About the Role
Nscale is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Manager to support procurement execution and operational delivery for AI infrastructure hardware, including GPUs, servers, networking, and IT equipment, as we expand our global datacenter footprint. This role is crucial for driving operational reliability, supporting consistent planning processes, and ensuring the procurement engine operates with the necessary discipline and pace.
Responsibilities
- Learn current procurement workflows and map supplier relationships.
- Identify delivery risks in lead times, contract terms, or supply gaps.
- Build working relationships with infrastructure, finance, and commercial teams.
- Support the procurement execution cycle for AI infrastructure hardware.
- Manage vendor relationships and purchase order workflows.
- Coordinate inbound logistics and delivery scheduling.
- Act as a point of escalation for supplier commitment issues.
- Standardize planning and procurement processes across sites.
- Build vendor relationships and operational playbooks for IT equipment categories.
- Design reporting cadences and dashboards for leadership visibility.
- Contribute ideas as the supply chain function matures.
Requirements
- 8-10 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement operations, or hardware sourcing.
- Background in datacenter, cloud infrastructure, or hyperscale environments.
- Experience supporting GPU-based hardware procurement or large-scale server and networking deployments.
- Track record managing OEM and hardware vendor relationships from RFQ through delivery and acceptance.
- Solid understanding of inbound logistics coordination, including import/export requirements, freight planning, and milestone tracking.
- Comfortable working across IT equipment categories — networking hardware, end-user compute, enterprise peripherals.
- Strong Excel skills; able to build and maintain procurement tracking and scenario models.
- Familiarity with supply chain or procurement systems such as SAP, NetSuite, or Coupa.
- A clear communicator who can translate delivery risk into plain-language updates and help drive action across functions.
Skills
- Supply chain management
- Procurement operations
- Hardware sourcing
- Datacenter infrastructure
- Cloud infrastructure
- Hyperscale environments
- GPU hardware procurement
- Server and networking deployment
- OEM and hardware vendor management
- Inbound logistics coordination
- Import/export requirements
- Freight planning
- Milestone tracking
- IT equipment procurement
- Excel
- SAP
- NetSuite
- Coupa
- BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
- Communication
Location
- Worldwide
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000—$159,000 USD
Benefits
- Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity)
- Performance reviews every 12 months
- Dynamic progression plan
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation
About the Company
- Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers.
- Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development.
- Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
- If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.
