Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Electrical & Mechanical
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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About the Role
You will develop sourcing and commercial strategies for electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems across Industrial Compute campuses. You'll lead supplier selection, RFx and negotiations, manage supply risk, build supplier scorecards and market analyses, and partner with Engineering, Capacity Planning, Finance and Legal.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Operations or related field
- 8+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management or infrastructure supply chain
- Experience sourcing major infrastructure systems or industrial equipment
- Success negotiating complex commercial agreements with strategic suppliers
- Understanding of supplier qualification, contract strategy and sourcing governance
- Experience partnering with engineering, construction, finance, legal and operations teams
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, negotiation and executive communication skills
- Deep sourcing experience in electrical or mechanical infrastructure
Responsibilities
- Develop sourcing strategies for critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems
- Lead supplier selection, RFx processes, negotiations and contract execution
- Build strategic relationships with manufacturers, EPC firms, integrators and suppliers
- Partner with Engineering and Infrastructure Delivery to align commercial decisions with technical requirements
- Coordinate with Capacity Planning on supplier capacity, lead times and roadmaps
- Evaluate suppliers' manufacturing capacity, quality, financial health and delivery performance
- Identify and mitigate supply risks
- Monitor market conditions, manufacturing trends and commodity impacts
- Establish supplier scorecards and performance measures
- Develop market analyses, benchmarks, financial models and scenarios
- Partner with Finance and Legal to structure scalable agreements and sourcing governance
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Medical, dental and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Paid medical and caregiver leave up to 8 weeks
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends