Regional Procurement Project Manager - Denver, CO

Job Description

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Job Summary

The Regional Procurement Manager is responsible for managing multiple complex categories for Major Capital Equipment (MCE) within the Americas region. This individual contributor role involves developing and executing category plans, collaborating with business partners, and supporting both regional and global procurement activities. Key responsibilities include negotiating cost-saving agreements, managing supplier performance and relationships, implementing procurement strategies aligned with organizational goals, mitigating supply chain risks, and resolving complex issues. The position requires strong communication and negotiation skills, the ability to influence cross functional stakeholders, resource management capabilities, and a proactive approach to adapting to changing environments. All to enable capacity deliveries at scale and speed.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering: Engages and collaborates with business teams for regional procurement and governance, is an escalation point to resolve stakeholder issues within the regional team, educates the business on procurement processes and governance, recommends enhancements to the Source to Pay process and systems.
• Resource Management (people, finances etc.): Will provide management updates on supplier performance and team productivity, is an escalation point for the team for solving resource/budgetary issues, contributes and/or is responsible for resource planning (people, finances etc.) activities.
• Negotiations: Partners intra-regionally with business leaders, and other key stakeholders to execute capital and operational purchases that deliver cost savings, reduce supplier lead times, and improve vendor performance, ensures appropriate supply agreements are in place and guides internal teams how to monitor adherence to the terms of the agreement.
• Procurement Strategy: Utilizes a global perspective in the execution of procurement strategy within the region, develops a vendor management strategy to “right size” the supply strategy for the region, develops, communicates, and executes against global procurement strategies and best practices for the region.
• Cost Savings: Drives and delivers cost savings opportunities aligned with organizational commitments, develops cost savings proposals and interacts closely with suppliers, and internal customers, to achieve the cost savings.
• Supplier Management: Leads the end-to-end supplier management process, builds and maintains supplier relationships and drives improvement in the areas of cost, risk, and quality, identifies and mitigates supplier risks in the areas of financial, capacity, location, single sole source, spend, and revenue, etc.
• Contract Management: Responsible for all relevant documentation execution including contract SOW signature, supplier certification including insurance & ISO documents, partners with Legal on the contract lifecycle, works with business partners to develop and agree SOW, business, and commercial requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of relevant experience in procurement management, supply chain management, category management or consulting.
• Strong skills in negotiation and influence skills.
• Goal and team-oriented, proactive, and willing to learn & improve.
• Flexibility and fast adaptation to changing environment.
• Master’s degree in a technical or engineering field or MBA.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale industrial engineering and construction programs, preferably data centers.
• Experience in commodity or supply chain management, and contract management.
• Experience working with Office Package, Power BI, Coupa, Anaplan.

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: United States - Denver Office DEO : 118,000 - 176,000 USD / Annual.