Director, Data Center Equipment Category Manager

Role description

Role Overview

The Director, Data Center Equipment Category Manager will lead and develop a team of category managers across electrical, mechanical, and modular equipment, while personally owning Lambda's most critical categories, sourcing events, and negotiations. The role requires 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management, with at least 5 years focused on datacenter, mission-critical, energy, or heavy industrial electrical and mechanical equipment.

What You Will Do

The Director will own the multi-year category strategy for Lambda's datacenter infrastructure equipment, secure supply in a constrained market, lead end-to-end sourcing events, and serve as Lambda's lead negotiator on the highest-value equipment agreements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management, with a strong background in datacenter equipment and supply chain management. They will be recognized as a lead negotiator and have experience in building strategic partnerships with OEMs, integrators, and manufacturer representatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management
• 5+ years focused on datacenter, mission-critical, energy, or heavy industrial electrical and mechanical equipment
• 5+ years of people leadership managing category managers or sourcing professionals
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience with datacenter equipment supply base, major OEMs, integrators, and their manufacturing capacity, lead times, and pricing dynamics
• Experience as a lead negotiator, personally closing large master supply agreements and capacity commitments
• Experience sequencing long-lead equipment against a live construction schedule and working with design, engineering, and construction teams
• Experience setting process, policy, or governance standards that an organization adopted
• Ability to brief and persuade executives comfortably, internally and across the supplier base, and build the business case that earns the decision

Benefits

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use