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Category Manager

4 weeks ago

Plano, United States Equinix Full time
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Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Category Manager

Job Summary

Responsible for recommending and implementing sourcing strategy for specific categories with collaboration from stakeholders to resolve issues as they arise.

Responsibilities
  • Partners with Regional Procurement, business leaders, and other key stakeholders to execute capital and operational purchases that deliver cost savings and reduce supplier lead times and improve vendor performance
  • Ensures appropriate supply agreements are in place and guides internal teams how to monitor adherence to the terms of the agreement
  • Aligns with internal customers regarding best negotiation positions and provide stakeholders with a balanced view of contract risk and liabilities
  • Directly engages suppliers at the appropriate levels to influence the best outcome for Equinix that meets or exceeds the business requirements
  • Utilizes a global perspective in determining and executing on category strategy
  • Develops a vendor management strategy to reduce and consolidate global vendors for the category
  • Develops, communicates and executes against consistent global procurement strategies and best practices
  • Establishes procurement goals, metrics, and work plans to meet operational objectives
  • Contributes to spend category management strategies and action plans
  • Monitors and maintains full industry and market knowledge of category, suppliers, best practices, competitive landscape, etc.
  • Communicate and collaborate with all key stakeholders to ensure alignment of the overall strategy
  • Communicate and implement strategy effectively throughout the relevant teams
  • Drives and delivers cost savings opportunities aligned with organization commitments
  • Manages regional/program/project RFx and support category initiatives as needed
  • Develops cost savings proposals and interacts closely with suppliers, and internal customers, to achieve the cost savings
  • Creates and maintains cost forecasts (reduction or increase) and cost-tracking for the category
  • Leads the supplier management end-to-end process
  • Builds and maintains supplier relationships and drives improvement in the areas of cost, risk, and quality
  • Identify and mitigate supplier risks in the areas of financial, capacity, location, single sole source, spend, and revenue, etc.
  • Educates suppliers on the mechanics of doing business with Equinix
  • Identifies and resolves various supplier management problems
  • Supports selection of new suppliers
  • Acts as point of escalation for suppliers when needed
  • Responsible for all relevant documentation execution including contract SOW signature, supplier certification including insurance & ISO documents
  • Partners with Legal on the contract lifecycle
  • Works with business partners to develop and agree SOW, business and commercial requirements
  • Leads vendor negotiations including business terms and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
  • Manages business requirements for Order Management & Delivery team
  • Initiates supplier creation in the Source to Pay systems
  • Supports Global Category Lead as needed
Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience preferred
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • Master's degree preferred
Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
  • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $111,000 to $185,000 per year
  • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $104,000 to $172,000 per year
  • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $94,000 to $156,000 per year


Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

As an employee, you become important to Equinix's success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

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