Senior Materials Manager

TekWissen ®; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

TekWissen is seeking a Sr. Materials Manager for a 12-month temporary assignment in Austin, TX. You will own the end-to-end relationship with ODM partners, ensure material readiness, supply continuity, and production execution across server and infrastructure hardware programs.

The role requires transforming vendor processes, strong program management, and ability to operate in ambiguous, scaling environments, with cross-functional collaboration to resolve constraints.

Qualifications

• Experience 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.
• Clear, concise executive communication and cross-functional coordination.

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 elevate 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

MRP alignment

Program management

ODM planning

Cross-functional coordination

Executive communication

Job description

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Austin, TX

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsit

Pay Rate: $65.00 - $70.00/Hr

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 elevate 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.

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.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

TekWissen is an emerging global human capital, recruitment and IT services organization.