Senior Category Manager, Mechanical

Role description

Role Overview

The Senior Category Manager, Mechanical owns the mechanical category of spend, including enclosures, structural fabrication, doors, sheet metal, and related components, end-to-end at the strategic layer. This role is accountable for the strategic foundation—establishing why a supplier earns a spot on the Approved Vendor List (AVL) rather than executing daily purchase orders.

What You Will Do

Track and analyze supply base capabilities, pricing benchmarks, actual fabrication lead times, and capacity constraints across all mechanical categories. Own the mechanical Approved Vendor List (AVL), verifying actual shop-floor fabrication capabilities to ensure paper claims match manufacturing reality.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate brings a strong grasp of manufacturing/fabrication capabilities, knows how to audit shop-floor realities against supplier claims, and builds robust commercial contracts to protect Crusoe’s build timelines.

Requirements

• 4–7+ years of dedicated strategic sourcing or category management experience focused on fabricated metal, enclosures, or mechanical components
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Working familiarity with metal fabrication methods, tolerancing, and shop-floor assessment techniques to audit supplier capabilities effectively
• Proven experience reading, structuring, and redlining commercial contracts and legal terms
• Proficiency with supplier qualification frameworks, RFI/RFQ processes, scorecarding, and category segmentation methodologies

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance