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Graphcore is seeking an Asset & Logistics Specialist to join its Data Center Engineering team in Bengaluru. This role is central to coordinating the procurement, movement, management, and lifecycle oversight of equipment required to build, commission, operate, and maintain data-center and laboratory environments.
You will work closely with engineering, construction, facilities, finance, legal, supply chain, and site operations teams to ensure technical equipment and services are commercially sound, delivered on schedule, and accurately managed throughout their lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day sourcing and purchasing activities for data-center and laboratory equipment, infrastructure, technical services, and facility requirements.
- Translate engineering specifications, bills of materials, construction schedules, and operational requirements into clear purchasing and supplier activities.
- Review supplier quotations, technical scopes, pricing, lead times, warranties, delivery requirements, and commercial risks.
- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery conditions, warranties, service commitments, and other commercial terms within agreed parameters.
- Coordinate supplier onboarding, compliance reviews, confidentiality agreements, internal approvals, purchase orders, and supporting contract documentation.
- Implement sourcing and purchasing plans that support project schedules, local site requirements, and supplier availability.
- Identify and resolve supplier issues that could affect cost, equipment availability, construction schedules, commissioning, or site readiness.
- Lead and support the Asset & Logistics team, setting clear priorities, coordinating workloads, and helping team members deliver effectively.
- Oversee equipment receipt, identification, storage, installation, commissioning, transfer, maintenance, and retirement.
- Coordinate freight, receiving, rigging, storage, delivery scheduling, and domestic and international movement of equipment.
- Maintain accurate asset records covering equipment location, ownership, serial numbers, purchase orders, warranties, service agreements, and operating status.
- Coordinate equipment delivery and installation activities with suppliers, construction partners, commissioning teams, and site personnel.
Requirements:
- Master's degree in engineering, supply chain, business administration, construction, operations, finance, or a related field.
- Experience sourcing electrical, cooling, mechanical, controls, rack, hardware, or commissioning requirements for data-center environments.
- Experience coordinating international freight, equipment storage, rigging, site delivery, installation, and commissioning.
- Knowledge of capital-expenditure controls, statements of work, change orders, asset governance, warranties, and supplier-performance measurement.
- Experience improving procurement, asset management, or logistics processes across multiple locations.
