Commodity Manager, Electrical

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a senior supply chain professional to own and optimize commodity strategies for electrical equipment. You will build should-cost models, secure capacity, and negotiate long-term agreements with global OEMs.

You will drive end-to-end supplier processes, including RFI/RFQ/RFP events, spend analytics, and ERP-based sourcing, ensuring cost and delivery performance align with strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Built commodity strategies for electrical equipment with should-cost models that withstand supplier pushback.
• Negotiated multi-year supply agreements and capacity reservations with electrical OEMs across global markets.
• Used copper, aluminum and steel indices to structure escalation terms and anticipate price swings.
• Executed end-to-end RFI, RFQ and RFP processes from supplier qualification through contract signature.
• Worked inside ERP/procurement platforms to run sourcing events and spend analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year commodity strategies for electrical equipment categories and build should-cost models.
• Secure manufacturing capacity and lead times for long-lead electrical gear, locking slot reservations and delivery schedules.
• Negotiate and execute Master Supply Agreements and Long-Term Agreements with suppliers.
• Run Quarterly Business Reviews and supplier scorecards for quality, on-time delivery, cost, and responsiveness.
• Collaborate with Engineering on specifications and cost-down decisions behind design changes.

Skills

Commodity strategies

Supplier negotiation

RFI/RFQ/RFP processes

Spend analytics

ERP procurement platforms

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Ariba

Coupa

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

How We Operate

• Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.
• Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
• Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The Supply Chain Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Supply gigawatt-scale compute, the largest build out of compute in history. Qualify and dual-source across every critical equipment category, with lead-time and capacity thresholds tied directly to the forward build pipeline.
• Make supply chain the reason we build faster than anyone. Our modular build redefines speed in this industry, and it lives or dies on supply chain. Keep procurement permanently off the critical path so schedule compression stays our advantage, not our constraint.
• Build the most accurate supply chain prediction modelling that exists. Use the frontier of AI to forecast lead times, demand, and disruption with a precision the industry has never had, and turn that foresight into a structural edge.

Role Scope

• Own multi-year commodity strategies for electrical equipment categories (switchgear, transformers, UPS, busway, power distribution, and cabling), building should-cost models that hold up against supplier pushback.
• Secure manufacturing capacity and lead times for long-lead electrical gear, locking slot reservations and delivery schedules against the forward build pipeline.
• Negotiate and execute Master Supply Agreements, Long-Term Agreements, and pricing amendments, coordinating with Legal and Finance on price reviews, metals escalation clauses, and cost-down commitments.
• Run Quarterly Business Reviews and supplier scorecards tracking quality, on-time delivery, cost, and responsiveness, and build dual-source and geographic diversification plans to close out single-source risk.
• Partner with Electrical Engineering on specifications, standardization, and design-for-cost decisions so every design change lands with a qualified supply base behind it.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You've built and owned commodity strategies for electrical equipment such as switchgear, transformers, UPS, or power distribution, backed by should-cost models that survive supplier pushback.
• You've negotiated complex, multi-year supply agreements and capacity reservations with electrical OEMs across global markets.
• You use copper, aluminum, and steel indices to structure escalation terms and get ahead of pricing swings instead of reacting to them.
• You've run RFI, RFQ, and RFP processes end to end, from supplier qualification through contract signature.
• You track supplier performance with scorecards spanning quality, on-time delivery, and cost, and you act on the data before a slip reaches the schedule.
• You've worked inside ERP and procurement platforms (SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, or equivalent) enough to run sourcing events and spend analytics without hand-holding.
• Bonus: Electrical engineering background. Sourcing experience in data center, utility, or hyperscale infrastructure environments. Familiarity with UL, IEC, and IEEE standards for supplier qualification.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Compensation Range: $155K - $199K