Buyers & Purchasing Agents (Manufacturing)
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Hourly Salary:
USD 100 - 150
Posted:
24 October 2026 (5 days ago)
Application Deadline:
21 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Turing is looking for candidates with strong experience in procurement supply chain management and vendor negotiation.
Role overview:
- In this role you will contribute to projects that help evaluate and enhance AI systems using your procurement expertise and analytical decision-making skills.
- No prior AI experience is required.
- These projects will help you explore how AI can be leveraged to optimize sourcing improve forecasting and support data-driven purchasing decisions across global supply chains.
What does day-to-day look like:
- Design and solve real-world procurement and supply chain scenarios to test AI reasoning.
- Write clear structured solutions covering supplier evaluation cost analysis inventory management and contract negotiation.
- Evaluate AI responses for accuracy efficiency and strategic insight.
- Collaborate with researchers to refine AI understanding of sourcing strategies market analysis and purchasing workflows.
Requirements:
- 4 years of experience as a Buyer Procurement Specialist or Purchasing Agent.
- Candidates must have obtained a Bachelors degree in Business Administration Supply Chain Management Finance Economics or related fields.
- Strong understanding of supplier management pricing strategy and procurement systems (e.g. SAP Oracle Coupa).
- Comfortable using web-based tools for data review and annotation.
- Strong English communication and analytical reasoning skills.
Perks of freelancing with Turing:
- Strong compensation (exact amount varies by project).
- Fully remote work environment.
- Engagement type: Contractor assignment/freelancer potentially full-time.
- Duration of projects: approximately 1 month with the possibility for extension.
What Turing is NOT seeking from your expertise:
- Confidential or proprietary information from any employer university etc.
- Trade secrets or internal company or university data.
- Specific client information or case details.
- Any information that would violate NDAs employment agreements or other confidentiality obligations.
About Turing:
Based in San Francisco California Turing is the worlds leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing supports customers in two ways: first by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data advanced training pipelines plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding reasoning STEM multilinguality multimodality and agents; and second by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably deliver measurable impact and drive lasting results on the P&L.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
About Company
Build GenAI and other enterprise applications, train and enhance LLMs, or hire on-demand technical professionals with Turing.