The opportunity
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence . As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads.
What you'll do
Market & Spend Intelligence: Maintain deep intelligence across electrical categories, tracking supply base capabilities, pricing benchmarks, actual lead times, and capacity constraints with a heavy focus on long-lead items like switchgear.
AVL Qualification & Management: Own the electrical Approved Vendor List (AVL), conducting rigorous vetting and maintaining a defensible, scored qualification rationale for every entry, including NEC/UL compliance verification.
Category Strategy & Segmentation: Apply framework models (e.g., Kraljic Matrix) to classify electrical categories, balancing technical capability, quality, and lead-time reliability to build a 12–24 month category roadmap with dual-sourcing options.
Commercial Negotiations & Contracting: Structure and negotiate MSAs, pricing, terms, and SLAs while redlining buyer-adverse clauses (e.g., delivery commitments, force majeure, liability caps) to protect schedule integrity.
Proactive Risk Mitigation: Manage single-source exposures and lead-time risks on specialized electrical components, maintaining a live category risk register with clear mitigation paths.
Supplier Performance Tracking: Establish and maintain quarterly supplier scorecards evaluating on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost trends.
What they're looking for
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Create clean, robust commercial frameworks that allow operational teams (such as Material Planners and PO Specialists) to execute seamlessly against established terms.
- Experience: 4–7+ years of dedicated experience in strategic sourcing or: category management specifically focused on electrical components, switchgear, or industrial electrical equipment.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Supply Chain,: Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Technical Compliance Knowledge: Working familiarity with NEC/UL compliance requirements and electrical component specifications sufficient to evaluate supplier technical claims.