Technical Sourcing Manager - Storage and Components

CoreWeave•Sunnyvale, CA

9h•$161 - $237•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Technical Sourcing Manager, Storage and Components, you’ll be the commercial lead for critical components for AI hardware systems and products powering our cutting-edge data center deployments. You’ll spearhead strategic sourcing initiatives, build robust supplier relationships, and ensure supply chain resilience by developing diverse sourcing options. Your expertise will be vital in navigating the hardware landscape, leading complex negotiations, and collaborating with engineering teams to shape business and technology roadmaps. Leveraging your deep industry knowledge and strategic supplier connections, you’ll optimize the total cost of ownership for our rapidly expanding global infrastructure. You’ll lead cross-functional teams through the supplier selection process for new platforms and components, secure favorable agreements, and continuously assess supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and technology alignment. In this role, you will develop, implement, and refine comprehensive sourcing strategies and roadmaps to drive continuous improvement across components and third party storage, maintain a pulse on emerging technologies and industry trends to conduct insightful competitive analyses, cultivate and nurture strong relationships with leadership at core suppliers, and lead complex supplier negotiations, manage RFQs/RFPs, and finalize business awards. You will also own and implement Master Supply Agreements and statements of work, drive commercial engagements for prototype sourcing and development, support seamless transitions from NPI to mass production ensuring continuity of supply, and propose and implement innovative supply chain enhancements to drive efficiency and cost savings.

Requirements

5+ years of proven experience in data center, hyperscaler, cloud service provider, or AI system hardware supply chain and related industries.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or Business Administration. Equivalent experience in high-tech commodity management will be considered.
Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into tangible results and drive execution.
Exceptional negotiation, influencing, and consensus-building skills.
Experience collaborating effectively with internal and external partners in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
Strong understanding of "should cost" modeling and value analysis.
Proven experience partnering with C-suite executives and key supplier stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a technical, engineering field, or Business Administration.

Responsibilities

Spearhead strategic sourcing initiatives.
Build robust supplier relationships.
Ensure supply chain resilience by developing diverse sourcing options.
Navigate the hardware landscape.
Lead complex negotiations.
Collaborate with engineering teams to shape business and technology roadmaps.
Optimize the total cost of ownership for our rapidly expanding global infrastructure.
Lead cross-functional teams through the supplier selection process for new platforms and components.
Secure favorable agreements.
Continuously assess supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and technology alignment.
Develop, implement, and refine comprehensive sourcing strategies and roadmaps to drive continuous improvement across components and third party storage.
Maintain a pulse on emerging technologies and industry trends to conduct insightful competitive analyses.
Cultivate and nurture strong relationships with leadership at core suppliers.
Lead complex supplier negotiations, manage RFQs/RFPs, and finalize business awards.
Own and implement Master Supply Agreements and statements of work.
Drive commercial engagements for prototype sourcing and development.
Support seamless transitions from NPI to mass production ensuring continuity of supply.
Propose and implement innovative supply chain enhancements to drive efficiency and cost savings.