Strategic Buyer
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Etched is an AI-hardware company building rack-scale frontier inference clusters.
San Jose, United States
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About Etched
Etched co-designs chips, racks, software, and manufacturing systems for efficient inference of frontier AI models, targeting throughput, latency, cost, and power efficiency across prefill and decode workloads.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage purchasing across indirect and NPI spend, turning requests into RFQs, quotes, requisitions, and purchase orders. You will track orders, negotiate commercial terms, manage suppliers, coordinate with Finance and Accounts Payable, and improve procurement processes and tools.
Requirements
- Three to five years of experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain, NPI operations, manufacturing operations, or hardware startup operations.
- Experience issuing and tracking purchase orders, managing RFQs, negotiating with suppliers, and coordinating deliveries.
- Experience with NetSuite, Mesh, SAP, Ramp, or similar ERP or procurement tools.
- Familiarity with vendor onboarding, NDAs, W-9s, banking forms, and invoice and payment workflows.
- Written communication skills for suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Commercial analysis skills for evaluating pricing and quotes.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day purchasing across indirect and NPI spend.
- Convert internal requests into RFQs, quotes, requisitions, and accurate purchase orders.
- Track open orders through delivery and communicate status to stakeholders.
- Review quotes, negotiate pricing and terms, and manage shipping costs.
- Manage supplier relationships and set expectations for documentation, purchase orders, shipments, and payment terms.
- Partner with Accounts Payable and Finance on vendor setup, invoices, payments, and discrepancies.
- Improve procurement workflows, trackers, templates, and handoffs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage.
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits.
- Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for employees living within walking distance of the office.
- Relocation support for employees moving to San Jose.
- Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health.
- Daily lunch and dinner in the office.
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification.