OPEX Procurement Manager

VIRTUS Data Centres is the UK’s fastest-growing data centre provider. We own, design, build, and operate some of the most energy-efficient, flexible, and secure data centres in Europe.

In 2023, we announced our expansion into continental Europe, starting with Berlin and Milan, with plans to grow further across the region.

At VIRTUS, we aim to be a positive force in the fourth industrial revolution—delivering innovative solutions while staying firmly rooted in our core values:
Clarity & Quality, Accountability, Customer Commitment, Purposeful Innovation, and Capability & Growth.

We are looking for an Opex Procurement Manager to lead procurement across VIRTUS' operational expenditure categories. The immediate priority is the re-tender of Facilities Management, Security and Cleaning services across our UK, Germany and Italy portfolio — a multi-country, multi-service programme covering live data centre environments.

You will own this end-to-end: strategy, stakeholder engagement, market engagement, tender documentation, PQQ/ITT, clarifications, evaluation, negotiation, award recommendation, governance approval and mobilisation handover. You will work alongside external procurement consultants and a broad internal stakeholder group spanning Operations, FM, Security, Engineering, Finance, Legal and site teams.

Beyond the re-tender, you will strengthen how VIRTUS buys and manages operational services more widely — contract renewals, supplier governance, cost optimisation and procurement process improvement.

This is a hands-on role. You will move between strategy, commercial detail and delivery tracking, in an environment where procurement decisions directly affect service continuity, compliance and customer experience.

• Lead the FM, Security and Cleaning re-tender
• • Own the re-tender across the UK, Germany and Italy, ensuring it is well planned, properly governed, fully documented and delivered to agreed timelines.
  • Develop the procurement strategy, bidder list, evaluation criteria and commercial templates, securing approval before market engagement.
  • Work with Operations, FM, Security, Engineering, Finance, Legal and site teams to capture requirements and translate them into scopes that are practical, compliant and commercially robust.
  • Run the tender process end to end: market engagement, PQQ/ITT, clarifications, evaluation, negotiation and award recommendation.
  • Coordinate external procurement consultants, with clear deliverables, timelines, review cycles, responsibilities and escalation routes.
  • Ensure operational continuity, mobilisation risk, TUPE (where applicable), site security and vetting, health and safety, customer impact and business continuity are properly factored into the process.
  • Support contract finalisation, mobilisation planning and governance submissions, including Procurement Steering Committee approvals.
• Manage wider opex procurement
• • Develop and deliver procurement strategies across key opex categories and projects.
  • Manage sourcing activity, contract renewals, supplier governance, KPI reviews and commercial challenge across the operational portfolio.
  • Conduct spend analysis to identify cost reduction, value improvement, standardisation and supplier performance opportunities.
  • Strengthen supplier relationship and contract management across key opex suppliers.
• Strengthen governance and reporting
• • Maintain compliance with VIRTUS procurement policy, Delegation of Authority and internal approval processes.
  • Strengthen opex procurement governance, with clear controls, approval routes and decision-making discipline.
  • Maintain accurate audit trails, procurement trackers and action logs.
  • Report clearly to senior stakeholders on spend trends, procurement…