Strategic Hardware Procurement Lead

Altum Consulting; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Altum Consulting seeks a Procurement Category Manager - Hardware Sourcing to own the commercial strategy for hardware spend. You will partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to manage supplier relationships and navigate a dynamic tech supply base.

You will lead tenders, build pricing models, and negotiate terms with manufacturers, ensuring alignment with policy and governance while exploring automation to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technology procurement or category management.
• Experience buying servers, compute, storage and networking equipment at scale.
• Leading full sourcing projects solo from request to contract.
• Negotiating price, contract length, warranty and support terms.
• Understanding hardware supply chains, delivery times, stock constraints and refresh cycles.
• Building cost models and total cost comparisons.
• Translating engineering needs into a commercial plan for stakeholders.
• Experience across regions or business units with different priorities.
• Familiarity with Coupa or SAP Ariba.
• Relevant degree in business, supply chain, finance or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Build and roll out sourcing plans covering the full hardware portfolio.
• Run competitive tender processes for compute, storage, networking and related equipment, building pricing models and negotiation positions.
• Take ownership of relationships with major manufacturers and suppliers, agreeing pricing, warranty terms and support arrangements.
• Track supplier delivery, stock allocation and equipment lifecycles, flagging risks to supply.
• Sit alongside technical teams as their go-to person on sourcing, converting engineering plans into supplier decisions and cost comparisons.
• Coordinate with procurement peers across regions for consistent approaches.
• Stay close to the wider hardware market for pricing movement and availability risk.
• Keep procurement activity aligned to internal policy and governance with clean records.
• Explore automation and AI tools to reduce manual effort in routine sourcing tasks.

Skills

Hardware procurement

Category management

Negotiation

Vendor management

Supply chain knowledge

Cost modeling

Technical stakeholder liaison

Cross-region collaboration

Coupa / SAP Ariba

Industry knowledge (hardware)

Education

Degree in business or engineering

Procurement qualification

Tools

Coupa

SAP Ariba

Job description

Altum Consulting seeks a Procurement Category Manager - Hardware Sourcing to own the commercial strategy for hardware spend. You will partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to manage supplier relationships and navigate a dynamic tech supply base.

You will lead tenders, build pricing models, and negotiate terms with manufacturers, ensuring alignment with policy and governance while exploring automation to improve efficiency.