America Procurement Category Manager Electrical

Volta is the category-defining fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform from capital to clusters to software under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100 people across London Palo Alto and New York with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

The Role

We are looking for a Procurement Category Manager to build a strong resilient supply chain for one of Voltas core infrastructure categories in your region. This is a critical role for Volta: you will develop the category and sourcing strategies that secure everything we need to deliver our campuses on time. You will report to the Regional Procurement Director and work closely with Global Procurement Operations and the onsite procurement teams at each project.

This is a partnership role. You will develop long term relationships with key suppliers and put in place master goods and services agreements that secure capacity for Voltas future pipeline so that our onsite teams always have a ready trusted supply chain to draw on. You will run Voltas procurement processes for your category bringing stakeholders across the business together to define the right requirements and enabling the business owner to select the right provider at the right time. It is a first of fleet role: you will help shape the supplier panels agreements and ways of working that Volta will repeat across every site as we scale.

Category Scope - Electrical: Medium and low voltage switchgear switchboards transfer switches transformers UPS generators turbines exterior busway/cable bus power distribution units battery energy storage modular and prefabricated power solutions (such as eHouses and skid mounted power modules) and associated electrical equipment

What You Will Do

• Develop and deliver the category and sourcing strategies Volta needs to deliver its campuses on time building a resilient supply chain with the depth capacity and geographic coverage to support the project pipeline

• Identify develop and manage strategic supplier partnerships building relationships at every level and acting as Voltas main point of contact for your categorys key suppliers

• Put in place master goods and services agreements and framework arrangements including pipeline capacity reservation manufacturing slot and volume commitments that secure supply for future projects

• Make the supply chain available to onsite teams with clear call off routes pricing and contacts so that sites can leverage approved suppliers quickly as they need them

• Run Voltas procurement processes end to end from market engagement and supplier pre-qualification through RFI RFQ and RFP to evaluation negotiation and contract award

• Engage stakeholders across engineering design preconstruction construction commissioning controls operations project controls and finance to define clear requirements and bring the team together to make a timely well-informed joint selection of providers for all goods and services

• Negotiate commercial terms pricing lead times delivery schedules payment milestones warranties and service levels working closely with the Project controls team and Procurement Legal Counsel on contract drafting and non-standard positions

• Act as the escalation point for supplier issues raised by the onsite procurement teams resolving delivery quality commercial and performance problems quickly and fairly

• Proactively plan and facilitate regular business review meetings with key suppliers covering performance KPIs forward pipeline capacity risks innovation and continuous improvement

• Identify and manage supply chain risk including single source dependencies capacity constraints multi-supplier award scenarios price volatility tariffs supplier financial health and ESG or compliance concerns and build in dual sourcing and contingency where needed

• Work with Global Procurement Operations to keep supplier records agreements purchase orders and spend data accurate and report category spend savings pipeline and supplier performance to the Regional Procurement Director

What You Will Bring

• 4 to 7 years in procurement category management or supplier relationship management ideally in data centers mission critical facilities energy construction or large-scale infrastructure

• Direct experience buying in Electrical with a good understanding of the supplier market and how the equipment works or services are specified made and delivered

• A track record of building strategic supplier partnerships and putting in place master agreements frameworks or capacity arrangements that support a pipeline of projects

• Strong relationship management skills with the credibility to manage senior supplier contacts handle escalations calmly and lead effective business reviews

• Experience running structured procurement processes and working with stakeholders to define requirements and support decision making

• Working knowledge of commercial contract terms such as liability warranties liquidated damages payment terms and change control and of standard form contracts such as NEC JCT FIDIC GMP or AIA

• Strong analytical and cost modelling skills including total cost of ownership analysis and comfort using ERP AI based systems procurement systems and Excel

• CIPS or CPSM qualification or working towards it would be an advantage as would experience across both European and North American markets

At Volta we believe people do their best work when they feel supported trusted and able to grow. Were building a company where you can make an impact keep a healthy balance between work and life and build a career youre proud of.
As a global team we do our best to provide great benefits wherever youre based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here not your previous salary

• Equity in Volta giving you the opportunity to share in the companys long-term success

• Retirement/pension contributions

• Comprehensive health wellbeing and insurance benefits

• Generous number of vacation days each year

Background Checks

All offers of employment at Volta are conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening which includes confirmation of your right to work verification of your employment history and a criminal record check where this is permitted by local law. Screening is carried out by Zinc an accredited third-party provider after an offer is made and all information is handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

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