AI Procurement Specialist (Hardware)
Active AI foundation-model company offering multimodal models, consumer AI products, and an enterprise/developer API platform.
Funding history
About MiniMax Group Inc.
MiniMax develops proprietary multimodal foundation models spanning language, video, speech, and music, and operates AI-native products including MiniMax Agent, MiniMax Design, MiniMax Audio, Talkie, Hailuo AI, and an Open Platform.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will handle procurement of compute-related hardware such as IDC data center space, complete servers, memory and hard drives. You will also source compliant data corpora, including text, voice, video and music, for large model training. You will use AI tools to improve supply chain asset management processes, and you will run periodic market research to analyze price reasonableness and keep lowering costs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or above
- 3+ years of procurement experience; IDC supply chain procurement experience preferred
- Familiarity with and passion for the AI industry preferred
- Supplier resources preferred
- English business communication ability
- Strong negotiation and business development skills
- Proficiency with AI agent tools to improve efficiency
Responsibilities
- Procure compute-related hardware including IDC facilities, servers, memory and hard drives
- Procure compliant data corpora (text, voice, video, music) for large model training
- Use AI tools to improve and optimize supply chain asset management processes
- Manage costs and conduct periodic market research to analyze price reasonableness and reduce company costs