Supplier Strategy Lead Job Providence area,Rhode Island USA,Supply Chain/Logistics

Summary:

Our data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure efficiently operates to deliver our innovative services. Meta is seeking an experienced and self-motivated Program Manager, Supplier Strategy to join our Fac Ops Business Operations Excellence (BOE) team.

The Fac Ops Business Operational Excellence team designs, implements and continuously evolves global business programs and processes to support all aspects of the Facility Operations organization. In this role, will be accountable for driving efficiency and running the Supplier Management program strategy for the organization in close cross-functional partnership with our Sourcing, Operations, Legal, and Enterprise Engineering teams.

To be successful in this role, you will be responsible for managing the supplier lifecycle, category management, business reviews/auditing, and contract management for centrally governed fleetwide services. Additionally, the candidate will enable sourcing and procurement, have expertise in invoicing, and understand the Purchase Request to Purchase Order process. You will possess complex problem‑solving skills, be an expert program manager for matrix teams, and have the ability to create scalable programmatic solutions.

The candidate will serve as the main point of contact for supplier issues at the fleet level and support continuous improvement efforts. This role will spend the majority of their time optimizing the processes and procedures related to management and operations of third party services at data center sites.

Required Skills:

Supplier Strategy Lead Responsibilities:

Manage global programs for category management and supplier lifecycle.

Create and enable business review framework and audits to ensure supplier performance and compliance.

Enable sourcing and procurement for efficient supplier management.

Act as a consultant for the Purchase Request to Purchase Order process.

Serve as an expert program manager for matrix teams and drive complex problem‑solving activities.

Create scalable programmatic solutions that improve end‑to‑end Critical Supplier management for Facility Operations.

Be the main point of contact for initiatives involving supplier engagement for operational requirements.

Manage contract and supplier management for centrally governed fleetwide services.

Identify duplicative efforts within the supplier strategy space and partner with cross‑functional teams to reduce inefficiencies.

Expertise in invoicing and ability to navigate complex invoicing issues.

Support data center sites where operations issues related to vendors cannot be resolved in a timely fashion.

Write and implement existing and new standards that allow data center operations teams to function efficiently.

Monitor adherence to standards and find opportunities for improvements

continuously improve each revision to accommodate a dynamic environment.

Responsible for creating implementation, compliance, adherence, and communication plans.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

8+ years of experience in an operations or service focused business model (i.e providing technical or professional services to a client)

Experience working in/with Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction, Operations, Data Centers OR other applicable fields

Experience in handling external stakeholders/clients effectively

Strong analytical skills - ability to find, clean and analyze datasets in excel or similar tools

Thorough understanding of services based global and multi business‑units sourcing, procurement and supply chain management

Ability to collaborate within multi‑dimensional matrix teams

Ability to prioritize and deliver on time sensitive projects and tasks

Working knowledge of sourcing and procurement and…