# Commodity Sourcing Manager – AI Infrastructure **Company**: Lambda **Location**: San Jose, California **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $203K - $271K **Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lambda/f349200b-3a76-4721-9b16-2b469ee5d5f5?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c543172e-f41 ## Description Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU. If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us. We are seeking an experienced Commodity Sourcing Manager to own sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, and supply assurance for critical commodities across our rapidly growing AI Data Center Supply Chain. This individual contributor role owns the end-to-end commercial and sourcing relationship for a defined commodity or set of commodities within the AI compute ecosystem , spanning categories such as custom silicon, GPUs/CPUs, network hardware, power and cooling infrastructure (CDUs, PDUs, racks), and memory/storage. **Responsibilities** - Commodity Sourcing Strategy: Own and execute sourcing strategy for assigned commodities within the AI infrastructure stack, which may include custom silicon, GPUs/CPUs, network hardware, power/cooling infrastructure, memory/storage, or other hardware categories that go into a GPU rack. - Develop category strategies aligned to roadmap requirements, capacity forecasts, and long-term infrastructure growth, regardless of the specific technology domain. - Identify and drive supply diversification, second-source development, and risk mitigation plans for constrained or fast-scaling categories. - Build and maintain market intelligence across assigned commodities, including supply/demand dynamics, capacity constraints, technology roadmaps, and competitive landscape. - Quickly ramp technical and market fluency in new commodity areas as business needs and assignments evolve. **Commercial Negotiation & Contracting** - Lead commercial negotiations with hardware and component suppliers, including master supply and purchase agreements, capacity commitments and allocation frameworks, pricing, cost-downs, and cost structures. - Build and execute negotiation strategies that balance cost, supply security, and flexibility, applying consistent commercial rigor across different commodity types. - Partner with Legal and Finance to structure and finalize contracts and commercial terms. **Supplier Management** - Manage day-to-day and executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers across assigned commodities. - Lead supplier business reviews, scorecards, escalation management, and performance improvement plans. - Partner with suppliers on capacity planning, allocation, roadmap alignment, and supply readiness. **CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP** - Partner with Engineering and Hardware teams to translate technical and roadmap requirements into sourcing and commercial strategies, regardless of the underlying technology. - Work with Supply Chain Planning to align supplier capacity and lead times with demand forecasts. - Support new product introductions, qualification timelines, and capacity ramps across GPU rack-level hardware. **Risk, Cost & Supply Resilience** - Develop and maintain supply continuity plans that address cost optimization, capacity availability and allocation risk, lead-time and component-level constraints, geographic and geopolitical risk, and supplier financial and operational risk. - Proactively identify and mitigate supply risk across assigned commodities, adapting risk frameworks to the specific dynamics of each category. **Requirements** - 8+ years of experience in Commodity Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or Supply Chain roles, with experience across one or more hardware or component categories relevant to data center or compute infrastructure. - Demonstrated experience negotiating and managing supply agreements with hardware component manufacturers, OEMs, or ODMs. - Ability to quickly build technical fluency in new commodity or technology areas. - Proven track record leading complex commercial negotiations and delivering measurable cost and supply outcomes. - Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen. - Experience operating in constrained, long-lead-time, high-growth supply environments. - Ability to build effective relationships with senior supplier stakeholders and internal cross-functional partners. **Nice To Have** - Experience sourcing across multiple commodity types within AI/ML or hyperscale data center infrastructure. - Demonstrated versatility moving between commodity domains over the course of a career, rather than deep specialization in a single technology. - Experience supporting hyperscale data center or AI infrastructure programs. - Background partnering with hardware/systems engineering teams on NRE, qualification, or co-development agreements. - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field; advanced degree a plus. **What We Offer** - Competitive salary: $203K - $271K - Generous cash & equity compensation - Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents - Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles - 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees) - Flexible paid time off plan ## Skills ### Required - Commodity Management - Strategic Sourcing - Procurement - Supply Chain - Negotiation - Contracting - Supplier Management ### Nice to have - AI/ML - Hyperscale data center - Hardware engineering - NRE - Qualification - Co-development agreements --- Source: [Apply at jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lambda/f349200b-3a76-4721-9b16-2b469ee5d5f5?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)