Procurement Manager, Substation Equipment

About the role

We're a passionate company dedicated to bringing customer focus and dedication to our business. Our team manages strategic purchasing, planning, and project management for various data center substation projects.

Responsibilities

• Manages strategic purchasing, planning, and project management of owner furnished equipment for all data center substation projects, including high voltage breakers, power transformers, switchgear, control houses, and steel structure packages.
• Leads collaborative effort between engineering, procurement, technical program management, and construction teams.
• Manages owner furnished equipment from forecasting and strategic planning through delivery, installation, commissioning and turnover.
• Builds and oversees relevant strategic vendor relationships – leading the effort to plan and purchase underlying equipment.
• Presents purchasing strategy to senior leadership in connection with underlying funding requests.
• Manages, tracks and reports production/delivery schedules and logistics, submittal review and approval, factory acceptance tests, and vendor field service scope.
• Manages and supports vendor relationships, ensuring the manufacturing production plans support the individual projects as well as the overall program.
• Affords assistance in the management of project budgets according to project controls and processes.
• Sets up, manages, and tracks project costs, schedules, and documentation history.
• Owns and maintains all administrative duties associated with project financials, to include but not limited to, requests for proposals, change orders, requests for POs, and invoice reconciliation.
• Collaborates with project site construction managers and procurement project managers to successfully deliver data center projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, or equivalent (degree or experience).
• Experience with electrical equipment and substation construction strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the developing data center battery storage and primary power generation market is a plus.
• Experience managing large projects with many key stakeholders.
• Strong commercial skills required, including negotiation, planning and forecasting, budgeting, and reporting.
• 25%+ travel required, with regular visits to project sites and vendor factories. Some international travel may be required.
• High proficiency with computers and industry systems and programs, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office products (especially Excel), Construction programs (such as Procore, Helix, etc), database systems, financial systems, scheduling programs, etc.
• Superb written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to multi-task, with strong time management and organizational skills.
• Desire to work in an extremely fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• Must have a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality.

Competencies

• Adaptability
• Analytical
• Business Acumen
• Change Management
• Dependability
• Diversity
• Ethics
• Interpersonal Skills
• Judgement
• Motivation
• Planning/Organizing
• Problem Solving
• Professionalism
• Quality
• Safety and Security
• Strategic Thinking

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Frequently required to stand
• Frequently required to walk
• Frequently required to sit
• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Occasionally work near moving mechanical parts