100% Remote IT Procurement Specialist (Data Center focused)

Job Title:IT Procurement Specialist Number of Roles: 1

Location:Fully Remote

MUST HAVE DATA CENTER EXPERIENCE

Duration: 12 months Job Description:IT Procurement Specialist (Data Center focused)

This is not a general corporate procurement role. It is a hands on operational buyer and procurement operations role embedded in a large scale, mission critical data center organization. Engagement Model

• Fully remote, but operationally aligned to data center programs that run continuously Seniority Level
• Mid level to early senior procurement professional
• Typically aligns to someone with 5 to 8 plus years of procurement experience, including direct data center exposure
• More senior than a transactional buyer, but not a procurement leader or sourcing director Functional FocusThis role sits at the intersection of:
• IT infrastructure procurement
• Data center operations
• Vendor and supplier management
• Procure to pay execution It is execution heavy rather than strategic policy driven.What This Role Is Responsible For
• Owning day to day procurement workflows for data center programs
• Acting as the Coupa power user and Purchase Request owner
• Running RFP and RFQ events and supporting contract creation
• Tracking hardware and services deliveries tied to deployment schedules
• Managing vendors in high availability, zero downtime environments
• Performing price analysis and variance tracking across infrastructure components This aligns strongly with established IT procurement specialist definitions used in large enterprise and public sector staff augmentation models. What This Role Is Not
• Not a sourcing strategist or category manager
• Not a people manager
• Not a finance or accounting role
• Not a junior buyer or purchasing coordinator How I Would Describe It to Candidates A data center focused IT procurement operations role supporting mission critical infrastructure programs. You own the purchasing engine that keeps large scale data center builds and refresh cycles moving.

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