Regional Procurement Specialist

Regional Procurement Specialist

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents.  

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

At Equinix, we make the internet work faster, better, and more reliably. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving hard problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, try new approaches, and grow in new directions. Our culture is at the heart of our success and it’s our authentic, humble, gritty people who craft The Magic of Equinix. They share a real passion for winning and put the customer at the center of everything they do.

If you are looking to join a company that can offer long term career opportunities on a global scale backed by a positive, and high energy culture, then Equinix is the place for you!

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. 

Responsibility

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 meet operational objectives

• Contributes for spend category management strategies and action plans

• Monitors and maintains full industry and market knowledge of equipment, suppliers, best practices, competitive landscape, etc

• Communicate and collaborate with all key stakeholders to ensure alignment of the overall strategy

• Communicate and implement strategy effectively throughout the relevant regional procurement teams

• Lead the regional procurement teams to implement procurement strategy effectively throughout region across the relevant categories

Cost Savings

• Drives and delivers cost savings opportunities aligned with organi