Supplier Relationship Manager
Vultr is an active independent cloud-infrastructure company providing global compute, GPU, bare-metal, storage, Kubernetes, and serverless AI inference services.
About Vultr
Vultr provides globally available cloud infrastructure for developers, enterprises, and AI innovators, including Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, Cloud Storage, managed Kubernetes, and serverless inference.
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About the Role
You will develop and manage strategic supplier partnerships that support cloud infrastructure growth. You will act as the primary interface with key suppliers, negotiate pricing, capacity and contract terms, lead business reviews, and manage supplier performance and risk while working with Procurement, Engineering, Finance and Operations teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in supplier management, strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, vendor management
- Experience negotiating agreements and supplier contracts
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
- Experience working with executive stakeholders and supplier leadership teams
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic supplier engagement plans
- Build and maintain executive-level supplier relationships
- Secure manufacturing capacity and ensure supply continuity
- Negotiate pricing, capacity commitments, contract terms and SLAs
- Lead quarterly business reviews and governance meetings
- Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, Capacity Planning, Finance and Operations
- Analyze supplier performance metrics and risks
- Drive supplier accountability through scorecards and corrective action plans
- Develop supply assurance strategies
- Identify and assess supplier-related risks
- Influence supplier roadmaps and investment priorities
- Monitor market conditions and component availability
- Support long-range planning by aligning supplier capacity with demand
Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental and vision insurance premiums
- 401(k) with 100% match up to 4% and immediate vesting
- $2,500 annual professional development reimbursement
- 11 holidays plus PTO accrual and rollover
- Increased PTO at 3 and 10 year anniversaries
- 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
- Annual anniversary bonus
- $500 remote office stipend first year and $400 each following year
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company paid Wellable subscription