Senior Manager Supply Chain (OxM Commodity NPI management)

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This role will be based in Mountain View CA.

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for commodity management and sourcing for LinkedIns global server and storage hardware portfolio. This role directly influences LinkedIns multibillion-dollar hardware strategyshaping technology adoption securing long-lead supply reducing cost and ensuring continuity of compute capacity across all datacenter regions

You will lead the team that manage global OxM and Supplier relationships negotiate pricing and supply evaluate emerging technologies and create sourcing strategies for CPUs GPUs DRAM NAND NVMe/SSD HDD NICs motherboards etc. You will be the connective tissue between Engineering Capacity Planning Supply Planning Finance and Datacenter Operations ensuring the fleet has the right hardware at the right time and the right cost.

This is a highly strategic cross-functional and externally visible role with material impact on LinkedIns growth and infrastructure readiness.

Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership - This role leads a team of commodity and sourcing managers setting strategic priorities and building a high-performing organization. The manager is responsible for coaching talent development and ensuring the team has the capabilities required to support LinkedIns evolving hardware roadmap.
• Supplier & Vendor Management - The manager oversees executive-level relationships with key silicon storage ODM OEM and infrastructure suppliers. They lead business reviews manage escalations and ensure suppliers meet expectations on delivery quality and innovation.
• Commodity & Sourcing Strategy - The leader owns the overall sourcing and commodity strategy across CPUs GPUs memory storage and server hardware. They align these strategies with engineering roadmaps datacenter expansion plans and long-range capacity forecasts to ensure the company has a resilient and cost-efficient hardware supply base.
• NPI Lifecycle - Lead the execution of all New Product Introduction programs managing cross-functional teams through design validation ramp and full-scale deployment of infrastructure hardware.
• Cost & Commercial Ownership - This role drives major commercial negotiations pricing agreements and long-term contracts. It includes modeling cost structures identifying savings opportunities and ensuring competitive commercial terms across all hardware categories.
• Supply Assurance & Risk Management - The manager is accountable for securing supply for long-lead high-demand hardware and proactively mitigating risks related to supply constraints geopolitical factors and component lifecycle transitions. They ensure supply availability does not block deployment timelines.
• Quality & Lifecycle Governance - The leader oversees hardware qualification supplier quality performance and corrective actions when needed. They manage technology transitions and EOL planning to minimize operational disruption while introducing new hardware capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Influence & Executive Alignment - This role partners closely with Engineering Capacity Planning Datacenter Operations Finance and Supply Chain to ensure alignment on hardware roadmaps and deployment readiness. The manager regularly presents strategy risks and recommendations to senior leadership.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering or related field
• 10 years in commodity management hardware sourcing semiconductor/memory strategy or datacenter supply chain.
• 5 years leading teams (Manager or Senior Manager level). Leading cross functional technical programs or teams in a high scale environment.
• Experience in one or more hardware domains: silicon (CPU/GPU) memory NAND/SSD storage or server platforms.
• Demonstrated success driving complex supplier negotiations and managing executive-level vendor relationships.
• Background in semiconductor economics DRAM/NAND cycles server architecture and datacenter hardware design.
• Experience with building scaling and managing high-performing technical sourcing/commodity teams.
• Experience with hardware manufacturing partnership with Hardware engineering and NPI team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hyperscale infrastructure and data center hardware (Compute GPU Storage).
• Experience with ODM/OEM server manufacturing rack integration or supply planning.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with C-level executives particularly in the OxM and Supplier space to ensure alignment on NPI roadmaps and best in class pricing/availability
• Background in product lifecycle management and NPI stage-gate processes.
• Experience with scaling hardware solutions from prototype to global deployment.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills with a track record of influencing executive stakeholders.
• Experience managing programs involving geographically distributed teams and vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cost reduction supply risk mitigation and process standardization across NPI programs.

Suggested Skills:

• Systems Thinking
• Cross-functional Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Hardware Infrastructure

You will Benefit from our Culture:

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The pay range for this role is $155000 to $257000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.  

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit Information :

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