Procurement Manager - Professional Services

About the Role

The Procurement Manager - Professional Services is responsible for the end-to-end procurement of professional services for large-scale, mission-critical data center developments. The primary focus of the role is the sourcing, negotiation, award, and ongoing commercial oversight of General Contractors, Design Consultants, Commissioning Agents, and other project professional services, while also providing procurement support for Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment and related supplier activities.

The role acts as a critical interface between central Procurement and Development, Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and key supply partners. It requires strong commercial acumen, proactive risk management, sourcing and contract management, and the ability to translate project requirements, design deliverables, schedules, and risk into clear procurement strategies and contractual scopes.

Main Responsibilities

Professional Services Procurement Strategy & Execution

• Lead the development and execution of procurement strategies for professional services across data center development and construct ion projects, aligned with project schedules, design, and portfolio objectives.
• Lead end to end RFP execution, including procurement planning, bid lists and prequalification, RFP issuance, bidder eng agement, bid level ling, commercial negotiations, and contract award in accordance with Yondr procurement governance.
• Lead procurement of General Contractor services, Design Consultants, Commissioning Agents, and other professional and technical service categories required to support project delivery.
• Partner with project stakeholders to ensure RFP packages include clearly defined scopes, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, exclusions, interfaces, pricing requirements, and commercial terms.
• Develop procurement schedules and sourcing plans that support key project milestones and identify early procurement actions required to protect schedule and commercial outcomes.

Category Scope Management

• Lead procurement activities for professional services categories including, but not limited to:
• General Contractors and Pre-Construction Services
• Design Consultants, Engineers of Record, Architects, and specialist design or engineering consultants.
• Commissioning Agents and commissioning-related professional services.
• Project-specific consultants supporting design, construction, commissioning
• Other professional services categories as required
• Support OFCI procurement activities as assigned, including coordination of RFPs,

Supplier & Contractor Management

• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with General Contractors, design firms, commissioning providers, and other professional service partners.
• Lead supplier prequalification, capability assessments, and capacity reviews
• Monitor supplier performance against contractual deliverables, schedules, KPIs, and project requirements
• Support business reviews, corrective actions, lessons learned, and continuous improvement

Commercial & Contract Management

• Drive cost transparency and commercial value through sourcing, bid levelling, benchmarking, and negotiation
• Negotiate commercial terms including fee structures, rates, payment milestones, and other provisions in coordination with Commercial and Legal
• Ensure scopes of work and commercial exhibits clearly establish deliverables, responsibilities, interfaces, review and approval requirements, and ownership of project-specific work products.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Commercial, Legal and Operations to align procurement strategy with project requirements
• Coordinate Yondr reviews, RFP packages, commercial evaluations, award recommendations, and contract documents
• Support project teams in resolving procurement, supplier, and contractual issues that may affect cost, schedule, quality, or delivery

OFCI Procurement Support

• Provide procurement support for OFCI categories when required, working with the OFCI Procurement Manager
• Support bidder engagement, bid levelling, negotiations, supplier selection and commercial issue resolution for OFCI equipment
• Assist with procurement risk identification and escalation for long-lead equipment, supplier capacity, manufacturing schedules, logistics, and other OFCI-related constraints

Governance, Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain procurement schedules, risk registers, and status reporting for project and leadership
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks
• Capture lessons learned and embed best practices into RFPs, procurement processes, procedures, and systems
• Ensure compliance with Yondr procurement policy, supplier code of conduct, and ESG objectives

Key Competencies

• Professional services and construction procurement
• Strategic sourcing, competitive tendering, and bid levelling
• Commercial negotiation and contract management
• Strong, successful vendor relationship and performance management
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder communication
• Strategic thinking with attention to execution detail
• Ability to lead, influence, and mentor team members
• Strong relationship skills
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent procurements and priorities

Qualifications and experience

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated professional experience
• Significant procurement experience supporting construction, data center, mission-critical, infrastructure, or similarly complex capital projects
• Demonstrated experience of sourcing and contracting professional services, including general contractors, design consultants, commissioning providers
• Strong experience with RFP execution, bid levelling, commercial negotiations, and contract award
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects within fast paced, schedule driven environments
• Strong stakeholder management and written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

• Experience with data center developers, hyperscale or large colocation data center programs
• Experience procuring both professional services and OFCI equipment or other long-lead technical equipment.
• Understanding data center design development, construction delivery, commissioning, and turnover processes.
• Experience with framework agreements, master service agreements, or portfolio-level sourcing strategies.
• Professional certifications (CPSM, PMP, or similar)

Additional information

At Yondr, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and ensure equitable consideration throughout the hiring process.

At Yondr, we want to enhance the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging of our workforce to reflect the world we live in. We ensure all candidates have equitable access and consideration throughout the hiring process.

Yondr is committed to fostering a welcoming, safe and inclusive work environment. We provide support through our benefits, which are inclusive of all backgrounds.