Global Sourcing Manager, Networking & Hardware

Role Scope

Own the networking hardware category: switches, routers, and DPUs for fabrics connecting 100k+ accelerator clusters. Negotiate supply agreements with networking OEMs covering price, lead time, and roadmap access. Dual-source critical switch platforms and manage the qualification burden that dual-sourcing creates. Align buy plans with network engineering roadmaps so hardware generations land when designs need them, not after.

Responsibilities

• Supply tens of gigawatts of compute, the largest build out of compute in history.
• Qualify and dual-source across every critical equipment category, with lead-time and capacity thresholds tied directly to the forward build pipeline.
• Make supply chain the reason we build faster than anyone. Our modular build redefines speed in this industry, and it lives or dies on supply chain.
• Keep procurement permanently off the critical path so schedule compression stays our advantage, not our constraint.
• Build the most accurate supply chain prediction modelling that exists. Use the frontier of AI to forecast lead times, demand, and disruption with a precision the industry has never had, and turn that foresight into a structural edge.

Requirements

• You've sourced networking hardware at scale from major OEMs.
• You've handled end-of-life and generation transitions without stranding inventory or stalling builds.
• You understand enough of the technology (optics, ASICs, port speeds) to negotiate credibly with product teams.
• You keep firmware, licensing, and support terms from becoming the expensive surprise later.

Nice-to-Haves

• AI/HPC fabric hardware.
• White-box and ODM switching.
• Optics supply chains.
• Vendor financing structures.