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Manager, Project Procurement - IS

Vertiv

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Pelzer, SC
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Job Description

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Job Overview:

Job Summary:
  • Serve as the dedicated procurement lead for one or more large, strategic data center customer projects, acting as the single point of contact between Procurement and the project team.
  • Proactively identify supply-related risks early in the project lifecycle, including supplier capacity constraints, long lead times, technical maturity, single-source dependencies, quality risks, and logistics constraints.
  • Develop, drive, and track mitigation plans in collaboration with Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing, Materials Planning, Quality, and suppliers to eliminate identified risks.
  • Coordinate procurement inputs to project schedules, ensuring alignment with customer milestones and on-time delivery commitments.
  • Drive required strategic, preventive supply risk actions across the organization, such as multi-sourcing strategies, suppliers’ capability development, early material commitments, multi-manufacturers, inventory and buffering strategies.
  • Prepare and deliver regular reports and executive-level updates to leadership
Responsibilities: 
  • Identify supply-related risks early in the project lifecycle
  • Develop, drive, and track mitigation plans for identified supply-related risks
  • Coordinate procurement inputs to project schedules
  • Drive required strategic, preventive supply risk actions across the organization
  • Prepare and deliver regular reports and executive-level updates to leadership

     

Education & Certifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, industrial engineering or operations management. 
  • MBA or a Master´s in Supply Chain or Operations is a plus.
  • Minimum of seven years in supply chain and/or procurement roles. 
  • Procurement & Supply Chain Professional Training is highly desirable (CPSM or equivalent)
  • Project Management Trainings is highly desirable (PMP or equivalent) 
  • Advanced Excel, Power Point, Word, Power BI. 
  • ERP and MRP familiarity (Oracle, Cyberplan)
  • Speaks English fluently 
Requirements: 
  • 7-10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain or materials management within a manufacturing or industrial equipment environment.
  • Strong experience in identifying, assessing, and preventing supply risks across internal operations and external supplier networks.
  • Demonstrated success in designing and driving preventive supply risk strategies.
  • Experience managing and mitigating risks related to supplier capacity, long lead times, single-source dependencies, technical readiness, quality, and logistics.
  • Experience preparing and delivering structured, executive-level reports and dashboards covering supply risks, mitigation plans, progress status, and preventive strategies.
  • Practical experience working closely with manufacturing operations and materials planning to support production ramp-ups, schedule changes, and demand volatility.
  • Ability to multi-task and manage many different priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

 

Travel Requirements: 
  • 25% travel required.