Head of Procurement – Data Centre Projects

Alternative Heat

Salary undisclosed

DundalkFull-timeOn-siteIntermediate

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Description

Team Overview:

The Procurement team is responsible for sourcing and purchasing the materials, equipment, and services required to support successful project delivery. Through strong supplier relationships, effective negotiation, and careful management of lead times, the team helps control costs and maintain project schedules. Their proactive approach ensures consistent quality, maximises value, and minimises supply chain risks across all projects

Role Overview:

As Head of Procurement – Data Centre Projects, you will lead and develop our procurement function, driving strategic sourcing and commercial value across a growing portfolio of major projects. You will build strong, long term supplier relationships and lead high-value negotiations to ensure we achieve the best possible cost, quality and security of supply. Working closely with our Operations, Commercial, Engineering, Production and Finance teams, you will ensure procurement is fully aligned with project requirements and wider business objectives. You will drive initiatives focused on cost optimisation, value engineering, supply chain resilience and CI, This is a key leadership role, providing strategic procurement and commercial expertise to support the successful delivery and continued growth of the business.

Key Responsibilities

This role is responsible for leading and developing the procurement function by driving high performance, continuous improvement, and best-practice procurement processes. It involves building and managing strategic supplier relationships, negotiating high-value contracts, and ensuring strong supplier performance to support project delivery, innovation, and cost competitiveness. The position develops and executes procurement strategies aligned with business objectives, optimises costs through strategic sourcing and value engineering initiatives, and strengthens supply chain resilience through effective market analysis and risk management. Working closely with operational, commercial, engineering, finance, and logistics teams, the role ensures procurement activities support business priorities, project success, and financial targets. Additionally, it oversees procurement budgets, reporting, governance, compliance, and ethical sourcing practices while proactively managing commercial, supplier, and supply chain risks to deliver long-term value to the organisation.

About this role

Alternative Heat is seeking a Head of Procurement to lead sourcing and purchasing for its data centre projects portfolio. You'll own the full procurement function—from developing sourcing strategies and negotiating high-value contracts to managing supplier relationships and driving cost optimisation across major projects. This is a strategic leadership role reporting to the Director of Operations, requiring you to align procurement closely with Operations, Commercial, Engineering, Production, and Finance teams to meet project timelines, quality standards, and financial targets.

The position demands expertise in supply chain resilience, value engineering, and risk management. You'll be responsible for building long-term supplier partnerships, overseeing procurement budgets and governance, and ensuring ethical sourcing practices. Your focus will be on balancing cost competitiveness with security of supply while identifying continuous improvement opportunities across the procurement function. This role suits someone with proven commercial negotiation skills, strategic sourcing experience, and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments in a project-driven environment.

The position is based in Dundalk, Maryland, and operates Monday–Thursday 8am–5pm and Friday 8am–3pm on a full-time, in-office basis. Salary is competitive and dependent on experience.

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