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Regional Purchasing Manager

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Your roleThe Regional Purchasing Manager will play an integral role in support of sourcing and procuring services and goods for their Digital Realty subregion in close collaboration with multiple internal stakeholders across the corresponding countries (Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, and other functions) to manage and execute strategic sourcing, supplier management and other activities to deliver on goals and requirements with differentiated value, resilience and cost management. In this role you will manage a team across different geographies.

Your Main Responsibilities

Strategic Procurement Management

Implementing the new procurement IT system

Materials Procurement and Sourcing

Purchase Order (PO) Management

Delivery Management

Supplier Consolidation

Team Leadership and Subregional Management

Reporting on Performance

Operational improvements

Supporting the EMEA Sourcing Director

What You’ll Need

Minimum finished bachelor\''s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or a related field.

Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in P2P, procurement or supply chain management, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role.

Extended experience in PO Management

Must have excellent verbal and written English skills, multiple languages a strong plus

Proven leadership and team management skills

Excellent negotiation skills

Able to adapt, multi-task, prioritize, take/give direction, and work independently and with timeline constraints

Enjoys challenges, is goal oriented, and can work with autonomy

Ability to navigate conflict with suppliers and company stakeholders

A Bit About UsDigital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company\''s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What We Can Offer YouOur rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Purchasing and Supply Chain

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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