Strategic Sourcing Specialist Jobs

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. The Global Procurement team drives Micron's growth through strategic sourcing, cost optimization, supplier partnerships, and supply chain resiliency initiatives. Leveraging data-driven insights, market intelligence, and innovative technologies, the team delivers value across Micron's global operations while fostering a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement and professional development. As a Category Supplier Management Intern, you will support category management and strategic sourcing initiatives that drive business value across Micron's global procurement organization. You will gain hands-on experience in cost analysis, supplier management, category strategy development, sourcing activities, and AI-enabled process improvements while partnering with procurement professionals and business partners worldwide. Responsibilities Support category management and strategic sourcing activities through market research, supplier analysis, benchmarking, and category strategy development. Assist with cost analysis, should-cost modeling, and market intelligence activities to identify savings opportunities and support business decisions. Collaborate with Category Managers, suppliers, and internal partners to support procurement objectives and supplier relationship management efforts. Analyze sourcing trends, supplier performance, and procurement metrics to develop recommendations and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Support AI adoption initiatives by identifying u

Where Performance Meets Purpose Join a team that values excellence and innovation, at a company known for its iconic golf brands. At Acushnet Company, your background and experience contribute to creating the best products for dedicated golfers worldwide. Here, your performance has purpose. What You Will Be Doing As a Senior Category Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping and executing strategic sourcing initiatives across direct and indirect spend categories.This position is responsible for developing category strategies that optimize total cost of ownership, drive supplier performance, mitigate supply chain risk, and support business growth. Working closely with Manufacturing, Operations, and cross-functional stakeholders, you will lead sourcing initiatives, negotiate key supplier agreements, monitor market trends, and identify opportunities for innovation and cost savings. The role also oversees supplier relationship management, procurement processes, and global sourcing support, including partnerships with Acushnet (Titleist) Thailand, ensuring a resilient, high-performing supply base aligned with the company's strategic objectives. What You Bring Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or Management preferred. Master’s degree preferred. Minimum of 5+ years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience, with preferred experience managing both direct and indirect spend categories. Ability to travel up to 25%. Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, supplier management, and direct and indirect material procurement. Deep understanding of market dynamics, supply chain trends, and category managemen

About the Role We’re seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead commercial legal strategy and execution for OpenAI’s silicon initiatives and the semiconductor ecosystem that supports our AI infrastructure. This is a senior, highly cross-functional role for a lawyer who can advise business and technical leaders across the semiconductor development, manufacturing, and supply lifecycle. The role will partner closely with silicon engineering, infrastructure, strategic sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, partnerships, IP, policy, regulatory, and trade compliance teams to structure and negotiate strategic arrangements with semiconductor ecosystem partners, technology providers, and critical suppliers. This person will help establish the commercial frameworks needed to protect OpenAI’s technology and support resilient, scalable commercial arrangements. We’re looking for an experienced technology transactions lawyer with meaningful semiconductor industry experience who can translate highly technical and operational issues into practical commercial structures. The ideal candidate combines strong judgment, commercial creativity, and the ability to lead complex, high-value transactions in a fast-moving and complex global ecosystem. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3-days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. This role will: Lead commercial legal strategy and risk management for OpenAI’s silicon and related technology initiatives. Advise senior business, engineering, sourcing, and operational stakeholders on strategic relationships, commercial priorities, and complex transactions. Draft, negotiate, and advise on sophisticated development, manufacturing, supply, licensing, services, and strategic partnership agreements. Structure commercial arrangements that support long-term business and operational requirements. Advise on the commercial and operational issues that arise across the developmen

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Develop and implement category strategies aligned with business objectives and procurement priorities. Analyze spend data, sourcing patterns, supplier capabilities, and market conditions to find opportunities for value creation. Lead supplier segmentation activities and support category planning and goal setting. Establish effective supplier performance management processes and monitor stakeholder satisfaction with key suppliers. Collaborate with Global and Regional Category Managers and cross-functional partners to align sourcing strategies and business requirements. Drive initiatives that improve cost competitiveness, purchasing efficiency, supplier performance, and customer service. Cost Management & Market Analysis Identify, quantify, and implement category-specific savings and value-generation opportunities. Deliver annual cost savings, revenue improvement, and procurement performance targets. Provide market intelligence, industry trends, and pricing insights to support sourcing decisions and long-term planning. Develop and apply should-cost models, benchmarking analyses, and total-cost-of-ownership methodologies. Monitor supplier cost structures and market dynamics to proactively manage risk and opportunities. Negotiation & Contract Management Lead competitive sourcing events, RFQs, contract renewals, price negotiations,

About the Team OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. In partnership with leading cloud providers, hardware manufacturers, utilities, construction partners, and internal engineering organizations, we are delivering hyperscale AI campuses that power the next generation of frontier AI models. Infrastructure Delivery Operations sits at the center of this effort. Our team develops the operating model that connects infrastructure strategy, supply planning, manufacturing operations, and delivery into a single, integrated system that enables OpenAI to deploy AI infrastructure predictably at scale. We partner across Hardware Engineering, Network Engineering, Capacity Delivery, Hardware Operations, Security, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, and external infrastructure partners to create a single, integrated view of program health. Through governance, operational analytics, executive reporting, and scalable operating mechanisms, we enable leaders to proactively manage risk, optimize capacity, and deliver infrastructure predictably at Industrial Compute speed. About the Role We are seeking a Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery Operations to drive integrated strategy and delivery across OpenAI's rapidly expanding AI infrastructure portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure strategy, New Product Introduction (NPI), supply planning, manufacturing operations, and infrastructure delivery. You will lead highly cross-functional programs spanning engineering, supply planning, manufacturing, logistics, construction, commissioning, and operations, ensuring technical and operational dependencies remain synchronized from planning through production readiness. Beyond driving program execution, you will leverage operational insights to improve capacity planning, infrastructure strategy, and deployment readiness. You will also help operationalize new technologies and suppliers by partnering w

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization is building the infrastructure foundation for frontier AI systems. The Supply Chain organization is responsible for enabling scalable, resilient, and efficient supply chains across custom silicon, systems, networking, memory, storage, and rack-scale infrastructure. The Supply Chain Program Manager (SCPM) drives end-to-end material readiness and supply chain execution across the hardware lifecycle, from early architecture and sourcing strategy through production ramp and sustaining operations. We are looking for experienced supply chain leaders who can operate across technical, commercial, and operational domains to ensure material readiness, supply continuity, and execution excellence for complex AI hardware programs. About the Role As a Supply Chain Program Manager, you will own material readiness and supply chain execution for critical hardware programs spanning custom silicon, systems, memory, storage, networking, and rack infrastructure. You will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing Operations, Finance, Planning, Quality, and external suppliers to develop and execute scalable supply strategies that support aggressive product development and deployment timelines. This role requires deep understanding of hardware supply chains, material planning, NPI execution, supplier management, and operational scaling in constrained and rapidly evolving environments. Responsibilities Material Readiness & Supply Planning - Own end-to-end material readiness across NPI and production phases, including building the necessary framework and processes for enablement. Drive supply planning and execution for long lead-time and constrained commodities including ASICs, HBM, DDR, SSDs, networking, optics, power, thermal, and mechanicals. Build and manage material readiness plans aligned to proto/pre-EVT, EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production schedules. Monitor supply health, lead times, inventory positio

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and highly organized Events Program Manager to join our Global Travel & Expense team. This role is responsible for leading the sourcing and operational execution of small- and medium-sized corporate meetings and events while helping build and scale Snowflake’s global Meetings & Events program. This position focuses on internal events, executive meetings, customer-facing business events, offsites, and group travel, partnering closely with Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Legal, Workplace, Security, and business stakeholders. The ideal candidate combines operational excellence with strategic thinking and is passionate about building scalable programs, optimizing supplier partnerships, implementing technology, leveraging AI, and delivering exceptional attendee experiences. As an Events Program Manager, you will: Lead sourcing and end-to-end operational execution for small- and medium-sized meetings, offsites, executive meetings, trainings, customer engagements, and internal business events. Manage venue sourcing, contract negotiations, room blocks, group air, and ground transportation. Partner with business stakeholders to understand event objectives and recommend scalable, cost-effective event solutions. Help build an

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Module (MOD) & SSD Direct Materials Category Supplier Manager in Penang, responsible for categories including PCB, passives (inductors, resistors, capacitors), enclosures, and hardware (connectors, screws, etc.). Responsibilities Develop and implement a Strategic Sourcing and Category Management Plan for the category Track the implementation of sourcing strategies and contract compliance, resolving any constraints or issues Lead a global key-materials team with a focus on achieving outstanding results Chair cross-functional Material Strategy Team (MST) forums (Commercial, Technical, Quality) with engineering, supplier quality, and internal sites to drive alignment and change Collaborate with cross-functional teams — business units, manufacturing, engineering, quality, and site purchasing — to plan strategic sourcing direction Communicate sourcing trends and results to the Category Director Negotiate LTAs/MOUs to ensure multi-year capacity guarantees, priority in allocation, and consistent pricing Drive supply flexibility and resilience by qualifying new suppliers, new supplier sites, and alternate (Tier-2/Tier-3) sources, including regional diversification Recommend and implement targets for spend reduction, purchasing efficiency, customer service, and supplier management Conduct effective supplier negotiations and drive cost reductions; identify and implement category-specific savings levers Deliver category savings

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Technology, Data and Intelligence (TDI) Team Message Okta’s Technology, Data and Intelligence (TDI) team delivers the systems, tools, and services that power internal operations across the company. By optimizing our core procurement and financial operations, we ensure seamless integration and efficiency across our financial ecosystem. From strategic sourcing and supplier onboarding to global treasury payments, we partner across functions to drive scale and innovation through technology. The Staff Product Analyst Opportunity Reporting to the Director - Finance Technology, this role will serve as the functional expert optimizing and supporting our end-to-end Source to Pay (S2P) processes. Based in Chicago, IL or Bellevue, WA, you will drive the functional architecture, configuration, and continuous optimization of key financial systems while translating complex business requirements into technical solutions. This is a unique opportunity to lead cross-functional finance technology initiatives and leverage your S2P expertise to build scalable, compliant, and highly integrated enterprise solutions. What you'll be doing Partner with Finance, Procurement, and Accounting stakeholders to analyze, refine, and translate complex business requirements into technical solutions within Okta's S2P ecosystem. Drive the functional architecture, configuration, and optimization of key financial systems (Coupa, NetSuite, Navan, Kyriba) while mapping end-to-end data flows and

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. About the Role We are seeking a Operations Program Manager (OPM) to serve as the single-threaded operational leader for new hardware introductions (NPI) and production ramps across OpenAI’s AI infrastructure systems. This role combines hands-on execution with strategic ownership. You will be responsible for defining the operating model, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, setting the critical path, making informed tradeoffs, escalating decisively, and ensuring hardware programs deliver on schedule, quality, cost, and scalability. Success in this role requires comfort operating in ambiguity, influencing without authority, and driving alignment across internal teams and external partners—while keeping eyes firmly on long-term system scalability and repeatability. In this role, you will: Strategic & Leadership Ownership Act as the single-threaded owner for operational readiness across NPI and ramp, accountable for outcomes from early bring-up through sustained production Translate OpenAI’s infrastructure strategy and engineering objectives into clear operating plans, execution priorities, and decision frameworks Drive alignment across Engineering, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Finance, Capacity Planning, and Executive stakeholders by framing tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations Proactively identify inflection points where decisions or investments are required to protect long-term scale, reliability, or cost targets Influence operational strategy with manufacturing par

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Do you have a passion in building a career in procurement? We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our global team dedicated to this function. Micron is hiring a Cateogory Supplier Manager (Buyer) in Manassas, VA! This role will be the primary category point of contact for supplier interactions, performance management, and negotiations for the site. In this role, you will work with partners to build comprehensive view of supplier performance for continued sourcing success. You will participate and/or lead in the development and implementation of category strategies and projects related but not limited to cost reduction initiatives, supply base optimization, and pricing/contract negotiation. Responsibilities Lead Site Supplier Performance and Relationships Own procurement process for designated areas and accounts Negotiate with suppliers to meet business needs Support capital budgeting and cash flow management, and the execution of Global Procurement strategies Handle cost saving initiatives and metric Implement cost savings and process improvement programs Have deep knowledge to serve as a consultant for procurement process and supplier issues. Support site audits Minimum Qualifications 3+ years experience in strategic sourcing, quantity surveying and estimating Manage multiple large-scale projects (sourcing events) concurrently, ability to work with minimal supervision; strong project management skil

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As a Manager, Procurement, you’ll serve as an individual contributor supporting GitLab’s Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, and Chief Information Officer organizations. You’ll lead strategic sourcing, vendor management, and contract negotiations for critical technology suppliers, with a strong focus on software, cloud infrastructure, and hyperscaler partnerships. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to shape sourcing strategies, improve procurement processes, identify savings opportunities, and explore how artificial intelligence can support proc

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The recruiting team seeks to build the culture of Stripe by aligning the strongest global talent to our highest impact business needs. They focus on bringing Stripe’s operating principles to life in their recruiting processes, providing the highest-quality candidate experience, and leveraging data driven storytelling to influence the business. What you’ll do To further this important mission, we are looking for consultative and creative recruiters to grow and scale our Go-to-Market (GTM) team. The GTM organization at Stripe encompasses our Sales team, Marketing and Sales Development, GTM and Product Operations, and Professional Services. These teams are expanding in the region, focusing on bringing new users onto the Stripe platform, supporting our existing users' scale, and growing their businesses. You can expect high impact and wide-ranging responsibilities: owning full-cycle recruiting, driving hiring strategy, and delivering best-in-class candidate experience. This person must be a builder who thrives in a learning environment—unafraid to try new things, embrace new ideas, and welcome suggestions for how we can iterate on our processes. Responsibilities Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans to identify and engage top talent, ensuring a robust and inclusive candidate pool for current and future hiring needs Conduct regular market research and analysis to stay informed about talent trends, using insights to inform recruiting

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. About the Role Snowflake is transforming how enterprise Procure to Pay operates — and we're looking for a senior operations leader to help us execute on that vision. This is not a role for someone who wants to maintain the status quo. We have agentic AI projects in flight, a best-in-class technology stack, and a team that is motivated to build something the industry hasn't seen before. We need someone who can run the operation at a high level while simultaneously driving execution on the automation and AI initiatives already on our roadmap. As Sr. Manager of Procure to Pay Operations, you will own the operational performance of our end-to-end P2P function — spanning Procurement, Accounts Payable, Strategic Sourcing, Travel & Expense, and Global Contracts. You will report directly to the Chief Procurement Officer and serve as the operational backbone of a global, fast-moving team. What You'll Do Own P2P Operations End to End Lead day-to-day operations across Procurement, AP, Strategic Sourcing, T&E, and Global Contracts Ensure SLA performance, approval cycle times, and process compliance meet or exceed targets across all functions Establish clear ownership, operating rhythms, and accountability across a globally distributed team Serve as the primary operational escal

About the Team OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is responsible for planning, delivering, operating, and optimizing the compute infrastructure that powers frontier AI. As OpenAI scales toward becoming an intelligence utility, Industrial Compute coordinates a complex lifecycle spanning infrastructure strategy, capacity planning, provider partnerships, fleet operations, product demand, and financial planning. The organization manages one of the largest and fastest-growing compute footprints in the world, where decisions around capacity allocation, deployment readiness, utilization, reliability, and product demand directly impact product availability, customer experience, and business performance. The Capacity Systems team builds the software platforms, data systems, and automation frameworks that connect these functions into a shared operating model. We transform fragmented planning workflows into scalable systems that enable teams to understand what compute was contracted, delivered, healthy, allocated, and ultimately converted into business and research outcomes. About the Role We are seeking a Capacity Systems Software Engineer to build the platforms and services that power Industrial Compute planning, forecasting, optimization, and operational decision-making. In this role, you will design and develop software systems that connect infrastructure delivery, fleet health, capacity allocation, demand forecasting, deployment readiness, financial planning, and product consumption into a unified system of record. Your work will help OpenAI make better decisions about where compute should be deployed, how capacity should be allocated, and how infrastructure investments translate into business value. You will partner closely with Capacity Planning, Fleet Operations, Infrastructure Engineering, Product, Finance, Supply Chain, and Strategic Sourcing teams to replace spreadsheet-driven workflows with scalable software systems that enable visibility, automation, and dec