Materials Manager

Info Way Solutions; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Info Way Solutions in Austin, TX is seeking a Sr. Materials Manager to own end-to-end relationships with ODM partners, ensuring material readiness, supply continuity, and on-time production for hardware programs.

The role requires defining operating processes, strong program management, and strategic planning to scale partnerships and govern CTB cycles across global builds.

Qualifications

• Experience establishing governance cadences with newly onboarded and existing vendors or partners.
• Experience managing complex BOMs in high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong strategic planning and program management capability.
• Direct experience working with ODM planning and procurement teams.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and clear, concise executive communication.
• Ability to navigate conflict and drive external partner accountability.
• Ability to work onsite in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the operating framework for newly onboarded and existing ODM and vendor partnerships, including governance, review cadence, escalation paths, and performance reporting.
• Own the ODM partner relationship end-to-end; drive MRP alignment and manage Clear-to-Build (CTB) cycles.
• Track material availability against build plans and expand gating components before they impact the schedule.
• Translate material risks into actionable recovery plans; ensure on-time delivery to the global data center buildout schedule.
• Manage complex BOMs in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Interface daily with commodity managers, NPI, logistics, PO management, and engineering to resolve constraints.
• Communicate status and risk concisely to leadership, drive accountability with external partners.

Skills

Vendor governance

ODM planning

BOM management

Program management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Onsite Austin TX

Tools

MRP systems

ERP experience

Job description

Job Description is below

Role Overview

A leading social media company is seeking a Sr. Materials Manager to own the end-to-end relationship with assigned ODM partners, serving as the single point of accountability for material readiness, supply continuity, and production execution across server and infrastructure hardware programs. Seeking expertise to define and institutionalize the operating processes that govern newly onboarded and existing vendor partnerships to a rapidly scaling environment. We are looking for a strategic operator with strong program management instincts who is energized by ambiguity and adept at creating processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement the operating framework for newly onboarded and existing ODM and vendor partnerships, including governance, review cadence, escalation paths, and performance reporting.
• Own the ODM partner relationship end-to-end; drive MRP alignment and manage Clear-to-Build (CTB) cycles.
• Track material availability against build plans and expand gating components before they impact the schedule.
• Translate material risks into actionable recovery plans; ensure on-time delivery to the global data center buildout schedule.
• Manage complex BOMs in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Interface daily with commodity managers, NPI, logistics, PO management, and engineering to resolve constraints.
• Communicate status and risk concisely to leadership, drive accountability with external partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated success establishing operating processes and governance cadence with newly onboarded and existing vendors or partners.
• Experience managing complex BOMs in high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong strategic planning and program management capability.
• Direct experience working with ODM planning and procurement teams.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and clear, concise executive communication.
• Ability to navigate conflict and drive external partner accountability.
• Ability to work onsite in Austin, TX.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct ODM experience; prior ownership of a full ODM CTB cycle is the top differentiator.
• Hyperscale or large-scale ODM/EMS background.
• Networking rack experience is a plus; adjacent hardware or high-volume manufacturing experience also translates.
• Project management skills are an added plus.