Principal, Strategic Sourcing (Material)

The role

The Sourcing Manager owns sourcing strategies for specialty construction materials. This person works cross-functionally to protect project schedules and minimize material supply risk across capital projects.

What you will do

• Own sourcing strategies for specialty construction materials including MV and LV cables, conduit, grounding systems, fiber, and electrical distribution equipment
• Lead RFQs and technical and commercial bid evaluations with Engineering
• Negotiate supply and frame agreements including price adjusters, tariff strategies, lead time commitments, and warranty terms
• Secure manufacturing slots for long lead equipment and track production against project schedules
• Qualify and dual source critical suppliers
• Partner with the procure-to-pay team to ensure accurate purchase orders, delivery, and payments
• Report category spend, savings, and supply risk

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement of electrical materials and equipment for capital projects
• Demonstrated experience negotiating supply agreements with manufacturers and distributors, including metal price adjustment terms
• Comfortable reading single line diagrams, cable schedules, and equipment specifications at a commercial level
• Track record of managing long-leaded equipment and supplier capacity constraints
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving infrastructure or industrial environment

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
• Data center, utility, or mission critical project experience
• experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Odoo)

About the company

Hut 8 builds infrastructure for AI and aims to be the defining physical infrastructure company of our generation.