Senior Global Supply Manager, Rack Systems

The role

You will build and manage the supplier base for rack-scale systems including power, liquid cooling, networking, servers, and rack infrastructure. You will select and contract suppliers, own rack-level cost, and ensure parts reach manufacturing partners and data center deployments on schedule.

What you will do

• Develop supplier strategy and select suppliers for power shelves, busbar, liquid cooling, switches, optics, servers, cabling, and rack structures.
• Negotiate pricing, volume commitments, long-term agreements, capacity, and IP terms.
• Build senior-level supplier relationships to protect lead times.
• Own the rack BOM cost view and cost-down roadmap.
• Select and contract rack parts directed to the manufacturing partner.
• Source rack-level and facility-side equipment for lab and customer deployments.
• Coordinate with colocation and facility partners.
• Qualify second sources and manage lead-time and obsolescence risk.
• Hold suppliers to quality and delivery targets.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of supply chain, commodity, or supplier management in data center hardware, power or thermal systems, networking, or server infrastructure.
• Proven record sourcing rack-scale systems or major subsystems such as power shelves, CDUs, switches, and servers.
• Working knowledge of OCP and ORv3 standards.
• Strong commercial negotiation experience including supply agreements, capacity reservations, volume commitments, and IP terms.
• Working knowledge of liquid cooling and high-density power architectures.
• Experience managing long-lead, allocation-constrained supply and escalating through senior supplier contacts.
• Clear communication across engineering, operations, and finance, with suppliers and partners in multiple time zones.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's in Engineering or a related technical discipline; alternatively Supply Chain, Business, or a related field with significant experience.
• MBA or Master's preferred.
• Experience in hyperscale or AI infrastructure supply chains.
• Experience with colocation or facility procurement and installation.
• Lean Six Sigma experience applied to supplier performance and cost reduction.

About the company

olix is seeking a Senior Global Supply Manager to manage the supplier base behind their rack-scale systems.