Procurement

• Develop and execute a global sourcing strategy aligned with company growth
• Own the company's procurement function, ensuring the timely and accurate execution of purchase orders
• Identify and cultivate supplier partnerships that drive product innovation
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Quality teams during the NPD process
• Lead negotiation of supplier agreements including pricing structures and payment terms
• Establish supplier scorecards and performance metrics
• Drive cost optimization through strategic supplier selection and value engineering opportunities

Director of Procurement, Sourcing

• Lead the execution, and management of corporate sourcing initiatives for a variety of direct or indirect categories
• Facilitate sourcing & other cost optimization opportunities to generate cost savings and risk mitigation for category spend under management.
• Negotiate complex/competitive programs and own enterprise agreements
• Support Category Sourcing Managers to deliver business goals
• Develop a world-class category management strategy across assigned categories
• Coach and develop a team of category sourcing managers to outperform expectations
• Monitor and Report performance management initiatives to elevate team productivity
• Develop supplier and industry category profiles and strategies for assigned categories
• Ensure assigned categories contract portfolio is current and robust
• Serve as first point of escalation for Category Sourcing Managers
• Participate in QBRs and provide guidance to Category Sourcing Managers on best practices

Senior Manager, Category Sourcing

• Report to the Principal Category Manager for Production
• Provide analytical, tactical, and execution support to the PSCM Production Category Team
• Deliver category strategies and execute supplier and contract management activities
• Build effective working relationships with Production stakeholders / regional teams, PSCM category teams, and local suppliers
• Support supplier relationship management, contract compliance, sourcing execution, and category plan delivery
• Contribute to safe, efficient, and compliant supply chain activity
• Manage performance reviews with stakeholders and suppliers
• Use of data and analytics to drive insights

Senior Category Manager

• Assist Procurement Managers with daily operational activities, stakeholder communication, and supplier follow-up.
• Support procurement process improvements and digitalization initiatives using tools such as Power BI and Power Automate.
• Conduct research and analysis to identify opportunities for workflow optimization and operational efficiency.
• Prepare, maintain, and organize procurement records, documentation, and reporting materials.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to support procurement strategies, projects, and overall team operations.

Procurement Co-op

• Own the creation, maintenance, and lifecycle management of product master data within the ERP system.
• Create and maintain SKUs, assemblies, kits, bundles, and related product structures.
• Maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs), product attributes, units of measure, classifications, and other product information.
• Ensure product master data remains complete, accurate, and compliant with company standards.
• Coordinate product data updates across Procurement, Product Management, Finance, Operations, and Warehouse teams.
• Perform regular audits to identify and correct data inconsistencies.
• Create and manage Blanket Purchase Orders (BPOs) and Purchase Orders (POs) in accordance with company's purchasing procedures.
• Execute approved purchasing transactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Maintain supplier purchasing information including pricing, lead times, minimum order quantities, and purchasing parameters.
• Support Purchasing Supervisor and Procurement Manager with purchasing execution and operational activities.
• Resolve purchasing discrepancies by coordinating with suppliers, warehouse, receiving, accounting, and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain complete and accurate procurement documentation and transaction records.
• Maintain supplier costs, standard costs, and landed costs within the ERP system.
• Execute approved product cost updates while ensuring consistency across purchasing documents and system records.
• Investigate and resolve cost discrepancies between ERP records, purchase orders, invoices, and supplier quotations.
• Support Finance with cost reconciliation, inventory valuation, and reporting requirements.
• Ensure product cost information remains accurate and up to date.
• Monitor inventory performance using ERP reports and business intelligence tools.
• Identify inventory shortages, excess inventory, slow-moving inventory, and purchasing exceptions.
• Analyze inventory trends and purchasing requirements to support replenishment decisions.
• Prepare inventory reports and provide recommendations to Procurement leadership.
• Support inventory accuracy initiatives through data validation and analysis.
• Develop and maintain procurement reports and dashboards using ERP systems, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, or other reporting tools.
• Analyze procurement performance, inventory trends, supplier performance, purchasing activity, and product costs.
• Generate recurring operational reports for Procurement, Finance, and Operations leadership.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of procurement data used for reporting and business decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting automation, data quality, and operational efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes and operational workflows.
• Recommend and implement improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and data integrity.
• Support ERP enhancements, testing, and implementation of new procurement processes.
• Develop and maintain procurement documentation, procedures, and best practices.
• Promote continuous improvement within procurement operations.

Senior Purchasing Operations Specialist

• Lead strategic sourcing for new professional services purchases – conducting needs assessments, managing RFx processes and negotiating enterprise agreements.
• Own the renewal management for existing contracts, initiating reviews 90+ days before expiration to optimize terms and right-size licenses.
• Analyze and build TCO and ROI models, so contracting teams can build contracts to support KPI compliance by our supplier base.
• Partner with key business stakeholders to assess needs and build requirements for RFx events.
• Maintain supplier relationships through structured business reviews, performance tracking and issue resolution.
• Feed market intelligence and sourcing insights back to the Professional Services Category Manager to inform broader category strategy.
• Engage and participate in special projects or complete other duties as assigned

Strategic Sourcing Manager – Procurement

• Drive global category management incl. category strategy, supply assurance, spec alignment, capacity building, and cost savings/avoidance
• Partner closely with regional supply chain teams and franchisees to drive participation, alignment, and adoption of regional and global sourcing strategies through strong commercial partnership, stakeholder influence, and value-based engagement
• Ensure supply continuity and operational resilience across a dynamic multi-country supply network, including proactively mitigating geopolitical, inflationary, commodity, logistics, and operational risks impacting the region
• Build SCM capabilities & process excellence to drive world-class category management practices (i.e. cost modelling, commodity intelligence, supplier relationship management, technology enablers, etc.)
• Build compelling, data-driven business cases that improve franchisee economics, operational efficiency, and long-term system value
• Own strategic supplier relationships and develop new supplier partnerships to drive competitive advantage and ensure Pizza Hut is a customer of choice. Elevate partnerships to unlock value and growth for Pizza Hut, including leading negotiations, capacity and business continuity planning & supporting LTOs/innovation
• Drive governance, compliance, and adherence to Pizza Hut standards
• Drive specification harmonization & optimization in collaboration with regional brand teams
• Champion sustainability initiatives within Pizza Hut supply chain and ensure long term ESG goals are embedded into category & sourcing strategies

Associate Manager – Global Direct, F&P Category

• Be the primary Procurement partner for the North America Airport Dimensions business, responsible for the delivery of measurable procurement value to drive profitability, including cost savings, risk reduction, innovation, ESG and improved supplier performance.
• Build positive relationships across the AD business in North America and collaborate with all relevant teams including Operations, Guest Experience, Design & Construction, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Technology, and all global business divisions.
• Analyze spend, review contracts and develop subcategory plans that achieve stakeholder endorsement
• Lead end to end sourcing initiatives and renegotiations across NOAM for all categories, with a specific focus on Design and Construction and Lounge Operations, and with activities covering requirements definition, market analysis, sourcing plan development and delivery, proposal analysis, business recommendations, contract development and commercial negotiations.
• Lead the Supplier Relationship Management process, working with AD business partners and key strategic suppliers, driving structured governance, performance management and value creation initiatives, and ensuring suppliers are aligned to business objectives and contractual requirements. This includes managing Quarterly Business Review processes.
• Support the deployment of Procurement Process and Policy into the region, to ensure compliance, increased transparency to opportunities to delivery greater value.
• Support projects outside of region when required, including other regions of Airport Dimensions and functional development initiatives for the Procurement team.

Procurement Manager

• Develop and execute category and sourcing strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Analyze spend, market conditions, supplier capabilities, and cost drivers to identify opportunities for value creation and risk reduction.
• Lead supplier sourcing activities, including supplier qualification, RFx processes, proposal evaluation, negotiations, and implementation.
• Negotiate commercial agreements while balancing cost, quality, delivery, risk, and operational requirements.
• Manage supplier relationships, business reviews, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Stay current on market trends, emerging technologies, and industry best practices within assigned categories.

Category Manager

• Analyze capital plans to drill down equipment and services required to establish OFCI equipment budget and rolling 12-month procurement plans accounting for and adjusting to the sales projection updates.
• Ensure accurate cost and schedules are provided in a timely manner to the Development Program Managers in support of budget approvals and project schedule planning.
• Provide weekly Development procurement status, progresses, and recommendations to gain support from executives to align on the business objectives.
• Continually evaluate new critical infrastructure technologies with partners to ensure that QTS balances cost, availability, reliability and efficiency into its standard equipment offering.
• Analyze category spend management opportunities, conducts research to understand the supply market and commodity trends, and deploy appropriate strategic plans and track KPI’s.
• Ensure QTS policies and processes are followed and continuously improve processes and systems to drive best-in-class procurement performance.
• Collaborate with Global Procurement leaders to ensure alignment and execution of category strategies.
• Continuously identify and implement strategies to improve procurement initiatives, increase speed to market, improve quality, and achieve a lower total cost of ownership.
• Understand business impacts and align with stakeholders to effectively assess risk levels, manage supply continuity, develop contingency plans, and establish risk management strategies to mitigate risk.
• Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned scope of spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets.
• Develop RFP packages and lead competitive sourcing events to ensure structuring of commercial value, risk mitigation, and performances requirements are secured in a contract to protect QTS’s interests.
• Support Sales revenue generator by securing competitive NRC costing for customer deals as requested.
• Solicit and develop construction related contracts to support QTS projects and associated timelines.
• Monitor market supply chain conditions and anticipate needs of various project to ensure ordering of OFCI equipment for just-in-time delivery to meet QTS timelines.
• Resolve unforeseen technical and commercial issues that arise from the assigned projects, engage with subject matter experts, and escalate as necessary to close processes utilizing approved corrective actions.
• Ensure the most up to date design standards are distributed to the OFCI suppliers to deliver the products as specified.
• Obtain OFCI equipment submittals to support the design, specification, and process approval for each assigned project as needed.
• Track and manage equipment inventory locations to analyze and recommend action plan to prioritize reallocation of capital assets to achieve cost avoidance when possible.
• Develop KPIs to measure supplier performance (on-site delivery performance, cost savings, etc.) Ensure mutual contracted obligations to ensure the negotiated values are realized.
• Lead periodic business reviews (such as weekly meetings, QBRs, problem resolution, etc.)
• Consult with QTS Site Operations teams, Suppliers, Finance etc. to be the escalation point on issues and lead process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and maximize value.
• Travel to QTS sites, OEM facilities, trade conferences, and networking events to facilitate strong relationships to benefit the strategic positioning of QTS and department objectives.
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to the Site Operations’ needs on certain difficult to source equipment, parts, and services.

Capital Equipment Procurement Manager

• Responsible for build, analysis, and maintenance of dashboards, reporting, & score cards to measure department performance, compliance, and process effectiveness
• Utilize data to drive department accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and operational performance
• Lead the development, tracking, and reporting of key department performance and compliance metrics to a variety of business audiences
• Define and maintain data management standards to ensure the delivery of consistent, accurate business analysis and metrics for key department activities
• Ensure department access to all relevant internal & external data necessary for strategic initiatives
• Perform monthly review of P&L COGS activity including accruals, and category COGS rate
• Support data integrity standards across procurement owned data, identify & resolve master data inconsistencies impacting reporting and decision-making
• Act as a flexible analytical resource supporting evolving Procurement initiatives
• Support special projects, integrations, and executive-level analysis as needed

Procurement Analyst

• Build and implement a strategic sourcing framework that drives efficiency, compliance, and agility in purchasing software, cloud services, and business partnerships.
• Oversee procurement operations to ensure all requests flow smoothly through the right reviews and approval paths while meeting SLAs for speed and compliance.
• Partner with CISO and IT teams to ensure software purchases are secure, complementary to our existing stack, and optimized for cost.
• Serve as system admin for Zip, maintaining and improving workflows that guide stakeholders through each stage of the SaaS and services procurement lifecycle.
• Advise business partners on procurement policy and best practices, ensuring expectations are managed and decisions align with company standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Finance to monitor and optimize cloud spend, surfacing insights that drive budget efficiency.

Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Vendor Management

• Own the steel category: structural steel and fabricated assemblies feeding the modular manufacturing line and site builds.
• Source fabrication capacity across regional shops so throughput scales with the build plan, not with one shop's backlog.
• Negotiate raw material and fabrication pricing with mechanisms that survive commodity swings.
• Qualify fabricators on quality and capacity, and manage the load balancing across them weekly.

Global Sourcing Manager, Steel

• Own the networking hardware category: switches, routers, and DPUs for fabrics connecting 100k+ accelerator clusters.
• Negotiate supply agreements with networking OEMs covering price, lead time, and roadmap access.
• Dual-source critical switch platforms and manage the qualification burden that dual-sourcing creates.
• Align buy plans with network engineering roadmaps so hardware generations land when designs need them, not after.

Global Sourcing Manager – Networking, Hardware

• Own the fiber and optics category: transceivers, fiber cabling, and connectivity components at hundreds of thousands of terminations per building.
• Negotiate volume agreements on optics where unit price times quantity makes small percentages worth millions.
• Dual-source transceiver types and manage interop qualification so second sources are real, not theoretical.
• Forecast optics demand from network designs and keep supply ahead of installation crews.

Global Sourcing Manager, Fiber & Optics

• Own the electrical category: switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, and busway, the longest lead times in the build.
• Negotiate capacity reservations with electrical OEMs years ahead, converting reservations to orders as the pipeline firms.
• Dual-source major equipment classes across OEMs whose products are not interchangeable, managing the design implications with engineering.
• Track factory slots and production milestones supplier by supplier, because a slipped transformer is a slipped data hall.

Global Sourcing Manager, Electrical

• Own the consumables category: coolant, filters, spares kits, PPE, and everything sites burn through daily.
• Set stocking strategies per site so consumables never idle a crew, without tying up capital in dead stock.
• Negotiate national and regional agreements that give every new site pricing and supply from day one.
• Build the replenishment system that reorders on consumption data rather than someone noticing an empty shelf.

Global Sourcing Manager, Consumables

• Own the compute and storage category: GPU servers, storage systems, and node-level components from supplier strategy through delivery.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, and capacity reservations with OEMs and ODMs, tied to the forward build pipeline rather than trailing volumes.
• Dual-source every critical node configuration so a single supplier slip never stalls a data hall.
• Track supplier performance with data: on-time delivery, DOA rates, and lead-time drift reviewed and acted on monthly.

Global Sourcing Manager, Compute & Storage

• Lead the design and execution of sourcing strategies that deliver high-quality pipelines aligned to business hiring needs across priority talent segments, leadership portfolios, and enterprise workstreams
• Translate demand forecasts, workforce plans, and market intelligence into proactive market mapping, talent pooling, engagement strategies, and multi-quarter sourcing plans
• Own sourcing support for designated senior leader portfolios and critical teams, ensuring aligned execution against evolving business priorities and organizational bandwidth
• Partner with recruiters and hiring leaders to calibrate profiles, refine messaging, and adjust strategies based on real-time feedback and results
• Serve as a strategic advisor to recruiting leaders and business stakeholders on talent market trends, competitive intelligence, and proactive strategies for critical skill areas
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sourcers, creating a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement
• Set clear goals and metrics aligned to Talent Acquisition priorities, including pipeline health, conversion rates, time-in-stage, quality of slate, and candidate generation outcomes, and regularly review performance
• Define team priorities, roles, responsibilities, and workload allocation to ensure the team is focused on the highest-impact business needs
• Stand up and lead a sourcing training and enablement process that provides clear onboarding and capability-building for both new and current recruiters
• Build a roadmap for sourcing capability development, including training, onboarding, best practices, and ongoing learning assets that accelerate enablement and improve productivity across the broader TA organization
• Drive operational excellence in how the team uses our ATS, CRM, and sourcing tools, with a strong focus on data quality, tracking, hygiene, and scalable execution
• Build and refine repeatable processes, playbooks, standard operating procedures, and workflows that enable consistent, scalable delivery across requisitions, portfolios, and talent segments
• Partner with TA Operations, Process, Enablement, and Solutions teams to shape, implement, and optimize tools, features, and workflows that enhance sourcing productivity and candidate generation capacity
• Help define and drive the execution roadmap for sourcing-related capabilities, including process improvements, tool adoption, and role clarity across partners
• Develop scalable mechanisms that strengthen sourcing effectiveness across the TA organization and support broader enterprise hiring outcomes
• Use data and analytics to diagnose bottlenecks, optimize sourcing channels, and inform decision-making for TA leaders, recruiters, and business stakeholders
• Lead competitive landscape mapping for key talent segments, generating insights on market conditions, talent availability, competitor activity, and hiring trends
• Translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing strategies, target lists, and recommendations for recruiters and hiring leaders
• Use performance data and market insights to influence sourcing priorities, improve execution, and strengthen delivery against Talent Acquisition OKRs
• Drive candidate generation capability as a key Talent Acquisition objective by developing strategies, processes, and tools that expand sourcing capacity and improve pipeline outcomes across the organization
• Act as a strategic partner to recruiters, TA leaders, HR, and business stakeholders, aligning sourcing priorities with business needs and long-range talent objectives
• Partner closely with leaders and members of COE teams, including Marketing, Solutions Enablement, Process, and business-aligned recruiting leaders, to align sourcing capabilities with enterprise talent priorities
• Build strong relationships across the People organization and TA to ensure a positive candidate, recruiter, and hiring manager experience
• Collaborate across TA and partner teams to pilot and scale new sourcing approaches, such as campaigns, events, talent communities, referral strategies, and enablement initiatives
• Influence senior TA and business leaders through data-driven recommendations, roadmap planning, and strategic insight that improve organizational sourcing outcomes over time
• Lead sourcing-related initiatives that improve our ability to find and engage talent, including new channels, tools, processes, training mechanisms, and experiments
• Demonstrate flexibility as new initiatives and priorities emerge in the sourcing space, quickly standing up support for evolving business needs and leadership demand
• Champion a test-and-learn mindset, using insights to refine strategies, improve execution, and share best practices across the broader TA team
• Build and scale organization-wide sourcing mechanisms, standard operating procedures, playbooks, and enablement assets that drive consistency, efficiency, and quality across the team
• Drive change through cross-functional partnership, helping shape how sourcing capabilities, recruiter enablement, and candidate generation evolve across Talent Acquisition

Sourcing Manager

• Influences and manages all space management projects for assigned customer(s)
• Leads space management analysis and designs category shelf schematics following standardized planning processes
• Collaborates with Sales partners to determine account priorities
• Conducts space and distribution opportunity analysis to optimize revenue and profit
• Makes product addition and deletion recommendations by brand and package
• Reports changes implemented including physical space gains/losses by brewer/brand
• Provides input into assigned customers Annual Business Plan and Joint Business Planning process

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