Commodity Sourcing Manager – AI Infrastructure
Lambda· Data Center Business
Hybrid (San Jose Office (Zanker))$203k - $271kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Experienced Commodity Sourcing Manager to own sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, and supply assurance for critical commodities across Lambda's AI Data Center Supply Chain, spanning custom silicon, GPUs/CPUs, network hardware, power and cooling infrastructure, memory/storage, and more.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute sourcing strategy for assigned commodities within the AI infrastructure stack, including custom silicon, GPUs/CPUs, network hardware, power/cooling infrastructure, memory/storage, or other hardware categories that go into a GPU rack.
- Develop category strategies aligned to roadmap requirements, capacity forecasts, and long-term infrastructure growth.
- Identify and drive supply diversification, second-source development, and risk mitigation plans for constrained or fast-scaling categories.
- Build and maintain market intelligence across assigned commodities, including supply/demand dynamics, capacity constraints, technology roadmaps, and competitive landscape.
- Quickly ramp technical and market fluency in new commodity areas as business needs evolve.
- Lead commercial negotiations with hardware and component suppliers (master supply and purchase agreements, capacity commitments, pricing, NRE/design tooling, service terms).
- Build and execute negotiation strategies balancing cost, supply security, and flexibility; apply commercial rigor across commodity types.
- Partner with Legal and Finance to structure and finalize contracts and commercial terms.
- Manage day-to-day and executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers; lead supplier reviews, scorecards, escalation management, and performance improvement plans.
- Provide commodity market insight and recommendations to leadership on sourcing risk, cost trends, and supply strategy.
- Partner with Engineering and Hardware teams to translate technical/roadmap requirements into sourcing strategies.
- Support new product introductions, qualification timelines, and capacity ramps across GPU rack-level hardware.
- Develop and maintain supply continuity plans addressing cost optimization, capacity availability, lead-time constraints, and risk (geographic, geopolitical, supplier financial/operational).
- Proactively identify and mitigate supply risk across assigned commodities.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Commodity Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or Supply Chain roles with hardware or component categories relevant to data center or compute infrastructure (e.g., semiconductors, networking, power/cooling, memory/storage, mechanical/electrical systems).
- Experience negotiating and managing supply agreements with hardware component manufacturers, OEMs, or ODMs.
- Ability to quickly build technical fluency in new commodity or technology areas.
- Proven track record leading complex commercial negotiations and delivering measurable cost and supply outcomes.
- Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen.
- Experience operating in constrained, long-lead-time, high-growth supply environments.
- Ability to build effective relationships with senior supplier stakeholders and internal cross-functional partners.
Skills
Required:Sourcing strategyCommercial negotiationsSupplier managementTechnical fluency across hardware
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
- Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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