Lead, Hardware Supply Chain for AI Compute

Socrates Systems Inc; United States; À distance; USD 170 000 - 250 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) or equivalent

Flexible time off

Company-wide summer and winter breaks

Résumé du poste

Socrates is seeking a Procurement & Supply Chain Lead to build and own the hardware supply chain behind our AI compute infrastructure. You’ll source GPUs, servers, compute appliances, networking gear, and critical components, establishing manufacturing partnerships that scale.

You’ll negotiate with manufacturers, optimize cost, quality, and delivery, and drive end-to-end supply chain strategy from zero to production, with ownership and speed to market.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in hardware supply chain, strategic sourcing, or manufacturing operations.
• Built and scaled hardware sourcing and manufacturing operations.
• Delivered measurable improvements in costs, availability, capacity, lead times, or supplier performance.
• Experience across hardware lifecycle: sourcing, qualification, negotiations, manufacturing, NPI, ramp.
• Established relationships with component manufacturers, OEMs, ODMs, and contract manufacturers.
• Deep understanding of hardware economics and BOM cost analysis.
• Able to develop sourcing strategy and negotiate agreements.
• Built capabilities from zero and driven rapid, lean scale.

Responsabilités

• Own sourcing for GPUs, servers, compute appliances, networking gear, and critical components.
• Build and maintain direct relationships with semiconductor manufacturers, distributors, OEMs, ODMs, and contract manufacturers.
• Lead supplier selection, qualification, and commercial negotiations including pricing, deposits, terms, and long-term agreements.
• Select and manage manufacturing partners for system assembly, integration, testing, and delivery.
• Own hardware economics across BOMs, manufacturing costs, and total landed cost per system.
• Translate demand into sourcing strategies, forecasts, and schedules; manage inventory and constraints.
• Establish supplier quality standards, acceptance criteria, warranties, returns, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering, infrastructure, finance, and operations to align specifications, capital, and deployment timelines.

Connaissances

Hardware supply chain

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiations

NPI/production ramp

Global supplier relations

Cost optimization

Hardware economics

Outils

ERP/MRP systems

Description du poste

Socrates is seeking a Procurement & Supply Chain Lead to build and own the hardware supply chain behind our AI compute infrastructure. You’ll source GPUs, servers, compute appliances, networking gear, and critical components, establishing manufacturing partnerships that scale.

You’ll negotiate with manufacturers, optimize cost, quality, and delivery, and drive end-to-end supply chain strategy from zero to production, with ownership and speed to market.