Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing - San Francisco, CA, United States - OpenAI

Description

The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing (CoE & Special Projects) is a key player in OpenAI's Finance team, responsible for elevating our procurement function.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, you'll play a pivotal role in aligning procurement strategies with OpenAI's broader objectives, thereby contributing to our mission of advancing artificial general intelligence that benefits all of humanity.

As a Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing (CoE & Special Projects), you will drive significant advancements in our procurement practices and lead cross-functional procurement initiatives.

You will devise and implement comprehensive sourcing and category strategies, establish and track key performance indicators to ensure procurement excellence, and lead a culture of continuous improvement across procurement.

We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Establish and manage a Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) that sets the standard for innovative procurement processes, tools, and methodologies, and promotes a culture of continuous improvement.

Design and execute impactful strategic initiatives, spanning significant tool or system rollouts, automation projects, comprehensive end-user training, and communication strategies.

Drive procurement's transformation roadmap, identifying and implementing technology solutions that enhance efficiency, transparency, and collaboration.

Develop a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program and implement SRM programs that focus on mutual growth, innovation, and value creation, beyond traditional transactional interactions.

Act as a trusted advisor, providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership on procurement matters.

Mentor junior procurement talent across the team, creating a high-performing team equipped to handle the complexities of procurement challenges.

Project Management:

Analytical Acumen:
Proven experience in crafting detailed dashboards and conducting thorough analyses to offer strategic insights.
Exceptionally methodical and organized work ethic to manage complex projects.

Supplier Performance Management:
Skills in establishing, monitoring, and managing supplier performance metrics to ensure alignment with OpenAI's standards and objectives. This includes conducting regular performance reviews and fostering supplier development to ensure long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with key suppliers.

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link .

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared.

Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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