Sourcing Manager, Data Center Equipment
8+ months
Fremont, CA (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sourcing Manager to develop and manage strategic vendor partnerships for data center equipment, with a focus on robotics and automation technology. This role requires a strong background in supply chain management, complex negotiations, and a deep understanding of technology trends within the data center and automation space.

Responsibilities:

Vendor Strategy & Management:

• Develop and nurture strategic vendor relationships through effective relationship management, including implementing performance metrics (e.g., scorecards), conducting regular business reviews, and fostering collaboration to meet Meta’s commercial and technical requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of technology and industry trends for data center equipment, performing relevant market analysis.
• Drive supplier proposals (RFI/RFQ) and business awards.

Commercial and Financial Management:

• Develop and execute negotiation strategies, acceptable terms and conditions, and lead the negotiation team through to contract closure.
• Negotiate complex contracts, including Master Purchase Agreements (MPA), Master Service Agreements (MSA), and Statements of Work (SOW), demonstrating a strong grasp of key terms.
• Own market and actual cost data, including developing should-cost models for data center equipment.
• Resolve all commercial and technical queries arising from the quote process.

Operational Excellence & Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Ensure business metrics are achieved across the end-to-end process, from manufacturing to data center operation.
• Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing Quality, Strategic Engineering and Design, Global Site Sourcing, Data Center Facility Operations, Data Center Construction, and Connectivity.
• Manage operations and define and drive core business metrics and risk indicators for continuous improvement.
• Provide metrics for quarterly business reviews to assess supply chain health and forward-looking risk.
• Drive critical operations related to assurance of supply and capacity through partnership with the Demand/Supply team for accurate forecasting, materials management, qualification, reliability management, and supply allocation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent with 3-5 years of supply chain experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of Sourcing Management or Supply Chain Management experience in commercial sourcing roles.
• Proven analytical experience and demonstrated ability to guide teams to deliver results.
• Experience in improving supply chain and supplier performance, including the use of cost models and objective-based performance measures, particularly in the semiconductor/memory commodity.
• Extensive experience in contracts and contract negotiations, including contract strategy development and execution, with a focus on agreement closure.
• Proficiency in robotics and automation, with a strong understanding of supply chain processes and their integration with robotics technology.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS/MBA.
• Strong understanding of complex supply chain operations and processes, including forecasting, supplier qualification, allocation management, material management, and quality assurance.
• Specific experience in automation/robotics and warehouse/logistics.
• Specialized Requirements (Robotics/AI Sourcing Focus):

Requires a Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Analytics, Robotics and Automation, or a related field, and 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation, including experience in the following specific skills:

• 5 years of Material or production planning experience.
• 5 years experience with broad enterprise systems work, including SAP, Oracle, and custom applications.
• 5 years of working knowledge of SQL and and/or BI tools (Tableau/Power BI/Looker) to build and maintain supplier scorecards (quality, OTIF, lead time, defect rates, downtime impact, cost).
• 2 years experience negotiating software licensing models for robotics/AI (per-robot, per-site, usage-based, support/maintenance terms).
• 2 years experience defining contract and supplier requirements for AI systems, specifically addressing:
• Model performance metrics, test/validation methodology, update/rollback processes.
• Telemetry for model monitoring, and incident response protocols for safety-critical failures.
• Data governance requirements (data retention, access controls, auditability).

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 70.00/hr.