Strategic Sourcing Manager

🏢 Oracle
📍 Nashville, United StatesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 2w ago🔄 Updated: 2w ago
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead category strategies for data center infrastructure equipment. This role involves developing and executing sourcing plans, managing supplier relationships, leading negotiations, and conducting various analyses to ensure competitive costs, reliable supply, and strong supplier performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in strategic sourcing, procurement, and supplier management, with experience in technically complex infrastructure equipment. Responsibilities include cross-functional team leadership, contractual agreement execution, and representing OCI with senior supplier executives.
Required Skills
Operations, Logistics & Supply Chain
○Procurement○Vendor Management○Supply Chain Management
Business, Sales & Management
○HR Management
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
○Negotiation○Analytical Skills○Problem Solving○Communication
Nice to have:
Information Technology
○IT Infrastructure○Transformers
Engineering, Construction & Trades
○UPS○Switchgear○Generators○3D Modeling
Other
○PDU○busway○RPP○batteries○cooling equipment○supply chain analysis
Business, Sales & Management
○Market Research○Mentoring○Coaching
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
○Leadership
🎁 Benefits & Perks
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion; Short term disability and long term disability; Life insurance and AD&D; Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child); Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts; Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits; 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match; Paid time off: Flexible Vacation (13-18 days annually); 11 paid holidays; Paid sick leave (72 hours upon hire, up to 112 hours carryover); Paid parental leave; Adoption assistance; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; Financial planning and group legal; Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Requirements
Requires experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, supplier management, and supply chain management, particularly with infrastructure equipment or hardware. Must have demonstrated experience developing sourcing plans, managing supplier relationships and negotiations, and conducting various analyses like cost, market, and supply chain. Strong communication, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential. Experience with specific data center infrastructure equipment and mentoring is preferred.
Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager – DC Infrastructure Equipment to help expand and scale the next generation of Oracle Cloud data centers.

OCI’s Global Strategic Sourcing organization is responsible for strategic decisions that impact supplier cost, technical capabilities, supply availability, and our ability to deliver critical infrastructure equipment to our data centers. This role requires a strong combination of strategic sourcing expertise, commercial acumen, supplier management, and technical understanding of data center infrastructure equipment.

As a Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will develop and execute category strategies, lead supplier negotiations, manage strategic supplier relationships, and partner across Oracle to ensure our infrastructure requirements are supported by competitive cost, reliable supply, and strong supplier performance.

The ideal candidate has experience sourcing technically complex infrastructure equipment and is comfortable operating at the intersection of technical requirements and commercial strategy. Relevant equipment categories may include UPS, PDU, busway, RPP, transformers, switchgear, generators, batteries, and cooling equipment.

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