xAI · 10 hours ago
Senior Sourcing Specialist- Indirect
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $115K/yr
5+ years expxAI is focused on creating AI systems that enhance human understanding of the universe. They are seeking a Senior Sourcing Specialist to develop sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and drive cost reduction initiatives within a progressive procurement environment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including but not limited to payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services that support business unit requirements to maintain continuous cost reduction programs for controllable expenditures. Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to category strategies. Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
Successfully partner across functions and with senior internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive results, influence others and facilitate change management across the company
Responsible for advanced quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions and performance for category managed. Perform business process analysis and develop models to improve cost. Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria, such as delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality, and timeliness of delivery
Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
Responsible for authoring contract documents with the Legal Department. Management of contracts ensuring performance of the supplier to contract obligations. Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret the application of contracts to business needs
Utilize negotiations to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk
Manage preferred suppliers for assigned categories. Create and implement related management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base
Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories
Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of transactions for assigned categories
Qualification
Required
Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following: Engineering, Purchasing, Contract negotiation, Material or production planning, Operations or supply chain management, Material cost control
Preferred
Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role
Technical skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI, etc.)
Experience with Construction, Facilities or Contingent Labor
Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
Remarkable problem-solving skills
Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to communicate with all levels of internal personnel
Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
Ability to conduct all activities with the highest integrity
Benefits
Equity
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Short & long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Various other discounts and perks
Company
xAI
XAI is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$42.73BKey Investors
Neptune Digital AssetsSpaceXMorgan Stanley
2026-02-02Acquired
2026-01-06Series E· $20B
2025-12-11Secondary Market· $0.3M
Leadership Team
Greg Yang
Co-Founder
Yuhuai Wu
Co-Founder
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