Procurement Director - EMEA

About Volta Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a Regional Procurement Director to own procurement across our EMEA portfolio. You will report directly to the VP, Vendor Procurement, lead the region's Category Management team, and hold the dotted line into project procurement leads embedded in our Integrated Project Teams. This is a first of fleet role for the region: you will implement Volta's global sourcing standards, policy and end to end procurement process, not set a regional variant of them. WHAT YOU WILL DO • Lead the EMEA Category Management team, directing category strategy execution across the region's key spend categories, including but not limited to, Long lead equipment, MEP, Whitespace, modular and prefabrication packages and required/associated consultant and services. • Lead Category Management team to develop the Preferred Supply partners and lead the Supplier relationships management in region • Implement Volta's global sourcing standards, procurement policy and end to end procurement process within the region, routing any proposed exception through the VP, Vendor Procurement • Own the procurement plan for every active project in the EMEA portfolio, aligned to each project's work package structure and delivery sequence • Track and secure long lead equipment such as transformers, switchgear, generators, chillers and cooling infrastructure against project schedules, flagging schedule critical risk early • Lead negotiation of regional supply and framework agreements, working closely with Procurement Legal Counsel • Hold the dotted line into project procurement leads embedded in EMEA Integrated Project Teams, owning their standards, quality of output and career development while day to day direction stays with the project • Partner with the Regional Delivery Manager, Project Delivery Managers and Project controls teams to keep procurement sequencing aligned with project stage gates • Provide regional vendor spend, risk and commitment visibility to the VP, Vendor Procurement and to Global Delivery portfolio reporting WHAT YOU WILL BRING • A track record of 10 or more years in procurement across data center, energy or large scale infrastructure construction • Direct experience across EMEA supply chains and vendor markets • Experience leading a category management team, setting and enforcing sourcing discipline across category managers • A track record negotiating master and framework agreements and managing OEM relationships for long lead, capital intensive equipment • Experience operating inside a matrix delivery organization, balancing functional standards against project level delivery pressure • Comfortable working alongside legal counsel on complex commercial and contractual terms • Clear reporting and communication with senior stakeholders • Positive and collaborative approach to build something with a new team REQ-252 What We Offer At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We're building a company where you can make an impact, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you're proud of. As a