Manager, Project Procurement - IS
Vertiv · vertiv.com
PelzerLead / Manager7–10 yrs
The job in short
IS project procurement.
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Details
- Found
- 24 d ago · posted 2026-08-20
- Location as listed
- Pelzer, SC, United States
- Role
- Supply Chain / Procurement
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
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
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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.
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