Commodity Manager, Mechanical

Fluidstack

1d•$155,000 - $199,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is hiring a Commodity Manager to own multi-year strategies for mechanical and cooling equipment categories, including chillers, coolant distribution units, air handlers, pumps, piping, and heat rejection. The role builds should-cost models and secures manufacturing capacity, slot reservations, lead times, and delivery schedules aligned with Fluidstack’s forward build pipeline. The Commodity Manager negotiates and executes Master Supply Agreements, Long-Term Agreements, and pricing amendments, working with Legal and Finance on price reviews, escalation clauses, and cost-down commitments. The role also manages supplier business reviews and scorecards, develops dual-source and geographic diversification plans, and partners with Mechanical Engineering on specifications, standardization, and design-for-cost decisions. Fluidstack describes its work environment as autonomous, urgent, and high-intensity, with long hours and a focus on building large-scale AI compute infrastructure.

Requirements

Experience building and owning commodity strategies for mechanical or HVAC equipment, such as chillers, air handlers, pumps, or liquid cooling systems.
Experience developing should-cost models that withstand supplier pushback.
Experience negotiating complex, multi-year supply agreements and capacity reservations with mechanical OEMs across global markets.
Experience using steel, copper, and refrigerant market data to structure escalation terms and anticipate pricing changes.
Experience running RFI, RFQ, and RFP processes end to end, from supplier qualification through contract signature.
Experience tracking supplier performance using scorecards covering quality, on-time delivery, and cost, and acting on the data to prevent schedule slips.
Experience using ERP and procurement platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, or equivalent to run sourcing events and spend analytics.

Nice To Haves

Mechanical engineering background.
Liquid cooling exposure.
Sourcing experience in data center or hyperscale infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

Own multi-year commodity strategies for mechanical and cooling equipment categories, including chillers, coolant distribution units, air handlers, pumps, piping, and heat rejection.
Build should-cost models that can withstand supplier pushback.
Secure manufacturing capacity, lead times, slot reservations, and delivery schedules for long-lead mechanical equipment against the forward build pipeline.
Negotiate and execute Master Supply Agreements, Long-Term Agreements, and pricing amendments.
Coordinate with Legal and Finance on price reviews, escalation clauses, and cost-down commitments.
Run Quarterly Business Reviews and maintain supplier scorecards tracking quality, on-time delivery, cost, and responsiveness.
Build dual-source and geographic diversification plans to address single-source risk.
Partner with Mechanical Engineering on specifications, standardization, and design-for-cost decisions, ensuring design changes have a qualified supply base.
Run RFI, RFQ, and RFP processes from supplier qualification through contract signature.
Use supplier performance data to address potential schedule slips before they occur.