Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Owner Furnished Equipment
OpenAIGenerative AI company
San Francisco, United StatesManager
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead sourcing strategy for critical data center infrastructure systems.
- •This role will develop commercial strategies, negotiate strategic supplier agreements, and manage relationships across engineering, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure partners responsible for delivering mission-critical facilities.
- •Key Responsibilities Develop long-term sourcing strategies for data center infrastructure systems.
- •Lead strategic supplier selection, RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution.
- •Build and maintain executive relationships with key suppliers, manufacturers, EPC firms, integrators, and infrastructure vendors.
- •Partner with Infrastructure Delivery and Engineering to align sourcing strategies with project schedules and technical requirements.
- •Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier diversification and long-term agreements.
- •Requirements Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field. 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or infrastructure supply chain management.
- •Experience sourcing major infrastructure systems, industrial equipment, mission-critical facilities, or large capital projects.
- •Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with strategic suppliers.
- •Strong understanding of supplier qualification, contract strategy, and supplier performance management.
Required skills
ProcurementContract ManagementNegotiationAWSGoogle CloudAzureProject Management
Domain expertise
aideveloper-tools
Tech stack
AWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformCloudFormationPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDutyNginxHAProxySQLBash