Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking an experienced individual contributor to lead strategic supply chain initiatives for the critical infrastructure required to build and operate OCI’s rapidly expanding global data center footprint.
Reporting to the VP of Data Center Supply Chain, this role will own key sourcing, planning, procurement, and supplier-management workstreams for mechanical, electrical, and infrastructure equipment supporting next-generation cloud data centers. The successful candidate will work across cooling, power, and prefabricated infrastructure categories, helping secure supply for long-lead equipment essential to hyperscale deployments.
This role will partner closely with Data Center Engineering, Construction, Capacity Planning, Finance, Global Procurement, Manufacturing Operations, Logistics, and Cloud Infrastructure Operations to enable predictable, scalable delivery of OCI infrastructure.
Internal Responsibilities
Lead supplier engagements, RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and contract-development activities for assigned categories.
Manage strategic supplier relationships, including performance across capacity, quality, delivery, cost, and responsiveness.
Support negotiations for pricing, capacity reservations, lead times, warranties, service agreements, and long-term supply commitments.
Identify opportunities to diversify supply sources, improve supply continuity, and reduce operational, geopolitical, and supplier-concentration risk.
Drive cross-functional resolution of supply, schedule, commercial, and technical issues affecting data center deployments.
Analyze market conditions, supplier capacity, commodity trends, and industry developments to inform sourcing decisions.
Establish and track KPIs for supplier performance, procurement execution, cost, inventory, and deployment readiness.
Improve procurement processes, planning accuracy, reporting, and automation across assigned supply chain workstreams.
This role may support sourcing and supply planning for equipment including:
Chillers, cooling systems, cooling towers, HVAC, CRAH, and CRAC systems
