Senior Sourcing Manager, Telecom and Carrier - Procurement

Company: NVIDIA
Company: NVIDIA
Location: US, CA, Santa Clara
Commitment: Full time
Posted on: 2023-09-08 06:00
NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables outstanding creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. To build such groundbreaking technology, our engineers use software tools that comes with wide variations and complexity. To manage global networks, NVIDIA is searching for a highly motivated and process driven Network Sourcing Manager to join the Corporate Procurement team!What you’ll be doing:Identifying internal specifications and requirements from various business unit partnersAssessing global market ISP participants in US, EMEA and APAC and their technology offeringsProviding commercial expertise and understanding of network/bandwidth/pricing structuresRunning Sourcing and RFx activitiesContracting: MSAs, new orders and MACDEstablishing SLAs & KPIs and facilitating QBRsTracking inventory of contracts, circuits, locations, etc.What we need to see:Bachelor’s degree required in sophisticated business or technical degree or equivalent experience.Minimum 7+ overall years of meaningful experience in fast-growing technology company preferable. 3+ years Leadership.Sourcing responsibilities across different Telecom carrier services and technologies. Examples: Transport (Dark Fiber, MPLS, EPL SD WAN, Wavelength) INET: IP Transit, (DIA, Peering, IX.) Understanding of CSPs, and CDN providersStrong project management skills. May need to occasionally assist with circuit, design (path diversity, DC/office riser diversity), implementation, escalation, outage mitigation.Pricing and contract negotiations for Telecom servicesAbility to bring new insights to the table to reduce costs.Maintain and audit circuit capacity, recommend augments as needed.Lead communication between global infrastructure, network engineering, project managers, and carriersBridge communication between technical and non-technical groupsWays to stand out from the crowd:Strong negotiating skillsBeing comfortable to pivot (change of plans) at a moment’s notice.High level of technical understanding of the network services and deep understanding of pricing structure of ISP services globallyTechnical and commercial expertise and understanding of network/bandwidth/pricing structures.Network experience across all regions. US, EMEA, APAC, India and ChinaNVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us!The base salary range is $180,000 - $299,000. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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