Datacenter Technician - Procurement Specialist
The Data Center Technician – Procurement Specialist role is an important position at Box: Our company is building and selling its online portfolio of services at a breakneck speed. To keep this momentum, Box needs data center hardware to support its exponential growth. We are seeking to hire a Data Center Technician – Procurement Specialist who has procurement experience in data center hardware and software. This role would be a key interface for vendors and have responsibility for managing the Tech Ops budget. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and has a willingness to learn. Communicate appropriately with people at every level, from technicians to upper management.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Function as the primary point of contact between vendor and internal customers
- Create, improve and document processes
- Identify and develop key metrics of vendor relations
- Develop and manage relationship with vendors to ensure value and meet customers requirements
- Procurement of data center infrastructure hardware and software
- Obtain quotes for hardware and software purchases based on requirements submitted by stakeholders
- Create purchase requests and obtain required approvals
- Engage in fixed asset registry with accounting team
- Reconcile vendor invoices
- Manage and validate Tech Ops budget spend
- Ensure that the hand-off after purchase runs smoothly
- Engage with multiple business units
- Asset lifecycle management
QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years vendor management experience
- 5+ years critical data center experience
- Strong communication skills
- Working knowledge of vendor and contract management
- Understanding of various technical needs
- Knowledge of industry best practices in procurement
- Willingness to quickly learn hardware SKUs and service contracts
- Strong organizational skills and project management skills
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment with attention to detail
- Experience using Net-suite a plus
- Able to lift 50 lbs.
- Excellent partnering and collaboration skills
- Ability to influence decisions by presenting proposals based on detailed analysis
- Work with technical and non-technical business owners to overcome obstacles and deliver results
- Interaction with employees at all levels in the organization
- Able to meet deliverables and complete tasks
- Work cross functionally in many areas without being constrained by job function
- Strong understanding of purchasing tools
- Understanding of accounting principles and financial impact of spend decisions
- Degree preferred
About Box: Box provides a secure way to share content and improve collaboration on any device. Desktop, tablet or mobile. From huge corporations to mom and pop stores, Box believes technology should never limit anything you do. Businesses of any size can be more productive, inventive and powerful on Box. The company is well funded by top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and U.S. Venture Partners. Box is proud to be on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies, is used in 240,000 businesses - including 99% of the Fortune 500 – and is the go-to product of 27 million people.
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