Senior Procurement Category Manager

IMC is seeking a highly skilled and driven Senior Procurement Category Manager to support our rapidly expanding hardware deployments. As IMC grows this role will be central to sourcing the hardware infrastructure components and fostering supplier relationships that enable high-performance computing at scale.

You will partner on a daily basis with the local data center research cluster and cross functional teamsincluding Platform Network Engineering and Financeto ensure IMC is equipped with the right hardware at the right time and with the right commercial terms. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in data centers and enterprise hardware sourcing strong negotiation skills and an ability to operate in highly technical domains such as GPU deployments liquid cooling systems and high-density compute environments.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for data centerrelated hardware including GPU hosts high-density compute systems networking gear storage power delivery systems and (liquid) cooling components.
• Work daily with the Data Center teams to understand upcoming buildout requirements expansion timelines cooling and power needs and hardware deployment schedules.
• Conduct RFI/RFP/RFx processes for data center buildout hardware GPU solutions liquid cooling systems and ancillary infrastructure.
• Negotiate OEM and VAR agreements enterprise pricing channel incentives lead-time structures and service-level requirements.
• Coordinate closely with Legal Risk Finance and Engineering teams to finalize commercial and contractual terms.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with GPU manufacturers system integrators liquid cooling providers server OEMs and DC infrastructure vendors.
• Oversee supplier performance pricing changes allocation updates and roadmap communication.
• Coordinate with Procurement Operations and Data Center PM on purchase order timing delivery logistics and inventory expectations.
• Right-size contracts through competitive bidding market analysis negotiation and supplier performance management.
• Monitor trends in GPU supply constraints liquid cooling adoption data center thermal management power density requirements and HPC ecosystem developments.
• Provide guidance to engineering and operations teams on market dynamics influencing cost availability and technology selection.
• Analyze spend usage patterns and supplier KPIs to inform sourcing decisions.
• Build and maintain long-term strategic relationships with key OEMs VARs and emerging technology vendors.
• Meet regularly with suppliers to review SLAs delivery performance pricing structures and upcoming product changes.
• Collaborate with global teams to identify opportunities for consolidated purchasing global leverage and shared sourcing strategies across compute and infrastructure categories.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Engineering and Operations across the full hardware sourcing lifecycle.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Finance Supply Chain or related field.
• 7 years of experience in procurement sourcing or category management with significant focus on data center hardware HPC environments or enterprise compute.
• Extensive experience sourcing data center buildout hardware including:
• GPU servers and high-density compute
• Network switches and storage
• Power and cooling infrastructure components
• Liquid cooling systems cold plates manifolds and related thermal management systems
• Proven ability to negotiate complex enterprise hardware agreements including pricing allocation terms lifecycle support and VAR channel structures.
• Experience collaborating closely with technical teams to translate requirements into sourcing plans.
• Strong project management skills supporting concurrent deployments across multiple data centers.
• Exceptional attention to detail strong analytical capabilities and experience with sourcing tools contract systems and spend analytics.
• Proven communication and collaboration skills especially when working across engineering procurement and vendor ecosystems.
• Up-to-date knowledge of global compute GPU and data center infrastructure market trends including supply chain constraints OEM roadmaps and emerging cooling technologies.
• Familiarity with structured sourcing methodologies (e.g. 7-step sourcing) and commitment to process improvement.

**Business Support Only**

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.