Senior Global Category Manager, Fiber
Crusoe· Procurement and Sourcing
Bellevue, WA - US$140k - $170kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior strategic sourcing and supplier management role focused on global category strategy for Crusoe Cloud’s data center categories, with emphasis on cost efficiency, supply resiliency, and cross-functional leadership across regions.
Responsibilities
- Global Category Strategy: Develop and implement global sourcing and category strategies that are innovative, cost-effective, and consistently aligned with company objectives.
- Supplier Relationship Management: Evaluate, develop, and actively manage relationships with key global suppliers, ensuring they consistently meet Crusoe's quality standards and critical delivery deadlines.
- Contract Negotiation: Lead negotiation of global supplier contracts and commercial terms to secure favorable pricing, payment terms, and conditions.
- Risk Management & Contingency: Conduct comprehensive risk management across the global supply base, including proactive contingency planning to ensure business continuity.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate activities with internal and external stakeholders to accurately plan for category needs across the business.
- Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization: Analyze global spend, market conditions, and supplier performance to identify cost savings opportunities and negotiation leverage.
- Business Review Coordination: Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and ongoing performance reviews with strategic global suppliers.
- Sustainability Integration: Implement and champion sustainability practices in procurement and sourcing operations, ensuring alignment with Crusoe's environmental goals.
- Industry Trend Monitoring: Stay current with industry trends, global market conditions, and category innovations to maintain Crusoe's competitive edge.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain/Logistics, International Trade, or a related field.
- Approximately 5-7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement, preferably for Data Center Infrastructure, Cloud, or Hardware supply chains.
- Operational track record of managing global supply chains, complex supplier relationships, ensuring vendor compliance, and implementing process improvements at scale.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities.
- Proven experience with global manufacturers and suppliers, owning contract negotiation, supplier qualification, documentation, and performance management.
- Background working with hyperscalers, OEM/ODMs, or infrastructure providers.
Skills
Required:Global category strategySupplier relationship managementContract negotiationRisk managementCross-functional leadership
Benefits
- Opportunity for career growth in a high-impact organization and industry.
- Industry competitive pay.
- Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company.
- Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents.
- Employer contributions to HSA accounts.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability.
- Teladoc.
- 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary.
- Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.
- Cell phone reimbursement.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Subscription to the Calm app.
- MetLife Legal.
- Company paid commuter benefits; $300 per month.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Crusoe
The AI factory company | Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Crusoe provides next-gen AI infrastructure and cloud compute using an energy-first approach. Deploy AI workloads at scale with reliable performance and 24/7 support.
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