Jobs / finance
Senior Procurement Manager - Data Centers
Adyen · Amsterdam
NewIND sponsor
What you will do
- Act as a business partner to stakeholders such as Infrastructure, Data Center Engineering, Legal and Sustainability, delivering value and enabling their strategies.
- Lead and initiate commercial negotiations, including but not limited to contract renewals and setting up new agreements.
- Be responsible for the supplier selection process, RFx and screening.
- Work with the Infrastructure team on roadmaps, including our DC expansion plans.
- Do vendor monitoring on performance and contractual agreements.
- Be tracking and reporting on industry trends.
- Build and maintain relationships with key vendors.
What they look for
- 7+ years of relevant experience, including category management or sourcing.
- Deep knowledge and experience of and within the Data Center space, hardware and services.
- Well-organized and like to solve problems with a pragmatic approach.
- Data driven with an analytical mindset.
- A natural networker, great in stakeholder management and negotiations.
- Proficient in English; fluency in another language is an added advantage.
- Have a global mindset, and are able to work across time zones and cultures.
- Have project management skills, are resourceful, and able to work independently.