Senior Procurement Manager

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Senior Procurement Manager, EMEA

Location: London
Reports to: Senior Director, Procurement EMEA

The Opportunity

STACK Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead procurement activity supporting critical operations across our EMEA data centre portfolio. This role is focused on securing best-in-class repair, maintenance and operational support services that ensure uptime, resilience and service continuity across business-critical infrastructure.

Working closely with Operations, Delivery and OFCI Procurement teams, you will play a key role in supplier strategy, contract management and operational readiness for both existing facilities and new developments entering live operation.

This is an opportunity to influence procurement strategy within a fast-growing, high-performance infrastructure environment where reliability, scale and collaboration are central to success.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead OPEX sourcing strategy and contract management activity for critical infrastructure repair and maintenance services across EMEA.
• Partner with Operations stakeholders and maintenance suppliers to ensure strong SLA performance, technical compliance and operational resilience.
• Drive supplier evaluations, bid analysis and commercial recommendations focused on service quality, capability and cost efficiency.
• Implement and govern supplier performance management through KPI tracking, business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with OFCI Procurement and Delivery teams on capital equipment, installation and commissioning activities for construction projects where required.
• Support lifecycle and end-of-life planning for operational assets and ensure maintenance requirements are fully evaluated prior to business award recommendations.
• Ensure new facilities and assets are integrated into operational support agreements from day one of live operation.
• Collaborate with Finance and FP&A stakeholders to produce accurate OPEX budgeting and cashflow forecasting for Maintenance services across our EMEA portfolio.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrable experience leading procurement and sourcing activities for critical equipment, technical services or maintenance contracts.
• Strong commercial and supplier management capability, including RFx strategy, processes, contract negotiations and bid evaluations.
• Experience working within critical infrastructure, data centres, engineering, facilities management or similar operational environments is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally across Operations, Procurement and Delivery teams.
• Analytical mindset with experience producing spend analysis, supplier evaluations and commercial recommendations.
• CIPS qualification or equivalent is desirable.

About STACK Infrastructure STACK is a proven, trusted partner for the world's most innovative companies, designing, developing and operating sustainable digital infrastructure globally. Backed by an unmatched record of delivery and development expertise, STACK brings speed, scale and certainty to a rapidly evolving digital infrastructure landscape.