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The Procurement Manager (Capital Projects) is responsible for developing, executing, and managing corporate initiatives that enable effective operations and improvements of existing data centers. Responsibilities will extend beyond capital project procurement, to include support for strategic initiatives such as customer fit-out, site engineering partnerships, and spare parts programs.

Responsibilities:

• Support facilities management procurement strategy in partnership with the development, sourcing, and operations procurement teams to enable success for facilities operations
• Foster strong stakeholder support and cooperation on assigned projects, which can range from facilities and construction services along with equipment and material support
• Develop supply chain strategies that optimize spending, minimize risk, and ensure the successful delivery of capital projects within budget and on time.
• Support development of pre-approved supplier list utilizing input from internal stakeholders and external engagement
• Synthesize supplier, industry and market research for key facilities spend categories to develop pricing for equipment and labor contracts lead by the sourcing team
• Administer, facilitate and answer vendor exchanges as part of the competitive bidding process, to mitigate QTS's exposure to risk and consolidate suppliers' spend
• Support development & execution of procurement programs to optimize regional spend leverage across site services and consumable materials
• Maintain day-to-day supplier relationships; act as the lead point of contact for all commercial issues
• Support negotiations of commercial cost reduction opportunities and provide analytical support for Total Cost of Ownership models used to support sourcing decisions
• 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
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities
• Coordinate Facilities’ purchasing activities across national portfolio of data centers

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

Job Title: Procurement Manager
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Duration: 6-12 months

Key areas of experience:
Role: Procurement Manager, Supply Chain, Logistics & Facilities
Strategic sourcing and procurement
Supply chain and logistics categories
Facilities procurement (rent, maintenance, utilities, office services, insurance)
Supplier management and contract negotiations
RFP/RFQ execution and sourcing events
Cost analysis, spend analysis, and financial modeling

About Us:
InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 19 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.

Job Title: Procurement Manager
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Duration: 6-12 months

Key areas of experience:
Role: Procurement Manager, Supply Chain, Logistics & Facilities
Strategic sourcing and procurement
Supply chain and logistics categories
Facilities procurement (rent, maintenance, utilities, office services, insurance)
Supplier management and contract negotiations
RFP/RFQ execution and sourcing events
Cost analysis, spend analysis, and financial modeling

About Us:
InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 19 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.

Job Title: Procurement Manager
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Duration: 6-12 months

Key areas of experience:
Role: Procurement Manager, Supply Chain, Logistics & Facilities
Strategic sourcing and procurement
Supply chain and logistics categories
Facilities procurement (rent, maintenance, utilities, office services, insurance)
Supplier management and contract negotiations
RFP/RFQ execution and sourcing events
Cost analysis, spend analysis, and financial modeling

About Us:
InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 19 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.

Job Title: Supply & Services Procurement Manager Location: Piscataway, NJ Or Overland Park, KS Will accept candidates that are willing to relocate to one the locations at own expense. This requires someone onsite.  Pay Rate: $63.72 per hour, W 2 Duration: 12+ Month Contract

• Work Hours - Mon - Fri - 4 days onsite and 1 day remote
  Shift - 1st

• Travel Required: Travel 20% of time
  
  Feed back from Hiring Manager:

• Looking for more solid procurement fundamentals and category management. 
• Contract negotiation in commercial terms. Needs a strong negotiator.
• With the feedback, we sent more resumes based on this and seemed positive but then came back kind of deflated.
• Really needs also someone with stakeholder experience. Not looking for Senior Executive Leads.
• Wants to target a mid-Career profile.
• Wants a mix of an Operational Buyer and Executive.
• We really want someone local but if someone is willing to relocate at own expense as client will not pay for any relocation, they may accept but needs to be clear on the resume. That is fine. We may expand our search.
• Possible Temp To Perm.
• Not looking for resumes that are 20+years. We need someone in mid years, so like 4– 10 years.
• Open to any kind of industry.
• Not looking for someone who can’t articulate clearly and quickly. To answer a question about specific experience, should be able to translate within a couple of sentences, not 5+ minutes answering. We are not looking for that.
• Main location is we like someone in Piscataway and the other location is just in case we have no one to fill that first location.
• Corporate experience/understanding in order to mitigate the risks.

Summary:

• Serve as the embedded commercial partner to the Pet Nutrition Engineering and Plant Operations teams.
• Drive maximum asset utilization and long-term capital efficiency.
• Guide teams through advanced risk management, strategic commercial structuring, and collaborative negotiations.
• Optimize the entire lifecycle of service and goods purchases, including capital equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a seamless extension of the plant teams, participating early in capital planning.
• Structure agreements focusing on asset utilization, ensuring maximum machinery performance.
• Author and negotiate comprehensive after-sales support frameworks and performance guarantees.
• Secure long-term contractual spare parts availability and critical technical support response times.
• Demonstrate deep structural knowledge of commercial law and risk allocation.
• Translate complex manufacturing timelines into legally enforceable contractual deadlines.
• Drive a culture of process modernization across plant environments.
• Lead executive-level Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs with global OEMs.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in procurement, capital sourcing, or heavy manufacturing project engineering.
• Hands-on experience structuring, negotiating, and executing high-value capital equipment contracts.
• Proven ability to interpret complex specifications and project schedules.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.

Preferred Skills:

• Prior procurement or engineering leadership experience in a highly automated manufacturing environment.
• Success in leading large-scale capital or infrastructure optimization projects.
• Hands-on experience with procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Sigma, and Ironclad (CLM).
• Full proficiency collaborating within a Google Workspace environment.

About the Role
The Procurement Manager provides centralized leadership for procurement operations supporting the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and Information Technology. The role is responsible for strategic sourcing, procurement governance, vendor management, contract administration, procurement analytics, and continuous process improvement while partnering with Finance, Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Business Units, and external vendors.

This position establishes standardized procurement practices that enhance governance, strengthen vendor partnerships, improve procurement performance, and expand Project Manager delivery capacity by aligning procurement responsibilities with specialized expertise.

Initially supporting the Information Technology portfolio, the Procurement Function is designed to provide organizational flexibility and may support additional enterprise procurement initiatives as business priorities evolve.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Finance, Project Management, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum five (5) years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, contract administration, vendor management, or related experience.
• Experience supporting technology procurement, software licensing, vendor negotiations, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across Finance, Legal, Information Security, Privacy, and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration or related discipline preferred.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology portfolios, Project Management Office (PMO) organizations, procurement governance programs, contract lifecycle management, and procurement reporting systems is highly desirable.
• Professional certification(s) that demonstrate expertise in procurement, supplier management, project management, or process improvement are preferred. Candidates possessing one or more relevant certifications, such as Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, or comparable credentials, are encouraged to apply.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology portfolios or PMO organizations.
• Experience with procurement, contract management, and portfolio reporting systems.

Core Responsibilities

• Providing centralized leadership for procurement planning, strategic sourcing, and vendor governance activities.
• Leading RFI, RFQ, and RFP processes, vendor demonstrations, evaluations, and selection activities.
• Coordinating contract reviews, Statements of Work (SOWs), renewals, amendments, and procurement documentation.
• Developing procurement standards, templates, workflows, governance practices, and operating procedures.
• Managing vendor performance programs, supplier scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining a centralized inventory of IT contracts, including key terms, ownership, and renewal dates.
• Tracking contract renewal timelines and proactively flagging upcoming renewals to stakeholders.
• Reconciling and comparing vendor invoices against contract terms and pricing to verify accuracy and compliance.
• Partnering with Finance, Legal, Information Security, Privacy, EPMO, Information Technology, and Business Units to facilitate consistent procurement governance.
• Developing procurement performance metrics and EPMO Reporting & Portfolio Insights that support executive decision-making.
• Identifying opportunities to improve procurement efficiency, strengthen governance, and support continuous operational improvement.
• Monitoring supplier risk, compliance requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Identifying opportunities to improve procurement efficiency, strengthen governance, and support continuous operational improvement.
• Monitoring supplier risk, compliance requirements, and regulatory obligations.

Supply & Services Procurement Manager
Job Number: (phone number removed)
Use your skills where innovative technology solutions begin. ECLARO is looking for a Supply & Services Procurement Manager for our client in Piscataway, NJ.

ECLARO’s client is a leading consumer products company with a global presence. If you’re up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity!

Position Overview:

• The Manager, Supply & Capital Services Sourcing serves as the embedded commercial partner to the Hills Pet Nutrition Engineering and Plant Operations teams.
• This highly influential, transformative role elevates traditional procurement by driving maximum asset utilization and long-term capital efficiency. 
• By partnering directly with the manufacturing teams (FP&R, engineering, facilities) from project inception, the incumbent will guide teams through advanced risk management, strategic commercial structuring, and collaborative negotiations.
• The core focus of this role is optimizing the entire lifecycle of our service and goods purchases including capital equipment, guarding manufacturing uptime and powering business growth through robust after-sales support, secure contractual spare parts availability, and strict supplier accountability frameworks.

Responsibilities:

• Embedded Engineering Partnership & Asset Optimization: Act as a seamless extension of the Hills plant teams, participating early in capital planning to align requirements with forward-looking commercial strategies. Structure agreements with a strict focus on asset utilization, ensuring contracts guarantee maximum machinery performance, technical efficiency, and operational uptime.
• Lifecycle Management & After-Sales Contract Governance: Author, structure, and negotiate comprehensive after-sales support frameworks, performance guarantees, and multi-year maintenance covenants. Secure long-term, contractual spare parts availability and critical technical support response times within primary purchase agreements to minimize operational risk and optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Advanced Legal Contract Governance & Risk Shifting: Demonstrate deep structural knowledge of commercial law, risk allocation, and sophisticated indemnification frameworks to shield the organization from liability during major capital installations. Masterfully translate complex manufacturing timelines into legally enforceable contractual deadlines, penalty clauses, and liquidated damages.
• Transformative Influence & Stakeholder Diplomacy: Drive a culture of process modernization across highly tenured plant environments, guiding stakeholder teams through structured sourcing governance while maintaining high project velocity.
• Navigate high-friction, matrixed environments calmly, utilizing data-backed commercial insights to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): Lead executive-level SRM programs with global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and industrial automation providers to drive continuous machine innovation, engineering priority, and strict lead-time mitigation.

Required Qualifications:

• Leadership & Functional Competencies:
  • Transformational Leadership: A proven agent of change who successfully guides stakeholder teams to expand from a technical mindset to a comprehensive, risk-managed commercial lifecycle perspective.
  • Executive Presence: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical risks and contract friction into brief, impact-driven updates for Senior Management.
  • Level-3 Negotiation Excellence: Expert-level mastery of advanced negotiation methodologies, focusing on value-based levers, performance guarantees, and strategic risk-sharing mechanism.
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in procurement, capital sourcing, or heavy manufacturing project engineering.
• Lifecycle Sourcing Mastery: Detailed, hands-on experience structuring, negotiating, and executing high-value capital equipment contracts, performance metrics, and after-sales support frameworks.
• Timeline Integration: Proven ability to accurately interpret complex specifications and project schedules, turning technical milestones into legally binding contractual commitments.
• Full proficiency collaborating within a Google Workspace Environment (Google Sheets, Docs, Drive).

Preferred Skills:

• Prior procurement or engineering leadership experience specifically within a highly automated manufacturing environment or complex industrial ecosystem.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale capital or infrastructure optimization projects within a cross-functional, highly matrixed corporate setting.
• Hands-on experience with procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Sigma, and Ironclad (CLM).

Pay Rate: $44.87 - $63.72 / Hour

If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill Lynch
• Commuter Check Pretax Commuter Benefits
• Eligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLARO

If interested, you may contact:
Carlo Flores
(url removed)
(phone number removed)
Carlo Flores | LinkedIn

Equal Opportunity Employer: ECLARO values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status, in compliance with all applicable laws.

Job Title: Supply & Services Procurement Manager
Job Location: Piscataway, NJ 08854 or Overland Park, KS
Travel Required: Travel 20% of time
Duration: 12 Months (Potential to convert to FTE)
Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 4 days onsite and 1 day remote

Position Purpose:
The Manager, Supply & Capital Services Sourcing serves as the embedded commercial partner to the Hills Pet Nutrition Engineering and Plant Operations teams. This highly influential, transformative role elevates traditional procurement by driving maximum asset utilization and long-term capital efficiency.
By partnering directly with the manufacturing teams (FP&R, engineering, facilities) from project inception, the incumbent will guide teams through advanced risk management, strategic commercial structuring, and collaborative negotiations. The core focus of this role is optimizing the entire lifecycle of our service and goods purchases including capital equipment, guarding manufacturing uptime and powering business growth through robust after-sales support, secure contractual spare parts availability, and strict supplier accountability frameworks.

Skills/Experience:
Expected Areas of Skills & Responsibilities:
1. Embedded Engineering Partnership & Asset Optimization
Act as a seamless extension of the Hills plant teams, participating early in capital planning to align requirements with forward-looking commercial strategies.
Structure agreements with a strict focus on asset utilization, ensuring contracts guarantee maximum machinery performance, technical efficiency, and operational uptime.

2. Lifecycle Management & After-Sales Contract Governance
Author, structure, and negotiate comprehensive after-sales support frameworks, performance guarantees, and multi-year maintenance covenants.
Secure long-term, contractual spare parts availability and critical technical support response times within primary purchase agreements to minimize operational risk and optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).

3. Advanced Legal Contract Governance & Risk Shifting
Demonstrate deep structural knowledge of commercial law, risk allocation, and sophisticated indemnification frameworks to shield the organization from liability during major capital installations.
Masterfully translate complex manufacturing timelines into legally enforceable contractual deadlines, penalty clauses, and liquidated damages.

4. Transformative Influence & Stakeholder Diplomacy
Drive a culture of process modernization across highly tenured plant environments, guiding stakeholder teams through structured sourcing governance while maintaining high project velocity.
Navigate high-friction, matrixed environments calmly, utilizing data-backed commercial insights to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

5. Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Lead executive-level SRM programs with global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and industrial automation providers to drive continuous machine innovation, engineering priority, and strict lead-time mitigation.
Leadership & Functional Competencies
Transformational Leadership: A proven agent of change who successfully guides stakeholder teams to expand from a technical mindset to a comprehensive, risk-managed commercial lifecycle perspective.

Executive Presence: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical risks and contract friction into brief, impact-driven updates for Senior Management

Level-3 Negotiation Excellence: Expert-level mastery of advanced negotiation methodologies, focusing on value-based levers, performance guarantees, and strategic risk-sharing mechanism

Required Skills:
Position Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in procurement, capital sourcing, or heavy manufacturing project engineering.
Lifecycle Sourcing Mastery: Detailed, hands-on experience structuring, negotiating, and executing high-value capital equipment contracts, performance metrics, and after-sales support frameworks.
Timeline Integration: Proven ability to accurately interpret complex specifications and project schedules, turning technical milestones into legally binding contractual commitments.

Preferred Qualifications:
Prior procurement or engineering leadership experience specifically within a highly automated manufacturing environment or complex industrial ecosystem.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale capital or infrastructure optimization projects within a cross-functional, highly matrixed corporate setting

Desired Skills:
Hands-on experience with procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Sigma, and Ironclad (CLM) is ideal. Full proficiency collaborating within a Google Workspace environment (Google Sheets, Docs, Drive) is critical, as the temporary position is short and onboarding to the Google environment usually takes time.

Degree Requirement:
Education: Bachelors degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.

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Backed by precision, transparency, and results, we connect top talent with leading organizations through trusted partnerships.

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Procurement Manager

Location: Vineland, New Jersey
Work Setting: On-Site
Employment Type: Full-Time
Pay Range: $80,000 – $100,000 annually

About DataOne

DataOne designs, develops, and operates sustainable AI Factories, bringing together energy, infrastructure, and artificial intelligence at industrial scale. With operations in the U.S. and internationally, we deliver large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for people who want to bring their experience, ideas, and perspective to meaningful projects and help shape what comes next at DataOne.

About the Job

DataOne is hiring a Procurement Manager to oversee sourcing, purchasing, and supplier management for our Vineland data center. This position supports construction, critical infrastructure, facility operations, and site services.

You'll work closely with Construction, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Legal to manage purchasing activities, negotiate supplier agreements, control costs, and support project schedules and ongoing operations.

What You’ll Do

• Manage procurement activities, including sourcing, competitive bidding, supplier selection, negotiations, purchase orders, and delivery tracking.
• Purchase construction materials, critical electrical and mechanical equipment, subcontracted services, and operational supplies.
• Work with Construction, Engineering, and Operations to identify purchasing needs, technical requirements, and equipment lead times.
• Prepare and evaluate RFQs, RFPs, supplier proposals, bid comparisons, and commercial recommendations.
• Negotiate supplier pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, warranties, and contractual conditions.
• Manage supplier relationships, onboarding, credit accounts, performance, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor purchasing budgets, committed spending, equipment deliveries, and opportunities for cost savings.
• Maintain procurement records, contracts, purchasing trackers, and supplier documentation.
• Coordinate with Finance and Legal on payment issues, contract changes, supplier disputes, and purchasing approvals.
• Identify supply chain risks and resolve procurement issues that could affect construction schedules or facility operations.

Requirements

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, construction procurement, or a related field.
• Experience supporting purchasing activities in construction, industrial, infrastructure, or other complex project environments.
• Strong knowledge of competitive bidding, supplier negotiations, purchase orders, and contract administration.
• Ability to review technical specifications, construction drawings, scopes of work, and supplier proposals.
• Experience managing suppliers, purchasing budgets, delivery schedules, and procurement documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP or procurement management systems.
• Strong communication, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

We recognize that experience and skills can come from different paths. Relevant professional, hands-on, educational, military, trade, and industry experience may all provide the skills and knowledge needed to succeed at DataOne.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting procurement for data centers, critical infrastructure, or large-scale construction projects.
• Experience purchasing Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) equipment and construction packages.
• Knowledge of U.S. construction suppliers, subcontractors, and equipment manufacturers.
• Experience managing long-lead equipment and complex delivery schedules.
• Professional procurement or supply chain certification, such as CPSM, CPM, CIPS, or equivalent.

What to Expect

• Full-time, on-site position at DataOne's Vineland facility.
• Work in an active data center construction and operating environment, including occasional site walkthroughs.
• Occasional domestic or international travel and schedule flexibility based on project needs.
• Adherence to site safety requirements, including applicable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Physical Requirements

Primarily office-based work involving prolonged sitting and computer use, with occasional standing, walking, climbing stairs, and accessing construction or operational areas. Site visits may involve noise, dust, moving equipment, and varying temperatures.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 3%
• PTO
• Annual performance-based bonus opportunity
• Company equity opportunity for eligible positions

Equal Opportunity Employer

DataOne provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

DataOne prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and is committed to providing a workplace where employees and applicants are treated with respect and provided equal opportunity.

The Procurement Manager (Capital Projects) is responsible for developing, executing, and managing corporate initiatives that enable effective operations and improvements of existing data centers. Responsibilities will extend beyond capital project procurement, to include support for strategic initiatives such as customer fit-out, site engineering partnerships, and spare parts programs.

Responsibilities:

• Support facilities management procurement strategy in partnership with the development, sourcing, and operations procurement teams to enable success for facilities operations
• Foster strong stakeholder support and cooperation on assigned projects, which can range from facilities and construction services along with equipment and material support
• Develop supply chain strategies that optimize spending, minimize risk, and ensure the successful delivery of capital projects within budget and on time.
• Support development of pre-approved supplier list utilizing input from internal stakeholders and external engagement
• Synthesize supplier, industry and market research for key facilities spend categories to develop pricing for equipment and labor contracts lead by the sourcing team
• Administer, facilitate and answer vendor exchanges as part of the competitive bidding process, to mitigate QTS's exposure to risk and consolidate suppliers' spend
• Support development & execution of procurement programs to optimize regional spend leverage across site services and consumable materials
• Maintain day-to-day supplier relationships; act as the lead point of contact for all commercial issues
• Support negotiations of commercial cost reduction opportunities and provide analytical support for Total Cost of Ownership models used to support sourcing decisions
• 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
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities
• Coordinate Facilities’ purchasing activities across national portfolio of data centers

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