Senior Director of Strategic Procurement leading procurement strategies to maximize value at iA Financial Group. Overseeing supplier relationships and supporting business objectives in a learning culture environment.
About the role
- Manager for the global procurement team driving data center efficiency and budget management. Overseeing analytics, supplier relationships, and executive communications in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and innovate team’s analytical models to assess supplier pricing, monitor inventory trends, and evaluate product lead times, supporting efficient procurement and supply chain operations.
- Lead problem solving to identify root causes and own the facilitation and execution of actionable solutions.
- Improve Supplier Relationships, handling escalations of day-to-day problems that junior resources cannot resolve independently.
- Drive Insights from key data inputs such as delivery dates, equipment specifications, and open supply chain issues—ensuring the team actions any impactful changes.
- Support executive communications summarizing complex supply chain issues to key points for decision making.
- Manage cross-functionally with other CyrusOne stakeholders, managing scope, delivering to expectations, and ensuring procurement becomes a trusted department in the organization.
- Support and supervise junior team members – providing guidance on analysis structure, advising on communications, and providing a layer of quality control on key deliverables.
- Manage deliverable timelines ensuring that key deliverables and requests across your team’s areas of responsibilities are being completed in a timely and quality manner.
- Improve and innovate ways of working to better team cohesion and reduce the burden of repeatable tasks in a rapidly scaling organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in data centers, procurement, or supply chain operations.
- 3+ years of experience in a managerial or leadership role.
- Proven professional excellence and leadership experience in professional or extracurricular organizations.
- Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence across various stakeholder groups.
- Ability to build strong professional relationships and develop others in the organization.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Alteryx, and other data analytics tools.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
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