Procurement Manager

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - 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 manufacturers (CMs) 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

Required Skills

• - Experience managing procurement for complex hardware systems, either in the electronics / server industry or with a focus on mechanical enclosure components
• - Skilled negotiating supplier agreements and securing commitments in constrained or single-source markets
• - Understanding of how contract manufacturers manage delegated procurement and material purchases
• - Enjoy digging into BOMs, spreadsheets, and quote packages to make sure the numbers are right
• - Clear communication skills, especially when tracking issues across engineering, operations, and finance
• - Organized, persistent, and calm under pressure, especially when lead times stretch and allocations tighten
• - Motivated by getting the right parts, at the right time, for the right price
• - Creative solutions ranging from connecting with unresponsive suppliers to resolving component end of life
• - Curious, detail-oriented, and calm in the face of ambiguity or unexpected challenges

Benefits

• - Premium healthcare including the best medical PPO, dental, and vision plans with 100% of premiums covered for employees and dependents
• - Flexible working hours to support family and life outside of work
• - Remote-first work environment with required overlap with Pacific Time for at least four hours