Regional Procurement Specialist

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 78 consecutive quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,000+ networks and 3,000 cloud and IT service providers in 31 countries spanning six continents.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

As a Regional Procurement Specialist you will be responsible for the support and development of Procurement strategies in Equinix's white space environment for products and services across APAC region.

**Responsibilities**
- Support the region and global Procurement Category Managers in the delivery of the category strategy, including sourcing, negotiations, contracts, catalogues, supplier reviews, savings and reporting.
- Partner and co-ordinate with IBX Operations and Sales Engineering teams to ensure accurate gathering of requirements for sourcing events, technical specifications and operational requirements.

**Skills**
- Experience with supplier negotiations, contract writing, sourcing and RFx processes.
- Ensure compliance to policies, regulations and laws.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and demonstrate integrity and reliability.
- Track progress, report and identify gaps, develop and present plans to address.
- Possess the ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines and rapidly changing priorities.
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

**Qualifications**
- 3+ years of Procurement experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Diploma in CIPS (or above) preferred