Fluidstack ยท 1 month ago
Sourcing Manager, Infrastructure Supply Chain
Fluidstack is building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence, partnering with top AI labs and enterprises to unlock compute capabilities. The Sourcing Manager for Infrastructure Supply Chain will develop and execute sourcing strategies for essential equipment and services, while managing supplier relationships to optimize costs and ensure quality.
Cloud ComputingCloud StorageGenerative AIGPUInformation TechnologyMachine LearningPrivate CloudSoftware
Responsibilities
Analyze market trends, commodity pricing, technology roadmaps, and supply dynamics; provide market intelligence to engineering and business stakeholders on total cost of ownership, lead times, capacity, and innovation opportunities
Identify, evaluate, and qualify suppliers; manage relationships ensuring performance excellence in delivery, quality, cost, and innovation through scorecards, KPIs, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs)
Conduct competitive bidding, RFx processes, and negotiations with OEMs, ODMs, networking vendors and VARs
Lead contract negotiations including pricing, terms, SLAs, and warranties; manage MSAs, purchase agreements, and SOWs while ensuring compliance with procurement policies and governance requirements
Partner with capacity planning, engineering, and program management teams to forecast infrastructure needs and align procurement timelines with deployment schedules
Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for compute servers, storage, networking equipment (switches, routers, optics), core components (CPUs, GPUs, memory), and infrastructure services
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of sourcing, procurement, or category management in technology, IT hardware, or hyperscale/HPC environments
Experience with supply chain management, logistics, demand planning, and capacity forecasting in high-volume environments
Strong negotiation and contract management skills with proven track record delivering cost savings and business value
Excellent analytical, financial modeling, and stakeholder management skills; proficiency in Excel, data visualization tools, and procurement systems
Preferred
Master's degree (MBA) or advanced degree; 8+ years in strategic sourcing at hyperscale providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, OCI, Meta) or large technology companies
Deep understanding of datacenter infrastructure (compute servers, storage, networking, components)
Established relationships with OEMs (Dell, Supermicro, HPE etc.), networking equipment (Arista, Juniper, Cisco, etc.), core components (Intel, AMD, Nvidia etc.), and VARs, integrator, distributors, and various other service providers
Benefits
Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
Company
Fluidstack
FluidStack is an AI cloud platform for frontier labs and startups.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
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Seedcamp
2025-06-01Undisclosed
2024-10-01Private Equity
2018-02-01Pre Seed
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