Senior Category Sourcing Manager (AMER)

Role description

Role Overview

The Senior Category Sourcing Manager will lead strategic sourcing for data center infrastructure equipment and materials, with a focus on capital (CAPEX) categories such as power and cooling. This role is critical to building and managing supplier relationships, negotiating favorable commercial terms, and running competitive procurement processes that support our data center construction and growth objectives.

What You Will Do

The Senior Category Sourcing Manager will be responsible for supplier relationship management, contract negotiation and management, competitive bid process management, strategic sourcing and category management, and stakeholder collaboration.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role matters because power and cooling equipment are among the largest capital investments and longest-lead items in every data center we build. The agreements, supplier relationships, and category strategies you put in place will directly determine how quickly and cost-effectively Nscale can bring new GPU capacity online across the Americas.

Requirements

• 6+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management
• 2+ years of experience sourcing power and cooling equipment for data center construction, critical facilities, or large-scale industrial projects
• Proven track record of successfully negotiating complex, high-value framework agreements
• Strong understanding of competitive bidding processes and RFx methodologies for construction and equipment procurement
• Experience with supplier qualification, onboarding, and performance management for OEMs and equipment suppliers
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in data center environments
• Understanding of data center construction timelines, equipment lead times, and project delivery requirements
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate total cost of ownership
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Proficiency with procurement systems and tools (e-sourcing platforms, contract management systems, ERP)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan participation