Regional Procurement Project Manager

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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals. 

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Under Global leadership, the Regional Procurement Manager manages multiple and complex categories for Major Capital Equipment (MCE), with cross-functional and regionally diverse scope. 

Accountable for building and creating the category plan and managing the plan closely with leadership. The incumbent will also be required to support both regional and global category management and procurement functions.  

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 

• Aligns with internal customers regarding best negotiation positions and provide stakeholders with a balanced view of contract risk and liabilities 

• Directly engages suppliers at the appropriate levels to influence the best outcome for Equinix that exceeds the business requirements  

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 

• Establishes and delivers procurement goals, metrics, and work plans to mee