Sourcing Manager - Memory and Storage

EngineersOfAI; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI in Milpitas, California is looking for a Sourcing Manager – Memory and Storage to lead strategic sourcing activities in their AI infrastructure projects. This role involves developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and leading negotiations to ensure long-term supply continuity.

The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with various teams and must possess strong commercial expertise along with technical knowledge of infrastructure technologies to balance quality and performance requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial expertise in sourcing and supplier management.
• Technical understanding of memory, storage, and AI infrastructure technologies.
• Ability to build effective partnerships across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing strategy development for memory and storage technologies.
• Develop relationships with memory and storage suppliers.
• Negotiate pricing and supply agreements.
• Monitor technology developments in AI infrastructure.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks.

Job description

About us

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.

It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Sourcing Manager – Memory and Storage to lead strategic sourcing activities across Graphcore’s memory and storage technology portfolio supporting AI infrastructure platforms. This role will be responsible for developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, leading commercial negotiations, and ensuring long‑term supply continuity across key memory and storage technologies.

Working closely with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams, the successful candidate will influence technology roadmaps, supplier strategies, capacity planning, and cost optimisation initiatives while balancing quality, performance, scalability, and supply resilience requirements. The role requires a combination of strong commercial expertise, technical understanding of infrastructure technologies, and the ability to build effective partnerships across internal and external stakeholders.

The Team

The Global Sourcing Management (GSM) team defines and executes supplier strategies across Graphcore’s hardware and infrastructure ecosystem.

The team partners closely with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain functions to establish strategic supplier relationships that enable technology development, infrastructure deployment, operational excellence, and business growth. The team is responsible for identifying sourcing opportunities, managing supply chain risks, securing capacity, and ensuring Graphcore has access to the technologies and suppliers required to support current and future AI infrastructure platforms.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Own sourcing strategy development and execution for memory and storage technologies supporting Graphcore’s AI infrastructure platforms.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with memory and storage suppliers, driving performance across cost, quality, technology, capacity, and delivery metrics.
• Partner with Engineering and Product Management teams to influence technology roadmaps, supplier selection decisions, and infrastructure platform strategies.
• Lead supplier engagement activities including RFIs, RFQs, commercial evaluations, business awards, and contract negotiations.
• Negotiate pricing agreements, supply agreements, capacity commitments, and long‑term commercial frameworks that support business objectives.
• Develop and maintain cost models, market intelligence, and total cost of ownership analyses to support sourcing decisions and negotiation strategies.
• Monitor technology developments and industry trends across memory, storage, AI infrastructure, and data centre ecosystems to inform sourcing strategy.
• Drive supplier performance management through regular business reviews, scorecards, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier diversification, capacity planning, contingency strategies, and business continuity planning.
• Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure successful product launches, production ramps, and ongoing supply support.
• Support new product introduction activities by aligning supplier readiness, manufacturing capability, and supply availability with programme requirements.
• Provide regular reporting and recommendations to leadership regarding supplier performance, market conditions, commercial opportunities, and supply chain risks.

Candidate Profile

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