Senior Technical Sourcing Manager, Fiber

The role

The Senior Technical Sourcing Manager, Fiber will lead category strategy, sourcing, and supplier management for Crusoe Cloud's data center categories. This role involves driving cost efficiency, supply resiliency, and managing global supplier relationships.

What you will do

• Develop and implement global sourcing and category strategies.
• Evaluate, develop, and manage relationships with key global suppliers.
• Lead negotiation of global supplier contracts and commercial terms.
• Conduct risk management and proactive contingency planning.
• Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Analyze global spend, market conditions, and supplier performance.
• Lead Quarterly Business Reviews and performance reviews with suppliers.
• Implement and champion sustainability practices in procurement.
• Monitor industry trends and global market conditions.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain/Logistics, International Trade, or a related field.
• Approximately 5-7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement.
• Proven track record of managing global supply chains, complex supplier relationships, ensuring vendor compliance, and implementing process improvements at scale.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities.
• Proven experience working with global manufacturers and suppliers, owning contract negotiation, supplier qualification, documentation, and performance management.
• Background working with hyperscalers, OEM/ODMs, or infrastructure providers.

Nice to have

• Experience managing global categories across multiple regions or geographies.
• Experience managing Data Center Fiber infrastructure specifically Indoor Plant Fiber, Outdoor Plant Fiber, In-the-row fiber connectivity, and cabling
• Professional certification such as CPSM, CSCP, or CPIM.
• Experience with AI/data center infrastructure supply chains.

Benefits

• Opportunity for career growth in a high-impact organization and industry.
• Industry competitive pay.
• Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company.
• Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents.
• Employer contributions to HSA accounts.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability.
• Teladoc.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary.
• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement.

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 solve power bottlenecks for AI compute.