Strategic Sourcing Manager

Crusoe•Arvada, CO

3d•$155,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

Crusoe is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to own the strategic sourcing function as a unified system. This leadership role involves building the team, setting contract and negotiation governance, establishing rigorous process standards, and managing the consolidated cross-category risk view. While individual Category Managers will manage specific spend areas, this role ensures their work is high-caliber, defensible, and aligned with Crusoe’s strategic objectives. This is a pivotal people leadership and strategy role designed to scale the sourcing organization, requiring extensive experience in designing sourcing playbooks, coaching talent through complex vendor negotiations, and translating portfolio-level supply chain risks into actionable leadership insights. The ideal candidate thrives on developing high-performing teams, enforcing strategic discipline under schedule pressure, and building scalable procurement frameworks in an industrial manufacturing environment, offering high-impact visibility. This is a Full-Time position.

Requirements

8–12+ years of dedicated experience in strategic sourcing or category management, including direct people management of a sourcing or procurement team within manufacturing, industrial hardware, or electrical equipment sectors.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Proven track record of designing, implementing, and scaling sourcing governance, process playbooks, and team development structures from the ground up.
Demonstrated expertise in contract negotiation with the ability to review, redline, and coach team members on complex commercial terms (e.g., liability caps, force majeure, delivery commitments).
Fluency in portfolio risk management, category segmentation models (e.g., Kraljic Matrix), and financial modeling to defend cost savings and cost avoidance at the leadership level.

Nice To Haves

Master of Business Administration (MBA) or relevant advanced degree.
Prior experience scaling sourcing teams within high-tech infrastructure, power systems, data centers, or modular manufacturing environments.
Hands-on ERP experience with Acumatica or similar enterprise systems.
Professional certifications such as CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management).

Responsibilities

Hire, coach, and evaluate the Category Manager team, implementing structured development projects to elevate capability across commodity areas.
Maintain a consolidated, portfolio-wide risk register identifying top single-source exposures, lead-time bottlenecks, and supplier financial concerns across all categories.
Own and continuously improve core sourcing playbooks, including the RFI/RFQ/AVL qualification sequence, Kraljic category frameworks, and standardized supplier scorecards.
Establish deal sign-off thresholds, escalation paths, and redline standards, providing direct coaching to Category Managers on high-stakes, complex supplier contracts.
Prioritize team bandwidth across spend categories to ensure sourcing efforts align with critical business demands and schedule constraints.
Enforce clean operational boundaries between Strategic Sourcing and Material Planning so Category Managers remain focused on commercial strategy rather than tactical execution.
Synthesize all category strategies, cost savings/avoidance metrics, and supply constraints into a single, cohesive view for executive leadership and monthly S&OP reconciliations.