Strategic Procurement Lead - AI & Cloud

Lenovo; Morrisville (NC); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lenovo is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Procurement Strategy to lead sourcing and supplier engagement for AI and CSP programs in a fast-paced environment. The role drives sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiations, risk management, and cost optimization from concept to mass production.

Ideal candidates bring executive-level communication skills, strong business acumen, and experience influencing stakeholders across engineering, product development, and global supply networks.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management.
• Experience managing complex hardware, electronics, semiconductor, server, networking, storage, or data center supply chains.
• Demonstrated success leading supplier negotiations and commercial strategy execution.
• Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience driving cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders and executive visibility.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• APICS/ASCM, CPSM, or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that support AI infrastructure, server, storage, networking, and cloud platform portfolios.
• Drive supplier selection, contract negotiations, commercial agreements, and total-cost optimization initiatives.
• Align procurement roadmaps with business objectives, product strategies, and customer requirements.
• Identify supply market trends, emerging technologies, and supplier innovations to strengthen Lenovo's competitive advantage.
• Lead procurement engagement from early concept through product launch and mass production.
• Ensure material readiness and supplier capacity planning for aggressive AI platform launch schedules.
• Partner with engineering teams to influence component selection, design-for-cost initiatives, and sourcing decisions.
• Support product transitions, qualification activities, and technology roadmaps.
• Build executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers.
• Lead commercial negotiations involving pricing, investment commitments, capacity, lead times, and supply agreements.
• Drive supplier performance management through quality, delivery, cost, and innovation metrics.
• Champion strategic supplier partnerships that accelerate product differentiation and technology adoption.
• Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain, geopolitical, capacity, logistics, and technology risks.
• Develop contingency plans and dual-source strategies to ensure continuity of supply.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Planning, Operations, and Manufacturing teams to support sustained business growth.
• Lead escalation management for critical supply constraints affecting customer commitments.
• Partner with Product Development, Engineering, Manufacturing Program Management, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Service, and Finance teams.
• Provide procurement leadership in executive program reviews and milestone tracking.
• Influence key business decisions through fact-based analysis, market intelligence, and commercial expertise.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Herramientas

NVIDIA ecosystem knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Lenovo is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Procurement Strategy to lead sourcing and supplier engagement for AI and CSP programs in a fast-paced environment. The role drives sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiations, risk management, and cost optimization from concept to mass production.

Ideal candidates bring executive-level communication skills, strong business acumen, and experience influencing stakeholders across engineering, product development, and global supply networks.