Senior Category Sourcing Manager; AMER

About Nscale Nscale is the vertically integrated AI cloud engineered for AI. We own and operate the full stack — energy, data centres, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services — delivering high-performance infrastructure to AI-native companies, enterprises, and governments across Europe and the US. We are deploying GPU capacity at hyperscale, operating some of the densest, most advanced AI infrastructure in the world.

About Nscale Nscale is the vertically integrated AI cloud engineered for AI. We own and operate the full stack — energy, data centres, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services — delivering high-performance infrastructure to AI-native companies, enterprises, and governments across Europe and the US. We are deploying GPU capacity at hyperscale, operating some of the densest, most advanced AI infrastructure in the world.

At Nscale, our Supply Chain and Procurement team plays a critical role in shaping supply strategy, securing continuity of supply, and enabling the company's growth through data-led decision-making. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work.

If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Category Sourcing Manager to lead strategic sourcing for data center infrastructure equipment and materials, with a focus on capital (CAPEX) categories such as power and cooling. This role is critical to building and managing supplier relationships, negotiating favorable commercial terms, and running competitive procurement processes that support our data center construction and growth objectives.

You will own category strategy end-to-end: using spend and market insights to identify opportunities, leading supplier selection and negotiations, and putting scalable agreements in place that improve cost, service levels, and risk posture as the business grows.

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard new suppliers.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with key suppliers to ensure supply continuity, quality standards, and competitive pricing.
• Build a diverse and resilient supplier base to mitigate supply chain risk.

• Lead negotiations for master framework agreements and volume purchase agreements with suppliers.
• Structure commercial terms that optimize total cost of ownership while maintaining quality and service level requirements.
• Ensure contract compliance and manage amendments, renewals, and extensions.
• Collaborate with Legal and leadership to finalize contract terms and conditions.

• Design and execute competitive bidding processes (RFx) for data center infrastructure equipment and services.
• Develop comprehensive bid documents, evaluation criteria, and selection methodologies.
• Coordinate cross-functional evaluation teams to assess technical and commercial proposals.
• Present recommendations to stakeholders and leadership based on thorough analysis.

• Develop and implement category strategies aligned with business objectives and the data center roadmap.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, pricing dynamics, and emerging technologies.
• Drive cost savings initiatives and value engineering opportunities.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for the category.

• Partner with data center operations, engineering, finance, and leadership to understand requirements and priorities.
• Provide market insights and supplier intelligence to inform procurement decisions.
• Support budget planning and forecasting activities.
• Communicate procurement strategies, timelines, and outcomes to stakeholders.

• 6+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management.
• 2+ years of experience sourcing power and cooling equipment for data center construction, critical facilities, or large-scale industrial projects.
• Proven track record of successfully negotiating complex, high-value framework agreements.
• Strong understanding of competitive bidding processes and RFx methodologies for construction and equipment procurement.
• Experience with supplier…