligned to data center capacity growth.
• Lead competitive sourcing events, contract negotiations, and supplier selection processes for high-value power and cooling equipment categories.
• Develop and manage strategic supplier relationships, conducting regular business reviews to drive performance improvements in quality, delivery, cost, and capacity.
• Analyze total cost of ownership across the power and cooling supply base, identifying and executing cost reduction and value engineering opportunities in collaboration with engineering and design teams.
• Assess and mitigate supply chain risks associated with power and cooling equipment, including geopolitical exposure, single-source dependencies, long-lead-time components, and commodity price volatility.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Contract negotiations

Supplier relationship management

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Meta is seeking a seasoned Category Sourcing Manager for its Power and Cooling Infrastructure Equipment portfolio. You will shape multi-year sourcing strategies, drive RFx processes, negotiate high-value contracts, and cultivate executive-level supplier relationships to ensure capacity and performance.

Collaborate with data center engineering, construction, and capacity planning teams to align procurement with deployment schedules.