Commodity Manager

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is seeking an experienced Commodity Manager / NPI Lead to support strategic sourcing, supplier management, NPI, and supply continuity for large-scale hardware programs.

The role partners with Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Finance, and manufacturing partners to ensure component readiness, competitive costs, and supply availability throughout the hardware lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in commodity management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, hardware procurement, or infrastructure supply chain.
• Experience in hardware, semiconductor, storage, compute, networking, or technology manufacturing environments.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commodity strategies, sourcing plans, and supplier engagement models for critical hardware components and subsystems.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and align demand forecasts, capacity, production readiness, and performance expectations.
• Monitor industry conditions, component availability, and market dynamics to inform sourcing decisions.
• Lead pricing analysis, cost optimization, negotiations, and long-term supply strategies with suppliers.
• Partner with Engineering during New Product Introduction (NPI) to ensure component readiness and sourcing alignment.
• Identify shortages, capacity constraints, supplier risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive supplier performance improvements across quality, cost, delivery, and responsiveness.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

NPI / New Product Introduction

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost analysis

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Supply Chain

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Commodity Manager / NPI Lead to support strategic sourcing, supplier management, New Product Introduction (NPI), and supply continuity across large-scale hardware and infrastructure programs.

This role will partner closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Finance, Manufacturing Partners, and strategic suppliers to ensure component readiness, competitive cost structures, supply availability, and successful execution throughout the hardware product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in hardware or technology supply chains, particularly within compute, storage, networking, semiconductor, memory, server, or data center environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commodity strategies, sourcing plans, and supplier engagement models for critical hardware components and subsystems.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and drive alignment around demand forecasts, capacity, production readiness, supply commitments, and performance expectations.
• Monitor industry conditions, component availability, technology transitions, capacity constraints, and market dynamics to inform sourcing and business decisions.
• Lead commercial discussions with suppliers, including pricing analysis, cost optimization, negotiations, and long-term supply strategies.
• Partner with Engineering during New Product Introduction (NPI) to ensure component readiness, qualification support, sourcing alignment, and successful manufacturing ramps.
• Identify potential material shortages, capacity constraints, supplier risks, and continuity issues, and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support hardware lifecycle initiatives including product refreshes, technology migrations, component transitions, and end-of-life activities.
• Drive supplier performance improvements across quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and operational execution.
• Partner with Planning, Operations, Finance, and Manufacturing teams to improve demand visibility, forecast accuracy, inventory efficiency, and deployment readiness.
• Develop executive-level reporting and clearly communicate supply, cost, quality, schedule, and business risks to senior stakeholders.
• Manage multiple sourcing and NPI programs simultaneously within a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in commodity management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, hardware procurement, or infrastructure supply chain.
• Demonstrated supplier-management experience within hardware, semiconductor, storage, compute, networking, server, or technology manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of:
• Component sourcing
• Supply and demand planning
• Forecasting
• Cost analysis
• Inventory and supply-risk management
• Experience supporting hardware development, NPI, product launches, or engineering-driven sourcing programs.
• Proven supplier negotiation and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate cost, supply, inventory, capacity, and operational risks.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Planning, Finance, Manufacturing, and external suppliers.
• Strong presentation and executive communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage several programs and competing priorities simultaneously.