Commodity Sourcing Manager
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AI infrastructure company that builds and operates large-scale compute and data-center infrastructure for frontier AI workloads.
Series BRecently funded
New York City, United States
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About Fluidstack
Fluidstack deploys AI compute infrastructure, including custom data centers and large-scale compute capacity, for AI labs, governments, and enterprises.
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About the Role
You will own multi-year commodity strategies for direct materials and develop should-cost models. You will lead supplier qualification and bidding events, negotiate supply agreements, manage supplier performance and sourcing risk, and deliver cost reductions with Engineering.
Requirements
- Experience owning multi-year commodity strategies for direct material categories
- Experience negotiating complex multi-year supply agreements and pricing amendments across global markets
- Experience running RFI, RFQ, RFP, and e-auction bidding events
- Experience tracking supplier performance across quality, delivery, and cost
- Knowledge of commodity indices and hedging mechanisms
- Demonstrated annual cost reduction through value engineering, demand aggregation, or supplier consolidation
- Experience using ERP and procurement platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, or Jaggaer
Responsibilities
- Own multi-year commodity strategies for direct material categories
- Build should-cost models
- Lead RFI, RFQ, RFP, and e-auction bidding events
- Qualify suppliers through structured assessments and site audits
- Negotiate and execute Master Supply Agreements, Long-Term Agreements, and pricing amendments
- Run Quarterly Business Reviews and supplier scorecards
- Build dual-source and geographic-diversification plans
- Deliver annual cost-reduction targets through value engineering, demand aggregation, and supplier consolidation
- Partner with Engineering on design-for-cost decisions
Benefits
- Equity for full-time roles