Sr. Manager Strategy Sourcing & Operations Planning

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end vendor operation processes required for data center operations and EaaS business execution, including NDA coordination, contract support, vendor onboarding, budget tracking, payment processing, and vendor communication.
• Establish standardized procurement processes for data center-related sourcing, vendor qualification, purchasing, contract administration, approval workflows, and operational handoffs.
• Carefully coordinate with Legal, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and Procurement teams to ensure vendor engagement, contracting, budgeting, and payment processes are executed efficiently and in compliance with internal requirements.
• Support strategic sourcing and vendor management activities across key categories, including software vendors, EMS/PMS solution providers, power system vendors, data center infrastructure suppliers, building solution providers, and operational service partners.
• Lead planning and execution-readiness activities for strategic data center-related hub locations, including fabrication centers, monitoring centers, staging facilities, warehouse facilities, or other operational support centers.
• Develop business cases, execution plans, timelines, resource requirements, operating models, and implementation roadmaps for hub facility setup and related operational infrastructure.
• Track procurement and vendor-related risks, identify process gaps, recommend mitigation actions, and prepare executive-level updates, vendor status reports, dashboards, and operational planning materials.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain management, operations planning, vendor management, project management, or related business operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing vendor onboarding, NDA/contract coordination, purchase/payment workflows, budget tracking, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.
• Strong understanding of procurement process design, vendor management, operational governance, and sourcing-related business operations.
• Proven ability to build new processes, operating models, and scalable business infrastructure in a fast-paced or newly formed organization.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, vendors, timelines, and internal stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and Procurement teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prepare structured reports, executive summaries, process documents, and implementation plans.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and project tracking tools.
• Ability to travel up to 10% as needed to support vendor engagement, facility planning, project execution, and operational setup activities.