Senior Procurement Manager - IT

IMC Trading; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC Trading in Chicago is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager – IT to lead hardware procurement across multiple categories, including networking and storage. The role requires over 8 years of experience, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work with various teams. You will manage vendor engagements and lead sourcing projects while mentoring junior team members.

The salary range for this position is between $120,000 and $170,000, depending on experience. Join IMC and help shape the future of trading with your expertise!

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management.
• Proven experience sourcing enterprise hardware including servers and networking gear.
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement software.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for hardware categories.
• Lead RFI/RFP/RFQ processes for hardware procurement.
• Negotiate OEM and VAR agreements.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation skills

Supply chain management

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or Finance

Tools

Procurement software

ERP systems

Spend analytics tools

Job description

The Senior Procurement Manager – IT is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and managing complex hardware procurement across compute, networking, storage, and infrastructure categories. Operating as a subject matter expert, this role partners closely with engineering, data center, and finance teams to translate technical requirements into actionable sourcing strategies and commercial outcomes. The ideal candidate brings deep market knowledge of enterprise hardware, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage multiple vendor engagements concurrently. This role offers the opportunity to lead sourcing projects and mentor junior team members over time.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for hardware categories including compute networking, storage, colo, and software.
• Lead RFI/RFP/RFQ processes for hardware procurement: define requirements, evaluate vendor responses, and drive to award recommendation.
• Negotiate OEM and VAR agreements including pricing, lead times, allocation terms, service levels, and lifecycle support.
• Manage concurrent vendor engagements, tracking commercial terms, renewal timelines, delivery commitments, and performance against SLAs.
• Partner with engineering, data center, and platform teams to understand upcoming deployment requirements and translate them into sourcing plans.
• Monitor hardware market trends, supply constraints, OEM roadmaps, and pricing dynamics; provide actionable intelligence to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, and Risk on contract finalization and compliance requirements.
• Maintain supplier scorecards and conduct regular performance reviews; elevate delivery, quality, or pricing issues proactively.
• Analyze spend data and supplier KPIs to identify cost optimization and consolidation opportunities.
• Support purchase order timing, delivery logistics, and inventory alignment with procurement operations and project management teams.
• Lead discrete sourcing projects and provide guidance to junior specialists where applicable.

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management with significant focus on hardware or infrastructure categories.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• Proven experience sourcing enterprise hardware including servers, GPUs, networking gear, and/or storage systems.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills across OEM and VAR channel structures.
• Familiarity with hardware lifecycle management, NCNR terms, allocation dynamics, and supply chain risk.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical stakeholders and translate engineering requirements into sourcing strategies.
• Experience with procurement software, ERP systems, and spend analytics tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; detail-oriented with excellent follow-through.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with structured sourcing methodologies (e.g., 7-step sourcing) preferred.
• Professional certification (e.g., CPSM, CIPS) preferred but not required.

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $170,000 USD

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.