Manager, Vendor Point Solutions
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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About the Role
You will own the portfolio of small single-service vendors supporting data center sites, such as site vehicles, satellite communications, temporary offices, PPE and cleaning. You'll manage onboarding, day-to-day performance and contract administration, act as the single point of contact for site teams, Finance, AP and Legal, and make recommendations on vendor selection, renewals and non-standard terms.
Requirements
- 4+ years in vendor management, procurement, purchasing or contract administration
- Experience onboarding and managing smaller service and equipment vendors
- Strong organizational and follow-through skills
- Working knowledge of contract terms, insurance requirements and purchasing processes
- Experience partnering with Legal, Finance and AP
- Experience with procurement or ERP systems such as NetSuite
- Clear communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business or related field, or equivalent experience
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end onboarding for point solution vendors
- Coordinate NDAs, insurance certificates, tax and banking documents and NetSuite vendor setup
- Gather quotes and build comparisons and recommend vendors
- Negotiate standard pricing and terms within guidelines
- Track service delivery, SLAs and maintain vendor scorecards
- Act as day-to-day contact for site teams and vendors
- Escalate material performance, safety or dispute concerns
- Produce a monthly vendor report
- Maintain agreements in the contract registry and flag renewals 90 days ahead
- Process routine amendments and change orders
- Track spend against POs and log savings
- Keep vendor files audit-ready and track insurance expirations
- Identify opportunities to consolidate vendors
Benefits
- Equity
- Bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation