# Global Sourcing Manager, Mechanical

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $239k – $278k/yr
**Skills:** supplier qualification, ppap, should-cost modeling, steel fabrication, cooling components, thermal management, mechanical assemblies, supplier negotiation, supply chain forecasting, first article inspection
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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