Supplier Relationship Manager

The role

The Supplier Relationship Manager develops and manages strategic supplier partnerships to support infrastructure growth. This role interfaces with key suppliers to focus on strategy, capacity planning, pricing negotiation, and risk mitigation.

What you will do

• Develop and execute strategic supplier engagement plans.
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with key suppliers.
• Engage suppliers to secure manufacturing capacity and ensure continuity of supply.
• Perform commercial negotiations for pricing, capacity, contracts, and service level agreements.
• Lead quarterly business reviews and governance meetings.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, Capacity Planning, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Analyze supplier performance metrics, delivery trends, and operational risks.
• Drive supplier accountability through performance scorecards and corrective action plans.
• Develop supply assurance strategies to mitigate shortages and disruptions.
• Identify and assess supplier-related risks.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field.
• 10+ Years of experience in supplier management, strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, vendor management.
• Experience negotiating agreements and supplier contracts.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders and supplier leadership teams.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with hyperscale cloud, data center infrastructure, or technology OEM ecosystem, including organizations such as Dell, NVIDIA, HPE, Supermicro, Intel, AMD, or comparable companies

Benefits

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
• Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
• 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
• Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary
• 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
• Anniversary Bonus each year
• $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
• Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
• Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
• Company paid Wellable subscription

About the company

Vultr is a high-performance cloud infrastructure company with 33 global cloud data center locations. It is the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company.