Capital Equipment Procurement Manager - Mechanical

Capital Equipment Procurement Manager – Overview

The Capital Equipment Procurement Manager is responsible for planning, budgeting, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, critical supplier performance management, and stakeholder management for critical OFCI equipment in the mechanical category. The role develops long‑term business strategies aligned with key QTS stakeholders, executives, and Procurement leaders to drive results directly linked to business goals that contribute to QTS’s market leadership. The manager reports to the Senior Manager, Capital Equipment Procurement for mechanical equipment.

• Analyze capital plans to drill down equipment and services required to establish OFCI equipment budget and rolling 12‑month procurement plans accounting for and adjusting to sales projection updates.
• Ensure accurate cost and schedules are provided in a timely manner to Development Program Managers in support of budget approvals and project schedule planning.
• Provide weekly Development procurement status, progress, and recommendations to gain support from executives to align on business objectives.
• Continuously evaluate new critical infrastructure technologies with partners to ensure QTS balances cost, availability, reliability, and efficiency in its standard equipment offering.
• Analyze category spend management opportunities, conduct research to understand the supply market and commodity trends, and deploy appropriate strategic plans and track KPIs.
• Ensure QTS policies and processes are followed and continuously improve processes and systems to drive best‑in‑class procurement performance.
• Collaborate with Global Procurement leaders to ensure alignment and execution of category strategies.
• Continuously identify and implement strategies to improve procurement initiatives, increase speed to market, improve quality, and achieve lower total cost of ownership.
• Understand business impacts and align with stakeholders to assess risk levels, manage supply continuity, develop contingency plans, and establish risk management strategies to mitigate risk.
• Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned scope of spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets.
• Develop RFP packages and lead competitive sourcing events to ensure structuring of commercial value, risk mitigation, and performance requirements are secured in a contract to protect QTS’s interests.
• Support Sales revenue generation by securing competitive NRC costing for customer deals as requested.
• Solicit and develop construction‑related contracts to support QTS projects and associated timelines.
• Monitor market supply chain conditions and anticipate needs to ensure ordering of OFCI equipment for just‑in‑time delivery to meet QTS timelines.
• Resolve unforeseen technical and commercial issues that arise from assigned projects, engage with subject‑matter experts, and escalate as necessary to close processes utilizing approved corrective actions.
• Ensure the most up‑to‑date design standards are distributed to the OFCI suppliers to deliver products as specified.
• Obtain OFCI equipment submittals to support the design, specification, and process approval for each assigned project as needed.
• Track and manage equipment inventory locations to analyze and recommend action plans to prioritize reallocation of capital assets to achieve cost avoidance when possible.
• Develop KPIs to measure supplier performance (on‑site delivery performance, cost savings, etc.).
• Ensure mutual contracted obligations to realize negotiated values.
• Lead periodic business reviews (weekly meetings, QBRs, problem resolution, etc.).
• Consult with QTS Site Operations teams, suppliers, Finance, etc. to be the escalation point on issues and lead process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and maximize value.
• Travel to QTS sites, OEM facilities, trade conferences, and networking events to facilitate strong relationships that benefit the strategic positioning of QTS and department objectives.
• Provide ad‑hoc assistance to Site Operations for difficult‑to‑source equipment, parts, and services.

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain…