Manager for the global procurement team driving data center efficiency and budget management. Overseeing analytics, supplier relationships, and executive communications in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
Oversee and innovate team’s analytical models to assess supplier pricing, monitor inventory trends, and evaluate product lead times, supporting efficient procurement and supply chain operations.
Lead problem solving to identify root causes and own the facilitation and execution of actionable solutions.
Improve Supplier Relationships, handling escalations of day-to-day problems that junior resources cannot resolve independently.
Drive Insights from key data inputs such as delivery dates, equipment specifications, and open supply chain issues—ensuring the team actions any impactful changes.
Support executive communications summarizing complex supply chain issues to key points for decision making.
Manage cross-functionally with other CyrusOne stakeholders, managing scope, delivering to expectations, and ensuring procurement becomes a trusted department in the organization.
Support and supervise junior team members – providing guidance on analysis structure, advising on communications, and providing a layer of quality control on key deliverables.
Manage deliverable timelines ensuring that key deliverables and requests across your team’s areas of responsibilities are being completed in a timely and quality manner.
Improve and innovate ways of working to better team cohesion and reduce the burden of repeatable tasks in a rapidly scaling organization.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in data centers, procurement, or supply chain operations.
3+ years of experience in a managerial or leadership role.
Proven professional excellence and leadership experience in professional or extracurricular organizations.
Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving capabilities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence across various stakeholder groups.
Ability to build strong professional relationships and develop others in the organization.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Alteryx, and other data analytics tools.
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