Senior Category Manager, Metals & Raw Materials

The role

The Senior Category Manager, Metals & Raw Materials owns foundational spend categories at the strategic layer. This person will manage raw material inputs, metal fabrication, and electrical balance-of-plant components.

What you will do

• Track global indices and cost drivers across base and refined metals
• Implement should-cost models, scrap-clawback clauses, and index-based pricing mechanisms
• Own the Approved Vendor List across raw material distributors, metal service centers, and custom contract fabricators
• Conduct shop-floor capability audits
• Govern a 12–24 month category roadmap linking structural enclosures to electrical equipment
• Formulate make/buy/toll strategies
• Draft, structure, and negotiate Master Supply Agreements, Service Level Agreements, and long-term reservation agreements
• Maintain an active Category Risk Register mapping single-source exposures and geopolitical risks
• Partner with engineering to evaluate material substitutions to reduce unit cost and scrap rates
• Develop commercial pricing schedules, rebate tiers, and lead-time matrices

Required qualifications

• 5–8+ years of dedicated strategic sourcing, supply chain, or category management experience with a primary emphasis on raw metals, structural steel, sheet metal fabrication, or heavy mechanical equipm
• Exposure to industrial electrical systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or equivalent practical experience
• Working understanding of metal alloy specifications, mill test reports (MTRs), metal forming processes, welding/finishing standards, and the cost breakdown of raw material vs. conversion cost vs. logi
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), structural weld symbols, and electrical balance-of-plant schematics
• Familiarity with NEC and UL standards
• Proven hands-on experience structuring comprehensive MSAs, raw material indexation agreements, and redlining complex commercial terms
• Advanced proficiency in total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, make/buy trade studies, supplier scorecarding, and formal RFP/RFQ execution

Nice to have

• Direct experience managing raw metal service center agreements, mill-direct reservation programs, or toll-processing arrangements
• Background auditing metal fabrication shops, CNC machining cells, or switchgear manufacturing plants
• Hands-on ERP/MRP experience (Acumatica, NetSuite, SAP)
• Expertise structuring complex multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs)
• Direct domain background in data center infrastructure, modular enclosures, energy generation, or high-power industrial assets

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. The company uses an energy-first approach to build AI infrastructure.