Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?
AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…
Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.
A Snapshot
As Procurement Manager based in our HQ in (Sydney), you will report to the Procurement Director – Sourcing & Execution and work closely with various teams and leadership across the Asia Pacific region, making your mark in a number of ways:
- You will join a diverse team and collaborate with talented people across AirTrunk to help us deliver data centre capacity with speed and scale in the APJ region.
- You will take ownership of the end-to-end procurement process ensuring on time and flawless execution of RFPs till contract award.
- You will have the opportunity to identify, formulate and implement ideas that would contribute to more efficient delivery.
Your Day to Day
- Manage the procurement of various categories within the CAPEX domain within Australia.
- Develop, execute and monitor to ensure on-time execution of tenders across multiple countries from supplier on-boarding, RFx initiation, pre-tender briefings, post-tender interviews and clarifications, proposal evaluations, negotiations, supplier recommendations till contract award.
- Achieve efficiencies through bidding, negotiation and strategic initiatives.
- Understand customer requirements to establish and implement a robust procurement plan that deliver value to the business
- Work collaboratively with Category Managers to innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle.
- Communicate expectations to internal teams within AirTrunk and build positive relationships, influencing others to achieve desired outcomes.
- Facilitate compliance with AirTrunk's supplier qualification process
- Provide inputs to support Supply Chain's optimization of the logistics function
- Partner with Supply Chain to build up materials management systems, processes, and tools
- Support the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Program through the development and scoring of supplier commercial performance KPIs, attending Supplier Business Reviews (SBRs) and delivering on any assigned action items
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration from an accredited university.
- 5+ years’ of relevant experience in a performing procurement related work, contract negotiation and bidding, with 3+ years managing CAPEX categories preferably in the Data Centre space.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload, work with multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple functions to manage complex projects within cost and schedule to deliver results.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Highly proficient in MS Office
- Some travel may be required (<25%)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration
- 5+ years' relevant experience in procurement, contract negotiation and bidding
- 3+ years managing CAPEX categories
- Experience in the Data Centre industry
- Ability to manage complex projects with multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver within cost and schedule
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly proficient in MS Office
- Willingness to travel up to 25%
What We Do
AirTrunk is an Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) data centre company with a powerful purpose – to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering data centres that meet the needs of our customers, the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow. We opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, then set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APJ region. Joining AirTrunk is your chance to Grow@Hyperscale. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and scale your impact. Certified as a Great Place to Work in Australia, Singapore and Japan and ranked #10 in Australia’s Best Workplaces™ for 2023, come and join the A-Team. To learn more, go to https://airtrunk.com/about-airtrunk
