LinkedIn · 1 week ago
Senior Manager - Supply Chain (OxM / Commodity / NPI management)
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$155K/yr - $257K/yr
10+ years expLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. They are seeking an experienced Sr. Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for commodity management and sourcing for LinkedIn’s global server and storage hardware portfolio.
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Responsibilities
Team Leadership - This role leads a team of commodity and sourcing managers, setting strategic priorities and building a high-performing organization. The manager is responsible for coaching, talent development, and ensuring the team has the capabilities required to support LinkedIn’s evolving hardware roadmap
Supplier & Vendor Management - The manager oversees executive-level relationships with key silicon, storage, ODM, OEM, and infrastructure suppliers. They lead business reviews, manage escalations, and ensure suppliers meet expectations on delivery, quality, and innovation
Commodity & Sourcing Strategy - The leader owns the overall sourcing and commodity strategy across CPUs, GPUs, memory, storage, and server hardware. They align these strategies with engineering roadmaps, datacenter expansion plans, and long-range capacity forecasts to ensure the company has a resilient and cost-efficient hardware supply base
NPI Lifecycle - Lead the execution of all New Product Introduction programs, managing cross-functional teams through design, validation, ramp, and full-scale deployment of infrastructure hardware
Cost & Commercial Ownership - This role drives major commercial negotiations, pricing agreements, and long-term contracts. It includes modeling cost structures, identifying savings opportunities, and ensuring competitive commercial terms across all hardware categories
Supply Assurance & Risk Management - The manager is accountable for securing supply for long-lead, high-demand hardware and proactively mitigating risks related to supply constraints, geopolitical factors, and component lifecycle transitions. They ensure supply availability does not block deployment timelines
Quality & Lifecycle Governance - The leader oversees hardware qualification, supplier quality performance, and corrective actions when needed. They manage technology transitions and EOL planning to minimize operational disruption while introducing new hardware capabilities
Cross-Functional Influence & Executive Alignment - This role partners closely with Engineering, Capacity Planning, Datacenter Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure alignment on hardware roadmaps and deployment readiness. The manager regularly presents strategy, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
10+ years in commodity management, hardware sourcing, semiconductor/memory strategy, or datacenter supply chain
5+ years leading teams (Manager or Senior Manager level). Leading cross functional technical programs or teams in a high scale environment
Experience in one or more hardware domains: silicon (CPU/GPU), memory, NAND/SSD, storage, or server platforms
Demonstrated success driving complex supplier negotiations and managing executive-level vendor relationships
Background in semiconductor economics, DRAM/NAND cycles, server architecture, and datacenter hardware design
Experience with building, scaling, and managing high-performing technical sourcing/commodity teams
Experience with hardware manufacturing, partnership with Hardware engineering and NPI team
Preferred
Experience with hyperscale infrastructure and data center hardware (Compute, GPU, Storage)
Experience with ODM/OEM server manufacturing, rack integration, or supply planning
Demonstrated ability to work closely with C-level executives, particularly in the OxM and Supplier space, to ensure alignment on NPI roadmaps and best in class pricing/availability
Background in product lifecycle management and NPI stage-gate processes
Experience with scaling hardware solutions from prototype to global deployment
Demonstrated strong communication skills with a track record of influencing executive stakeholders
Experience managing programs involving geographically distributed teams and vendors
Demonstrated ability to drive cost reduction, supply risk mitigation, and process standardization across NPI programs
Benefits
Generous health and wellness programs
Annual performance bonus
Stock
Benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans
Company
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create business connections, search for jobs, and find potential clients. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$154.8MKey Investors
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2016-06-13Acquired
2016-02-15Private Equity
2014-04-01Series Unknown
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