Global Supply Chain Manager- Contract Manufacturing

Mountain View, CA. Posted 4 months ago

The role

You will own contract-manufacturing procurement and supply for compute systems. You will manage CM/ODM relationships and partner with engineering to move hardware from prototype to high-volume production.

What you will do

Own the commercial relationship with CMs/ODMs including strategy, negotiation, cost, capacity, and supply continuity
Negotiate MSAs, MPAs, NDAs, and SOWs
Pick procurement models per program including consignment, directed buy/sell, or turnkey
Partner across the NPI lifecycle to keep builds on schedule
Run supply fundamentals including Clear-to-Build readiness, ABC shortage reports, and BOM/materials risk
Own procure-to-pay including PO creation, change management, and corrective action
Manage CM cost and commercial performance to protect margin

Required qualifications

First-hand relationships with the dominant CM/ODM players
System-level grasp of the HPC supply chain (cooling, backplanes, rack integration, server assembly, power)
Proven MSA/MPA/NDA/SOW negotiation with CMs/ODMs and a clear grasp of CM commercial models
Command of supply-chain fundamentals including Clear-to-Build, ABC shortage reports, materials risk and corrective action
Procure-to-pay proficiency and fluency with ERP/MRP/MES/PO systems
Comfort with ambiguity

Nice to have

Took complex electromechanical or data-center hardware from NPI to high-volume production with a CM/ODM
Familiarity with liquid-cooled / high-density compute or data-center infrastructure
Stood up a new CM relationship or transferred a program between manufacturers
Built or improved CTB / shortage-management processes
Business-level Mandarin

Benefits

equity grant per company guidelines
medical / dental / vision
401(k)
standard PTO

Before you apply

Work authorization is required at start
Aspects of this role may involve access to information subject to U.S. export controls (EAR/ITAR)

About the company

DensityAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.