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: Track and analyze supply base capabilities, pricing benchmarks, actual fabrication lead times, and capacity constraints across all mechanical categories.
AVL Qualification & Shop-Floor Vetting: Own the mechanical Approved Vendor List (AVL), verifying actual shop-floor fabrication capabilities (tolerances, welding, equipment) to ensure paper claims match manufacturing reality.
Category Strategy & Segmentation: Apply frameworks like the Kraljic Matrix to differentiate Strategic custom items (focusing on quality and capability) from Leverage standard items (focusing on cost and logistics), building a 12–24 month category roadmap.
Commercial Negotiations & Contracting: Structure and negotiate MSAs, SLAs, and commercial terms while redlining buyer-adverse clauses (such as delivery commitments, liability caps, and force majeure).
Proactive Capacity & Risk Management: Monitor supplier capacity risks during high-volume production cycles, maintaining a category risk register with clear mitigation strategies and dual-sourcing options.
Make/Buy Analysis: Evaluate make/buy opportunities where internal fabrication capacity serves as a viable, cost-effective alternative.
What they're looking for
- Performance Tracking & Operations Handoff: Maintain quarterly supplier scorecards and build clear standing terms that enable Procurement Operations to execute POs seamlessly.
- Experience: 4–7+ years of dedicated strategic sourcing or category management: experience focused on fabricated metal, enclosures, or mechanical components.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply: Chain, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Technical & Fabrication Knowledge: Working familiarity with metal fabrication methods, tolerancing, and shop-floor assessment techniques to audit supplier capabilities effectively.