Global Sourcing Manager, Mechanical
Own end-to-end sourcing and supplier qualification for mechanical categories (steel, fabrications, cooling components) to support massive AI data center manufacturing scale-up. Requires deep manufacturer-side sourcing experience, ability to read drawings/specs, secure capacity, and negotiate long-term agreements.
About the job
Role Scope
Own sourcing for mechanical categories feeding manufacturing: steel, fabrications, cooling components, and mechanical assemblies. Lock supply and lead times against the build plan, with capacity commitments that survive demand spikes. Qualify suppliers technically with engineering: first articles, PPAP-style approvals, and audits. Negotiate multi-year agreements that hold price and priority as volumes grow 10x.
What We're Looking For
You've sourced mechanical or fabricated categories for a manufacturer and owned the supplier relationships. You read drawings and specs well enough to challenge a quote line by line. You've qualified new suppliers under time pressure without skipping the steps that matter. You've secured capacity in constrained markets. You manage suppliers on data: on-time delivery, PPM, and lead-time performance.
Bonus: Steel and fabrication markets. Cooling and thermal components. Should-cost modeling. Supplier development.
Skills
Supplier Qualification, Ppap, Should-Cost Modeling, Steel Fabrication, Cooling Components, Thermal Management, Mechanical Assemblies, Supplier Negotiation, Supply Chain Forecasting, First Article Inspection
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