Olix
Senior Global Supply Manager, Contract Manufacturing
Austin, TX. Posted 2 days ago
The role
You will own the relationship with the primary contract manufacturing and joint development partner. You will manage the commercial strategy, procurement model, and build readiness for compute trays and rack-scale systems.
What you will do
- Serve as the single commercial point of contact to the contract manufacturing partner
- Negotiate and manage development and supply agreements, pricing, capacity reservations, and long-term commitments
- Define how material is bought and supplied to the build
- Partner with Engineering and Operations on NPI, factory setup, build schedules, test readiness, and ramp to volume
- Manage material, capacity, and logistics through high-volume production
- Handle forecasting, allocation, and escalation on constrained parts
Required qualifications
- 8+ years of supply chain, contract manufacturing, or supplier management in electronics, semiconductor, data center hardware, or advanced manufacturing
- Proven success managing a strategic EMS, ODM, or JDM relationship from NPI through volume ramp on complex systems such as servers, networking, or power hardware
- Strong commercial negotiation experience: MSAs, SOWs, BOM-transparent pricing models, capacity agreements, and long-term supply agreements
- Working knowledge of EMS operations: BOM management, MRP and purchasing models, consigned and directed-buy material, in-circuit and functional test, and factory ramp
- Deep command of supplier performance, quality, and risk management in global manufacturing environments
- Exceptional communication and influence skills across executives and engineers
- Ability to work across multiple time zones
- Willingness to travel regularly to manufacturing sites
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 with liquid-cooled or high-power rack-scale system manufacturing
- Prior experience working inside or alongside a large JDM, ODM, or EMS provider
- Lean Six Sigma experience applied to supplier performance and factory operations
About the company
olix seeks a Senior Global Supply Manager to own the relationship with their primary contract manufacturing and joint development partner.