Job Title
: Head of Procurement
Location
: Mumbai
Job Type:
Onsite - Work from office
About Neysa
Neysa is an AI Acceleration Cloud System provider, dedicated to democratizing AI adoption with purpose-built platforms and services for AI-native applications and workloads. Co-founded by industry leaders, we empower businesses to discover, deploy, and scale Generative AI (Gen AI) and AI use cases securely and cost-effectively. Our flagship platforms—Neysa Velocis, Neysa Overwatch, and Neysa Aegis—accelerate AI deployment, optimize network performance, and safeguard AI/ML landscapes. We are committed to enabling AI-led innovation across industries and geographies
About The Role
As the
Head - Procurement
at Neysa.ai, you will build and lead a high-impact, modern procurement function from the ground up—crafting sourcing strategies, vendor partnerships, and operational systems that power our AI-first and cloud-native future.This role is both strategic and operational. You’ll be responsible for shaping Neysa’s sourcing roadmap across complex categories like compute infrastructure (GPUs, servers), cloud credits, SaaS tools, professional services, and specialized AI partnerships. In a fast-moving ecosystem where scale and agility are paramount, you’ll bring clarity, control, and commercial advantage to every procurement decision.You’ll work closely with business, engineering, and finance leaders to forecast needs, optimize cost structures, ensure compliance, and deliver long-term value through data-driven sourcing and negotiation strategies. If you’re excited by the challenge of building procurement in a high-growth AI tech company—this is your opportunity to lead from the front.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Sourcing & Category Ownership
- Build and execute Neysa’s end-to-end procurement strategy across CapEx and OpEx.
- Lead sourcing for high-priority categories: GPUs, cloud credits, servers, networking equipments, SaaS platforms, and consulting services.
- Define procurement policies and build lightweight, scalable governance frameworks that balance structure with agility.
- Forecast category demand in partnership with all functional teams.
- Manage and mentor procurement teams, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
- Vendor & Ecosystem Management
- Identify, evaluate, and engage with high-value strategic partners, global suppliers, and niche vendors.
- Lead commercial negotiations, pricing discussions, and contract finalisation with a focus on TCO and flexibility.
- Establish vendor scorecards and feedback loops for ongoing performance management.
- Develop alternate supplier strategies to mitigate risks and ensure continuity.
- Procurement Intelligence, Digitisation & Compliance
- Implement procurement automation through ERP or lightweight tools; explore AI-led platforms to drive efficiencies.
- Build real-time dashboards and spend visibility systems for Finance and leadership.
- Partner with Legal and Finance to ensure regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and audit readiness.
- Drive data-backed insights into sourcing decisions and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Build-Mode Leadership
- As the first procurement leader at Neysa, you’ll operate as a strategic individual contributor with the mandate to build a scalable function.
- Design scalable SOPs, documentation processes, and vendor onboarding play books.
- Responsible for scaling procurement operations across geographies and verticals.
What You Bring
- 15+ years of procurement experience in tech, cloud, datacenter or high-growth enterprise environments.
- Proven ability to handle strategic sourcing in areas like cloud infra, SaaS, hardware, and AI/ML services.
- Strong commercial acumen with expertise in negotiation, contract structuring, and vendor governance.
- Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills to articulate complex technical and procurement strategies.
- Experience in scaling procurement systems using ERP tools (SAP, Oracle, Coupa, etc.) or modern procurement stacks.
- Deep understanding of the tech vendor ecosystem and regulatory frameworks around high-value sourcing.
- Bias for action, builder’s mindset, and a pragmatic approach to working in evolving environments.
Why Join Neysa?
Neysa.ai is reimagining how businesses build and deploy AI at scale—and your role will directly impact how efficiently we operate, partner, and scale in this journey. This is your chance to build a procurement function that’s not just operational but transformational.You’ll have the runway to make critical sourcing decisions, influence long-term vendor strategy, and eventually build a procurement team from scratch. If you want to create tangible impact at the intersection of AI, cloud, and commercial excellence—this is the role for you.
Build the backbone of AI acceleration. Build it at Neysa.
