# Procurement Director

**Company:** [DataOne](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/8UTs4arbAtHcZ4Em3h9wkv.md)
**Location:** Jersey City, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Procurement

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## Description

DataOne develops and operates high-density data centers for artificial intelligence workloads. The **Director of Procurement** leads procurement strategy and execution across the United States and Americas, with strong responsibility for critical categories and securing long-lead-time equipment. This is a hands-on as well as strategic role, requiring real data center experience and an understanding of the critical importance of schedule milestones in this type of infrastructure.

About the Job:

**Procurement leadership**

-   Define procurement strategy, governance, and execution for the U.S. portfolio.
-   Establish procurement policies, approval thresholds, competitive bidding rules, contract controls, and compliance requirements.
-   Lead key procurement metrics: savings, lead times, budget adherence, contract coverage, supplier performance, and risk.

**Category Management**

-   Own category strategies for power generation, UPS systems, and critical power infrastructure, including transformers, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, and generators.
-   Manage mechanical cooling categories, including chillers, direct liquid cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, and coolant distribution units.
-   Manage white-space categories, including racks, power distribution units, busways, and structured cabling.
-   Cover civil and structural works, construction services, and professional services, in accordance with applicable building codes

**Project Procurement & EPC Interface**

-   Engage from the design phase, contributing to specifications, supplyability analysis, and cost, schedule, and performance trade-offs.
-   Lead sourcing processes, negotiations, and contracting with EPCs, general contractors, and manufacturers through to delivery and L1–L5 commissioning.
-   Negotiate critical contractual clauses, including liquidated damages, warranties, spare parts, indexation, title ownership, and risk transfer.

**Strategic Sourcing & Resilience**

-   Develop market intelligence, supplier panels, should-cost models, total cost analyses, and master agreements.
-   Anticipate long-lead-time equipment, reduce single-source exposure, and implement dual-sourcing strategies.
-   Work with customs compliance teams on international logistics and Chinese-origin equipment, including tariffs, anti-dumping measures, supply-chain traceability, and rules of origin related to tax incentive programs.

**Supplier Performance**

-   Establish supplier qualification processes, audits, scorecards, and corrective action plans.
-   Monitor cost, quality, delivery, and commitment-performance indicators.

**Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration**

-   Build, lead, and develop a high-performing procurement team.
-   Work closely with Engineering on specifications, Project Management on milestones, Finance on budgets, and Operations on execution.
-   Support procurement digitalization (Odoo or equivalent) and data reliability.
-   Present procurement strategy, supplier risks, savings, and project progress to the Executive Committee.

## Requirements

### Requirements

-   **15+ years of procurement experience**, with significant management responsibility.
-   **Direct data center experience is required** in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or project procurement.
-   Strong experience in **data center construction, capital equipment, critical infrastructure, or heavy industrial construction**.
-   Demonstrated expertise in **power generation, UPS systems, critical power, electrical infrastructure, mechanical systems, and cooling**.
-   Experience managing **multi-million-dollar contracts** and conducting complex commercial negotiations.