Director of Low Voltage Vendor Sourcing & Supplier Management Services

Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a Director of Low Voltage Vendor Sourcing & Supplier Management Services to lead the global program responsible for sourcing, commercial management, and supplier performance for the cabling and low voltage work supporting OCI’s worldwide data center capacity delivery.

This Director will lead a geographically distributed team of IC3–IC5 supplier management professionals responsible for supplier relationships, negotiations, qualification and onboarding, performance management, market analysis, and commercial execution. The Director will establish program strategy, organizational priorities, operating standards, and measurable goals, with accountability for results across regions.

A primary responsibility is to reduce global LVV labor costs while maintaining installation quality, supplier capacity, safety, and on-time delivery. This leader will build a disciplined cost reduction program using competitive sourcing, regional labor market intelligence, transparent pricing, demand aggregation, productivity improvements, and strategic supplier negotiations. Strong supplier relationships and consistent quality management will support dependable execution and sustained cost improvements.

The role requires an experienced people leader who can develop senior individual contributors, direct a critical global program, and influence decisions across Engineering, Infrastructure Delivery, Procurement, Finance, Business Operations, and regional leadership.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Global Program Strategy and Accountability

• Own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, and ongoing operation of the global LVV sourcing and supplier management program.
• Translate OCI capacity plans into regional sourcing priorities, supplier coverage requirements, and commercial commitments.
• Establish consistent global processes, decision rights, and escalation paths while accommodating regional market conditions.
• Present program performance, commercial recommendations, and material risks to senior leadership, including VPs.

Global LVV Labor Cost Reduction

• Establish and lead a global program to reduce LVV labor costs, with measurable annual goals and clear regional accountability.
• Develop visibility into labor rates, crew composition, installation productivity, overtime, mobilization charges, subcontractor markups, and change orders.
• Benchmark comparable work across suppliers and regions, accounting for differences in scope, labor markets, and delivery conditions.
• Direct competitive bids, rate negotiations, demand aggregation, and supplier allocation strategies to improve commercial terms.
• Partner with Engineering and delivery teams to standardize work, improve installation efficiency, reduce rework, and avoid unnecessary labor expense.
• Validate realized savings with Finance and Business Operations, distinguishing negotiated savings, cost avoidance, and actual reductions in comparable delivery costs.

People and Organizational Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of IC3–IC5 professionals, with clear ownership of suppliers, regions, and strategic initiatives.
• Own organizational structure, headcount planning, recruiting priorities, performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Establish measurable individual and team goals tied to cost, quality, capacity readiness, supplier performance, and execution.
• Develop future leaders and strengthen the team’s commercial judgment, analytical capability, negotiation skills, and executive communication.
• Allocate resources across regions and initiatives based on business impact, delivery risk, and program priorities.

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Development

• Direct supplier market assessments, competitive analysis, cost modeling, and evaluation of supply chain alternatives.
• Oversee qualification and onboarding of suppliers that meet OCI’s technical, commercial, capacity, and geographic requirements.
• Lead the strategy for supplier rates, contracts, and short- and long-term commitments in partnership with Procurement and Legal.
• Build supplier coverage and contingency options that address capacity constraints and concentration risk.
• Establish executive relationships with strategic suppliers and lead significant negotiations and escalations.

Supplier Quality Performance and Relationship Management

• Own the global supplier quality and performance management program, establishing consistent expectations for installation workmanship, technical compliance, testing, documentation, and corrective action in partnership with Engineering and delivery teams.
• Hold suppliers accountable for quality and delivery outcomes through scorecards, monthly and quarterly business reviews, root cause analysis, and sustained corrective action.
• Track defects, rework, acceptance results, and recurring performance issues to improve supplier execution and reduce the total cost of delivery.
• Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships that support competitive labor costs, dependable capacity, continuous improvement, and long-term delivery needs.
• Establish executive relationships with key suppliers and ensure the team maintains clear communication, mutual accountability, and timely resolution of commercial and operational issues.
• Incorporate quality, responsiveness, collaboration, and delivery reliability into supplier selection, work allocation, and ongoing relationship decisions.
• Partner with suppliers to improve workforce capability, installation practices, and productivity while maintaining quality and safety.
• Oversee resolution of material commercial disputes and supplier performance failures with Procurement, Legal, and delivery stakeholders.

Financial Planning and Cross Functional Influence

• Partner with Business Operations and Finance to forecast and optimize capital spending associated with LVV suppliers.
• Align commercial strategies with technical requirements, delivery schedules, and regional execution plans.
• Resolve competing priorities across organizations and recommend actions that balance cost, supplier readiness, quality, and delivery risk.
• Establish executive dashboards that connect supplier performance and sourcing decisions to capacity delivery and financial outcomes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent experience relevant to the functional area.
• Demonstrated people management experience leading geographically distributed professionals and developing senior individual contributors.
• Experience directing complex sourcing, supplier management, or infrastructure programs across multiple regions.
• Experience with low voltage and cabling services supporting data centers or comparable infrastructure environments.
• Demonstrated success reducing supplier labor costs through sourcing, negotiations, cost analysis, or productivity improvements.
• Experience negotiating supplier rates, contracts, and capacity commitments.
• Experience managing supplier quality, corrective action programs, and strategic supplier relationships.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including cost modeling, spending forecasts, supplier benchmarking, and savings validation.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex commercial decisions, risks, and recommendations clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting hyperscale cloud infrastructure or global data center capacity delivery.
• Experience managing managers or technical leads.
• Experience building global vendor performance management programs and regional supplier strategies.
• Knowledge of regional installation labor markets, supplier delivery models, and labor cost drivers.
• Experience establishing organizational processes, developing future leaders, and influencing practices across a division.

Measures of Success

• Realized reductions in global LVV labor costs against agreed baselines.

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