Strategic Compute & Storage Procurement Lead

Radiant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Radiant in London is seeking a Principal Procurement Lead for Compute and Storage to own end-to-end procurement strategy, engage with OEMs, and manage multi-million dollar CapEx deals for GPU clusters, servers and storage.

You will collaborate with Architecture, Technical Operations and Finance to drive RFIs/RFPs, price books and BOM validation, while optimizing TCO and supplier performance for cutting-edge AI infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in strategic sourcing or technical supply chain.
• Direct negotiation with hardware OEMs on capital purchases above $10m.
• Ability to read server BOMs and challenge parts, optics and cables.
• Build CapEx and vendor cost models used by Finance.

Responsibilities

• Own category strategy for compute and storage, refreshed quarterly against the roadmap.
• Structure, issue and score RFIs and RFPs from requirements through to PO.
• Own the price book for every vendor in your category.
• Validate BOMs before PO and coordinate with Architecture, Operations, Commercial and Finance.
• Negotiate terms including volume discounts, maintenance, software, freight and delivery windows.
• Normalize competing bids into one CapEx position for Finance review of TCO and unit economics.
• Run quarterly supplier scorecards and manage escalation paths with vendor teams.
• Publish a monthly lead time and allocation view for Infrastructure and DC Development; flag slippage.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiations

Cost modeling

RFIs & RFPs

CapEx planning

TCO optimization

IT hardware know-how

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Excel

Cost modeling tools

Job description

Radiant in London is seeking a Principal Procurement Lead for Compute and Storage to own end-to-end procurement strategy, engage with OEMs, and manage multi-million dollar CapEx deals for GPU clusters, servers and storage.

You will collaborate with Architecture, Technical Operations and Finance to drive RFIs/RFPs, price books and BOM validation, while optimizing TCO and supplier performance for cutting-edge AI infrastructure projects.