Equinix

Senior Category Manager

Equinix

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: India

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Acts independently to develop category strategies that align with organizational objectives and leverage market insights
  • Develops and coordinates strategic partnerships with key suppliers and stakeholders driving innovation and value creation
  • Ensures alignment of category strategies with overall business goals
  • Identifies and executes improvements in related processes.
  • Apply best practice to eliminate unnecessary duplication and complexity across multiple Products/ Solutions
  • Supports our Legal Procurement team, in the creation & development of Framework Contracts to comply with regional/global requirements.
  • Supports internal stakeholders in the management of the supplier relationship to drive continuous improvement across all aspects of the end to end process.
  • Complete of on-boarding 'due diligence' for new Suppliers, and approves new Supplier creation requests
  • Responsible for allocated Supplier Relationships and Supplier ranking and risk measures
  • Creates and maintains long-term partnerships with suppliers to foster two-way feedback (Supplier Relationship Management).
  • Actively manages and optimizes supplier performance, including continuous improvement in quality, service, and delivery, integrating innovations, obsolescence and reduction in total cost of ownership.
  • Share Intelligent Sourcing data and Supplier Delivery & Relationship Performance with Stakeholders
  • Performs supplier ranking scores & applies risk mitigation strategies
  • Tracks target deliverables including contract awards, suppliers created / de-activated, supplier relationship performance, cost savings, and cash release.
  • Provides monthly reports
  • Uses broad expert knowledge to lead business critical negotiations with top-tier suppliers, optimizing terms and fostering long-term relationships.
  • Drives transformation in strategic sourcing processes, leveraging technology and analytics.
  • Champion best practices in sourcing across the organization
  • Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to issue Category RFPs. Demonstrates execution.
  • Communicates extensively with internal and external stakeholders
  • Identifies, negotiates & delivers Total Cost of Ownership improvement opportunities across category.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a procurement role, sourcing international capacity - including terrestrial and subsea connectivity services, dark fibre, bandwidth, leased lines, voice and IP transit, data center peering, and mobile connectivity - from cross‑regional carriers.
  • Strong knowledge of market benchmarking and industry best practices.
Benefits
  • Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.
  • If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
procurementsourcingsupplier relationship managementnegotiationmarket benchmarkingrisk mitigationdata analysiscontract managementcontinuous improvementtotal cost of ownership
Soft skills
independent decision-makingstrategic thinkingcollaborationcommunicationstakeholder managementinnovationleadershipproblem-solvingorganizational skillsrelationship building