Data Center Strategic Sourcing Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $365k - $435k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Anthropic

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Enterprise

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company based in San Francisco. The company focuses on developing research and creating reliable, beneficial AI systems. It offers products such as the Claude AI model, designed to be safe and efficient for enterprise use, and provides tools like the Claude API to help drive efficiency and create new revenue streams for businesses. Anthropic places a strong emphasis on AI safety, aligning its work with principles of harmlessness and ethical AI deployment.

📋 Description

• Drive commercial negotiations and Master Service Agreements for critical IT infrastructure such as networking equipment, fiber connectivity, compute hardware. • Audit partner procurement schedules, ensure optimal allocation, and drive cost efficiency of supply in constrained markets. • Implement frameworks for ensuring third-party datacenter partners adhere to commercial equipment terms and technical specifications. • Develop global inventory strategy including warehousing, third-party logistics, buffer stock, and distribution models to accelerate time to market and improve availability • Proactively monitor global supply chain volatility and execute contingency plans to avoid critical project delays. • Translate technical roadmaps into equipment forecasts and procurement pipelines. • Partner with Finance to optimize inventory strategy. • Establish efficient return and replacement workflows with vendors to restore failed equipment quickly. • Negotiate warranty terms and track vendor performance on RMA execution.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years experience in supply chain management, sourcing and procurement • A track record of developing processes for forecasting, planning, and managing data center material for build-out and/or operations. • Familiar with data center network and compute hardware (e.g. switches, routers, cables, servers, PDUs, etc). • Possess a bachelor's degree in relevant domain or equivalent practical experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Generous vacation and parental leave • Flexible working hours