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About the Role
We are seeking a CapEx Procurement Manager to lead end-to-end procurement for major capital projects and strategic CapEx categories, including the design, construction, and fit-out of VIRTUS data centres in the UK and Europe. This senior, high-visibility role involves owning commercial and procurement strategies, managing complex contract negotiations, and directing external resources. You will also build long-term commercial foundations like category and supply chain strategies to support VIRTUS' rapid growth.
Responsibilities
- Own the commercial and procurement strategy for assigned capital investment programmes, ensuring alignment with project delivery, commercial outcomes, and growth ambitions.
- Develop and execute project procurement strategies, including market engagement, packaging, sourcing approach, schedules, supply chain risk, and route-to-market recommendations.
- Lead complex sourcing and contract award programmes from start to finish, ensuring robust evaluation, effective negotiation, appropriate risk allocation, and smooth contract mobilization.
- Provide procurement leadership throughout the project lifecycle, influencing business, technical, and commercial decisions in collaboration with Design, Construction, Engineering, Finance, and Operations teams.
- Lead procurement governance and approval activities, including submissions to the Procurement Steering Committee, procurement reviews, tender recommendations, investment approvals, and executive reporting.
- Produce high-quality, evidence-based approval papers and award recommendations suitable for executive and audit scrutiny.
- Manage procurement risk registers and change control for assigned programmes, escalating emerging cost, programme, or supply chain risks.
- Ensure compliance with VIRTUS procurement policy, Delegation of Authority, and internal governance standards, maintaining clear audit trails.
- Develop category, supplier, and supply chain strategies across key CapEx spend areas to enhance capability, resilience, capacity, and competitive tension.
- Build and maintain senior relationships with contractor and supplier leadership to drive performance improvement, collaboration, and long-term value.
- Establish and govern framework agreements, preferred supplier programmes, and strategic sourcing partnerships to support standardization, scalability, and future capacity needs.
- Drive measurable cost avoidance, value engineering, and commercial improvement across the CapEx portfolio.
- Direct external procurement consultants, commercial advisors, and specialist resources, setting clear deliverables, standards, reporting cadences, and escalation routes.
- Constructively challenge consultant recommendations and hold external partners accountable for delivery performance and value for money.
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Procurement, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Commercial Management, Business, or a related discipline.
- Significant CapEx procurement experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure, data centre, utilities, or major project environments.
- Demonstrable track record leading complex sourcing activity, contract negotiations, and major contract awards.
- Strong understanding of commercial contracting principles and industry-standard forms of contract (e.g., NEC, JCT).
- Experience developing procurement strategies, supplier frameworks, and category management programmes.
- Experience supporting governance forums, investment approvals, board papers, or formal procurement approval processes.
- Proven experience managing suppliers, consultants, and multi-disciplinary stakeholder groups.
- MCIPS qualified or working towards MCIPS (Desirable).
- Experience with multi-country or European capital programmes (Desirable).
- Familiarity with SAP, Ariba, and spend analytics platforms (Desirable).
- Willingness to undergo BS7858 screening.
Skills
- Strong commercial acumen
- Ability to balance cost, risk, quality, and programme objectives
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent influencing skills
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Ability to develop and execute procurement strategies for complex and high-value projects
- Strong supplier relationship management capability
- Strong category management capability
- Experience leading governance
- Experience leading procurement approvals
- Experience leading executive-level decision-making processes
- Ability to manage external consultants
- Ability to challenge recommendations constructively
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to interpret commercial, financial, and market information
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to prepare executive-level papers and recommendations
- Strong organisational skills
- Strong planning skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
- High attention to detail
- Commitment to governance
- Commitment to compliance
- Commitment to continuous improvement
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Proficiency in procurement systems
- Proficiency in reporting tools
- Proficiency in spend analytics platforms
Location
- UK
- Europe
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Degree qualified
About the Company
- VIRTUS Data Centres is the UK’s fastest-growing data centre provider.
- We own, design, build, and operate some of the most energy-efficient, flexible, and secure data centres in Europe.
- In 2023, we announced our expansion into continental Europe, starting with Berlin and Milan, with plans to grow further across the region.
- At VIRTUS, we aim to be a positive force in the fourth industrial revolution—delivering innovative solutions while staying firmly rooted in our core values: Clarity & Quality, Accountability, Customer Commitment, Purposeful Innovation, and Capability & Growth.
Equal Opportunity
- VIRTUS is an equal opportunity employer.
- As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process.
- We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.