Strategic Sourcing Manager, Power & Cooling Infrastructure

Meta; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Infrastructure Sourcing team seeks a Commercial Sourcing Manager for Power and Cooling Infrastructure Equipment. You will define multi-year category strategies, manage RFx events, and lead negotiations with top suppliers across data center hardware.

You will partner with data center engineering and capacity planning, build executive relationships, and drive cost, quality, and delivery improvements while addressing supply risks and geopolitical considerations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement for power and cooling infrastructure equipment or related mechanical and electrical systems
• Experience leading end-to-end sourcing processes including RFx development, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, and contract execution for capital equipment categories
• Experience developing and owning multi-year category strategies that incorporate market intelligence, total cost of ownership analysis, and supply risk assessment
• Experience managing strategic supplier relationships and driving measurable improvements in supplier performance across cost, quality, and delivery metrics
• Experience communicating complex sourcing strategies and supplier performance data to cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders through written and verbal formats
• Experience partnering directly with Hardware Engineering and driving suppliers to adopt or pivot technology roadmaps to align with business and technical roadmaps
• Experience managing technology cutovers across supplier generations, including optimizing capacity allocation based on platform roadmaps and technology perf/TCO characteristics
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience sourcing power and cooling infrastructure equipment specifically for hyperscale or large-scale data center environments

Responsibilities

• Define and execute multi-year category strategies for power and cooling infrastructure equipment, incorporating market analysis, supplier segmentation, total cost of ownership modeling, and supply risk assessment
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events including RFx development, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, and contract execution for high-value power and cooling equipment categories
• Develop and sustain executive-level supplier relationships across the power and cooling supply base, conducting structured business reviews to drive measurable improvements in cost, quality, delivery, and capacity
• Analyze commodity market dynamics affecting power and cooling equipment supply chains, including exposure to copper, steel, aluminum, and refrigerant markets, and develop mitigation strategies accordingly
• Assess and manage supply chain risks including geopolitical exposure, single-source dependencies, long-lead-time components, and capacity constraints across the power and cooling supplier base
• Partner with data center engineering, construction, and capacity planning teams to align sourcing strategies and supplier capability roadmaps with infrastructure deployment schedules
• Establish and track supplier capacity commitments to ensure supply availability supports Meta's global data center build pipeline across multiple geographies
• Drive supplier development and qualification initiatives to expand geographic diversity, introduce alternative sources of supply, and improve resilience for critical power and cooling categories
• Apply should-cost modeling and value engineering methodologies in collaboration with engineering and design teams to identify and execute cost reduction opportunities
• Develop executive-level category reporting and strategic insights, communicating sourcing strategy, supplier performance, and risk posture to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Procurement

RFx development

Supplier evaluation

Commercial negotiation

Contract execution

Category strategy

Total cost of ownership

Supply risk

Executive communication

Hardware alignment

Should-cost modeling

Value engineering

AI tools integration

Job description

Meta's Infrastructure Sourcing team seeks a Commercial Sourcing Manager for Power and Cooling Infrastructure Equipment. You will define multi-year category strategies, manage RFx events, and lead negotiations with top suppliers across data center hardware.

You will partner with data center engineering and capacity planning, build executive relationships, and drive cost, quality, and delivery improvements while addressing supply risks and geopolitical considerations.