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Procurement Manager

Oxide Computer Company· Operations
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Hybrid (Remote)$275kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Procurement Manager responsible for supplier relationships, negotiations, and ensuring availability aligns with build plans. Focus on category management for electronics components and mechanical components, interfacing with engineering, operations, and contract manufacturers to secure parts, manage risk, and optimize cost and lead times.

Responsibilities

  • Negotiate pricing, lead times, and long-term supply agreements with key component vendors
  • Track purchase price variance (PPV) and help finance and engineering understand cost drivers
  • Maintain up-to-date price lists, quotes, lead times, country of origin information, tariffs, and supplier commitments by part number and revision
  • Evaluate supplier quality, ensuring use of authorized distributors
  • Collaborate with our contract manufacturers (CMs) to translate production forecasts into material requirements and allocation plans
  • Work directly with suppliers to ensure availability, secure allocations, and preempt shortages for long-lead and critical parts
  • Track supplier performance on delivery, cost, and responsiveness, and escalate as needed to meet production timelines
  • Lead supplier negotiations while coordinating CM purchasing on our behalf
  • Reconcile material usage and purchasing activity between Oxide and our CM to ensure build readiness and cost accuracy
  • Define and improve procurement processes, documentation standards, and vendor onboarding workflows
  • Provide insight into market dynamics, sourcing alternatives, and risk mitigation strategies
  • Help define and improve procurement / material management processes and documentation standards
  • Work closely with planning and engineering to integrate part lifecycle, lead times, and inventory policies
  • Manage category scope and help define what focused category management looks like at Oxide

Qualifications

  • Experience managing procurement for complex hardware systems, either in electronics/server industry or mechanical enclosure components
  • Skilled in negotiating supplier agreements and securing commitments in constrained or single-source markets
  • Understanding of how contract manufacturers manage delegated procurement and material purchases
  • Enjoy digging into BOMs, spreadsheets, and quote packages to ensure numbers are accurate
  • Clear communication across engineering, operations, and finance
  • Organizational skills, persistence, and calm under pressure during long lead times or tight allocations
  • Ability to find creative sourcing solutions including unresponsive suppliers and end-of-life components
  • Curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable with ambiguity

Skills

Required:Procurement and supplier managementForecasting and capacity planningCost analysis and PPV trackingVendor quality and complianceBOM and ERP understanding

Benefits

  • Premium healthcare (medical PPO, dental, vision) with 100% premiums covered for employees and dependents
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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