Procurement Manager – Data Center Supply Chain

Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future. Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth. SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide. SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today. Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition! Basic Function The Procurement Manager will lead end-to-end purchase order execution for owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) equipment supporting data center projects. This role is accountable for drafting, validating, finalizing, issuing, and administering purchase orders in close coordination with sourcing, legal, logistics, finance, project teams, engineering, and suppliers. The manager will ensure purchase orders are accurate, complete, compliant, and issued on time to support project schedules and delivery commitments. The role serves as the central coordination point for purchase order execution. Success requires clear communication, disciplined follow-through, and effective partnership across internal functions and the supplier base to align commercial terms, technical requirements, funding, approvals, and delivery priorities. Responsibilities Own the complete OFCI equipment purchase order lifecycle, from initial drafting through closeout. Translate approved sourcing decisions, commercial terms, bills of materials, equipment specifications, quantities, delivery requirements, and project milestones into accurate purchase orders. Coordinate cross-functional reviews with sourcing, legal, project team, engineering, finance, logistics, and other stakeholders to resolve gaps and secure timely approvals. Issue purchase orders to suppliers in accordance with delegated authority, procurement policies, contractual requirements, and project schedules. Facilitate supplier account setup process and documentation with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure accurate onboarding and readiness for purchase order (PO) issuance and invoicing. Administer purchase orders after issuance, including acknowledgments, amendments, change orders, milestone tracking, invoice and payment issue resolution, and documentation management. Partner with suppliers, internal sourcing and logistics teams to confirm order acceptance, manufacturing milestones, required documentation, shipment readiness, and delivery dates. Maintain accurate purchase order data in procurement and financial systems, ensuring alignment among contracts, purchase orders, forecasts, invoices, and project records. Identify and escalate commercial, schedule, data, or supplier risks that could affect equipment delivery or project execution. maintain trackers, dashboards, and status reports data, covering purchase order progress, approval, changes, commitments, exceptions, delivery et…

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