Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers based on quality, cost, delivery, and compliance criteria.
• Lead supplier prequalification, onboarding, NDA processing, and preliminary risk checks (financial, compliance, ESG).
• Maintain strong supplier relationships and act as a point of contact for escalations and issue resolution.
• Track ongoing supplier performance through SLAs, scorecards, and quarterly business reviews.
• Execute purchasing requests and convert them into purchase orders (POs).
• Negotiate pricing, terms, service levels, and commercial conditions to ensure optimal cost and value.
• Mitigate delivery delays, capacity constraints, and supply chain risks through proactive communication and supplier management.
• Partner with Legal to support NDAs, master service agreements, SoWs, and contract redlines.
• Conduct final compliance, ESG, and risk checks prior to contract award.
• Maintain accurate procurement documentation and audit-ready records.
• Monitor contract adherence, performance obligations, and renewal schedules.
• Gather requirements from internal stakeholders for data center commercial and edge project needs.
• Support RFP creation, documentation preparation, and evaluation criteria (technical + commercial).
• Issue RFPs to qualified suppliers, manage the bid process, track responses, and facilitate Q&A/clarification sessions.
• Conduct technical and commercial bid evaluations, comparisons, and scoring.
• Provide award recommendations and support final contract negotiations.
• Offer procurement updates, lead-time insights, market trends, and risk assessments to project teams.
• Maintain procurement/ERP systems, purchasing tools, supplier portals, and vendor databases.
• Track KPIs such as cost savings, lead times, supplier performance, and contract compliance.
• Prepare weekly reporting, dashboards, and procurement status updates.
• Identify opportunities to streamline sourcing workflows, improve processes, and optimize cost.
• Support documentation handoff, supplier transition into operations, and closure activities including lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2–5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain operations.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, purchase orders, and contract workflows.
• Proficiency in procurement/ERP systems and Microsoft Office or Google Workspace.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting procurement for data center or technical infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with global or multi-region suppliers.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (ESG, financial risk checks, supplier due diligence).

Professional certifications (CPSM, CSCP, CPPB, or similar) are a plus.

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