Location
Duluth, GA | United States
Job description
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The
Director, Category Sourcing is responsible for leading the development, execution, and management of corporate sourcing initiatives for a variety of direct and indirect categories that build and sustain our data centers. The Director will orchestrate sourcing & other cost optimization opportunities to generate cost savings and risk mitigation for categories managed. Categories would include, but are not limited to: Electrical, Mechanical, Capital Improvement Projects, SG&A, IT, MRO, Facilities Maintenance, Data Center Infrastructure Fit-outs and Data Connectivity. This role is responsible for negotiating complex/competitive programs, owning enterprise agreements, and communicating to line of businesses and executive leadership the value propositions associated with Category management plans. The Director will design the strategy and delegate execution deliverables to facilitate, optimize and execute the purchase and corporate governance of these spend categories within the organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES, Other Duties As Assigned. - Develop a world-class category management strategy across all business spend classes
- Build a cohesive team focused on delivering value and minimizing risk for the corporation
- Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned scope of spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets
- Own the global vendor contract portfolio, including implementation of best practices in coordination with QTS legal
- Leverage buying power to enhance commercial terms and increase total value
- Implement performance management initiatives to elevate team productivity
- Stay attuned to market dynamics and industry intelligence to react appropriately to new challenges
- 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
Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply-Chain, or Engineering. Business Administration, Management, Operations, Finance, or a related field or equivalent professional experience
- Ten or more years of relevant experience in Sourcing, Procurement, and/or Supply-Chain
- Five or more years leading a procurement sourcing team
- Experience in contract development, execution, negotiation and management of vendor relationships in excess of $100M in annual value
- Advanced leadership and team-building skillset
- 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
Preferred Qualifications - Procurement certification (e.g. ISM CPSM)
- MBA, Master of Supply Chain
- Experience working for or supporting a data center provider (multi-tenant data center, hyperscale user, or equipment provider)
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities - Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills with all levels of the organization.
- Use organizational skills to determine prioritization and appropriate multitasking.
- Perform necessary and timely follow-up, escalating appropriately if necessary.
- Strong planning, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to resolve conflicts and solve problems
- Self-motivated and goal driven
- Proven skill in building culture within a team across multiple locations
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, on multiple, concurrent projects of varying complexity and competing priority.
TOTAL REWARDS - This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.
- This position is bonus eligible.
- This job may be eligible for equity.
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