Senior Manager Indirect Procurement
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.
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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 manage strategic sourcing and procurement across indirect spend categories, including technology, professional services, people, marketing, travel, and corporate services. You will develop category strategies, run competitive tenders, negotiate supplier contracts, improve procurement controls and workflows, and partner with Finance and business leaders on spend and supplier management.
Requirements
- Significant procurement experience, ideally in a technology, cloud, infrastructure, or high-growth international business
- Experience across multiple indirect procurement categories
- Demonstrated strategic sourcing, competitive tender, and complex commercial-negotiation experience
- Understanding of supplier economics, contracts, and total cost of ownership
- Analytical and financial skills
- Experience challenging senior stakeholders while maintaining relationships
- Experience with procurement or P2P platforms such as SAP Ariba is advantageous
- Ability to operate in a rapidly scaling international organization
Responsibilities
- Support procurement across IT and software, professional services, marketing, HR and recruitment, travel, facilities, and corporate services
- Develop and execute category strategies
- Lead RFP and RFQ processes, supplier selection, and commercial negotiations
- Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, service levels, and contract renewals
- Identify cost savings, supplier consolidation, and demand-optimization opportunities
- Partner with functional leaders and Finance on procurement needs, spend visibility, forecasting, and budgets
- Manage supplier relationships, performance governance, contractual commitments, and renewals
- Drive adoption of purchase requisition, PO, and approval processes
- Improve procurement reporting, supplier data, systems, workflows, policies, controls, and audit trails
Benefits
- Equity
- Flexible work arrangements
- Hybrid working
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation