# Technical Sourcing Manager, Network Hardware

**Company**: Cloudflare
**Location**: Hybrid
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: €41,000 - €56,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Global Commodity Sourcing Manager to lead our commercial hardware engagement and strategic silicon procurement for Cloudflare's 200+ data centers. You will drive ambitious goals around technology cost, quality, and supply while partnering with key internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

- Strategic Sourcing: Own procurement efforts across network hardware, including routers, switches and interconnect commodities.

- Vendor Negotiation: Develop long-term Total Cost of Ownership targets and lead complex, multi-party negotiations to hit vital supply goals.

- Supplier Quality: Oversee adherence to delivery terms of network maintenance and support contracts , manage yearly contracts with most up-to-date asset inventory lists.

- Cross-Functional Leadership: Introduce robust evaluation processes (e.g., RFX, QBR) for vendors and partner closely with hardware engineering on new technologies.

- Deployment Oversight: Coordinate global infrastructure installations by managing inflow of supply from hardware manufacturers against latest worldwide deployment schedules.

- Process Optimization: Aggressively seek automation opportunities and assist with the definition of consistent physical deployment processes across all datacenter regions.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

- Industry Experience: 5 years of experience working with networking equipment OEMs.

- Operational Execution: Direct experience executing complex datacenter infrastructure projects in a rapidly changing environment.

- Technical & Commercial Acumen: Deep understanding of the commercial benefits of hardware technologies, paired with practical knowledge of physical datacenter networking.

- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to translate complex details to both technical and non-technical, internal and external stakeholders.

- Innovative Mindset: Demonstrated "AI-native curiosity" with an instinct to spot normalized problems and create solutions using the latest tools.

- AI Tool Proficiency: Basic experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., generative AI, LLMs, or AI-driven data analytics) to optimize daily workflows, summarize vendor contracts, or accelerate data analysis.

- Analytical Background: An engineering or heavy analytical background to support deep-dive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling.

Compensation: Estimated annual salary of €41,000 - €56,000 for Portugal-based hires.

Benefits:

- Health & Welfare Benefits: Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Spending Accounts, Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program, Global Travel Medical Insurance.

- Financial Benefits: Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Stock Participation Plan.

- Time Off: Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave, Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave.

## Skills

### Required
- networking equipment OEMs
- datacenter infrastructure projects
- hardware technologies
- physical datacenter networking
- communication
- AI tools
- data analytics
- engineering

### Nice to have
- Advanced Education
- AI Hardware Knowledge
- Program Management
- Software Familiarity

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