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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in strategic sourcing and category management for datacenter infrastructure equipment, with a strong focus on supplier negotiation, performance management, and cost reduction strategies. Proven ability to lead teams, develop multi-year strategies, and deliver executive briefings on market conditions and supply risks.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Strategic SourcingCategory ManagementSupplier NegotiationDatacenter Equipment ExpertisePeople Leadership
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Hard Skills
Supply Chain ManagementContract ExecutionCost Reduction StrategiesRFI/RFP/RFQ ManagementCapacity Commitment NegotiationPerformance GuaranteesValue EngineeringContingency PlanningGovernance Standards SettingMaster Supply Agreements
Soft Skills
Executive BriefingPersuasionProblem SolvingAdaptabilityTeam Leadership
Industry Keywords
Datacenter InfrastructureElectrical EquipmentMechanical EquipmentHeavy Industrial EquipmentOEM PartnershipsSupply Chain RisksManufacturing CapacityConstruction SchedulingEnergy SectorMission-Critical Systems
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and develop category managers across electrical, mechanical, and modular equipment
- Own multi-year category strategy for datacenter infrastructure equipment, including power, electrical, cooling, and modular systems
- Secure supply by reserving manufacturing slots, negotiating capacity commitments and framework agreements, and aligning supplier capacity with demand forecasts
- Lead RFI, RFP, and RFQ sourcing events through supplier selection, award, and contract execution
- Negotiate high-value equipment agreements covering supply, pricing, lead times, warranties, damages, and performance guarantees
- Partner with Design, Engineering, Construction, and Development to standardize specifications and basis-of-design across sites
- Sequence equipment awards and deliveries against construction schedules
- Manage expediting, factory witness testing, logistics, and storage
- Own owner-furnished versus contractor-furnished equipment strategy and installation, warranty, and commissioning interfaces
- Deliver cost reduction through should-cost and total-cost-of-ownership models, design-to-cost, value engineering, and index-based pricing
- Build OEM, integrator, and manufacturer-representative partnerships and qualify second-source suppliers
- Manage supplier performance through scorecards, factory audits, and executive business reviews
- Identify and mitigate supply-chain risks and maintain contingency plans
- Set category governance, contract templates, and spend and supplier data standards
- Deliver executive briefings on category strategy, market conditions, supply risk, and savings performance
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management
- At least 5 years focused on datacenter, mission-critical, energy, or heavy industrial electrical and mechanical equipment
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of people leadership managing category managers or sourcing professionals
- Experience owning multi-year category strategies for high-spend, supply-constrained equipment categories
- Knowledge of the datacenter equipment supply base, including major OEMs, integrators, manufacturing capacity, lead times, and pricing dynamics
- Experience personally closing large master supply agreements and capacity commitments
- Experience sequencing long-lead equipment against a live construction schedule
- Experience setting process, policy, or governance standards adopted by an organization
- Ability to brief and persuade executives and build business cases
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and on compressed timelines
- U.S. work authorization required; sponsorship may be available
- Willingness and ability to work out of a Lambda office 4 days per week
Benefits
Comp & perks- Generous cash & equity compensation
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
- Flexible paid time off plan