Procurement and Inventory Manager

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Be the primary point of contact for procurement at Oxide Computer Company
• - Negotiate pricing, lead times, and long-term supply agreements with key component vendors
• - Track purchase price variance (PPV) and help finance and engineering understand cost drivers
• - Maintain up-to-date price lists, quotes, lead times, country of origin information, tariffs, and supplier commitments by part number and revision
• - Evaluate supplier quality, ensuring use of authorized distributors
• - Collaborate with our contract manufacturer (CM) to translate production forecasts into material requirements and allocation plans
• - Work directly with suppliers to ensure availability, secure allocations, and preempt shortages for long-lead and critical parts
• - Track supplier performance on delivery, cost, and responsiveness, and escalate as needed to meet production timelines
• - Lead supplier negotiations while coordinating CM purchasing on our behalf
• - Reconcile material usage and purchasing activity between Oxide and our CM to ensure build readiness and cost accuracy
• - Define and improve procurement processes, documentation standards, and vendor onboarding workflows
• - Provide insight into market dynamics, sourcing alternatives, and risk mitigation strategies
• - Own inventory strategy for consigned and CM-procured material across locations
• - Maintain accurate, version-controlled costed bill of materials (BOM) for all active products, tied to actual supplier quotes
• - Work with finance to establish standard BOM cost and with the broader operations team to align on build readiness
• - Monitor component lifecycle status and manage end of life (EOL) transitions with engineering
• - Track and manage excess & obsolete (E&O) material risk
• - Coordinate with logistics and planning to ensure accurate inventory movements and allocations
• - Help define and improve procurement and inventory processes, documentation standards, and ERP workflows
• - Work closely with planning and engineering to integrate part lifecycle, lead times, and inventory policies

Required Skills

• - Experience managing both procurement and inventory for complex hardware systems
• - Skilled at negotiating supplier agreements and securing commitments in constrained or single-source markets
• - Understanding of how contract manufacturers manage inventory and purchasing
• - Enjoy digging into BOMs, spreadsheets, and quote packages to ensure accuracy
• - Clear communication skills, especially when tracking issues across engineering, operations, and finance
• - Organized, persistent, and calm under pressure
• - Motivated by getting the right parts, at the right time, for the right price
• - Ability to find creative solutions for supplier issues and component end of life
• - Curious, detail-oriented, and calm in the face of ambiguity or unexpected challenges

Benefits

• - Remote first work environment
• - Flexible working hours
• - Premium healthcare with 100% coverage for employees and dependents
• - Competitive salary