# Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure: Electrical

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $226k – $285k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** strategic sourcing, Procurement, supplier management, Supply Chain Management, rfx processes, commercial negotiation, contract strategy, supplier qualification, supplier performance management, Financial Modeling, electrical distribution, Transformers, switchgear, ups, epc
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, and commercial agreements for electrical systems supporting hyperscale AI data center infrastructure. Requires a bachelor's degree, 8+ years of strategic sourcing or infrastructure supply chain experience, and expertise with complex capital projects and suppliers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop long-term sourcing strategies for data center infrastructure systems supporting Industrial Compute.
- Lead strategic supplier selection, RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution for major infrastructure programs.
- Build and maintain executive relationships with key suppliers, manufacturers, EPC firms, integrators, and infrastructure vendors.
- Partner with Infrastructure Delivery and Engineering to align sourcing strategies with project schedules, technical requirements, and deployment priorities.
- Collaborate with Capacity Planning to ensure supplier capacity aligns with long-term infrastructure roadmaps.
- Evaluate supplier capabilities across manufacturing capacity, execution quality, financial health, delivery performance, and operational maturity.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier diversification, long-term agreements, alternative sourcing strategies, and capacity reservations.
- Monitor global market conditions, manufacturing trends, commodity impacts, geopolitical risks, and supplier ecosystems that may affect infrastructure delivery.
- Develop supplier scorecards and performance metrics across quality, cost, schedule, responsiveness, safety, and execution.
- Support executive sourcing decisions through financial analysis, market intelligence, scenario planning, and supplier benchmarking.
- Partner with Legal and Finance to structure scalable commercial agreements supporting long-term infrastructure strategy.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or infrastructure supply chain management.
- Experience sourcing major infrastructure systems, industrial equipment, mission-critical facilities, or large capital projects.
- Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with strategic suppliers.
- Strong understanding of supplier qualification, contract strategy, supplier performance management, and sourcing governance.
- Experience partnering with engineering, construction, finance, legal, and operations organizations.
- Excellent analytical, financial modeling, negotiation, and executive communication skills.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience sourcing HV-to-MV substation and transformer equipment.
- Experience sourcing medium-voltage electrical distribution equipment and MV-to-LV transformers.
- Experience sourcing low-voltage electrical distribution equipment, including switchgear, busway, and UPS systems.
- Experience with power system protection, control, and monitoring products.
- Experience with prefabricated electrical skids, e-houses, or modular data center infrastructure.
- Experience supporting hyperscale cloud, AI infrastructure, semiconductor, energy, or advanced manufacturing programs.
- Familiarity with long-lead equipment planning and supplier capacity management.
- Experience working with global supplier networks across North America, Europe, and Asia.
- Experience working with EPC, design-build, or integrated project delivery partners.

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