Groq
Senior Direct Procurement Manager, Compute
$128K–$209K
Dallas, United States +2 · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Dallas, United States
San Francisco, United States
New York, United States - Visa sponsorship
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About the job
Owns end-to-end procurement of compute hardware for Groq deployments, from sourcing strategy and supplier agreements through purchasing, logistics, and delivery planning.
What you'll do
- Lead sourcing, negotiation, allocation planning, and supplier risk mitigation for accelerators, servers, and related compute components.
- Translate capacity plans into purchasing plans and execute POs, forecasts, and inbound logistics with Engineering, Finance, Legal, and suppliers.
- Build repeatable procurement frameworks, deployment BOMs, and spares processes while managing day-to-day procurement operations.
What they ask for
- Direct procurement or strategic sourcing experience supporting technically complex compute hardware.
- Direct sourcing experience with GPUs or other AI accelerators and compute servers; understanding of accelerator markets, silicon vendors, and OEM/ODM suppliers.
- Track record negotiating large, multi-million-dollar supply and allocation agreements with silicon vendors, OEMs, or ODMs.
- Experience managing CapEx purchasing and complex hardware deployment plans.
Nice to have
- Experience at a hyperscaler, cloud or AI infrastructure company, semiconductor company, OEM/ODM, or other capital-intensive technical environment.
- Experience with a systems integrator or channel partner; familiarity with networking, storage, and data center infrastructure.
Pay
$127,500-$172,500 USD total cash salary; $154,300-$208,700 USD total cash salary
Tools
GPUs, LPXs, Zip, NetSuite
AI focus
Procures accelerators and compute hardware that power AI inference deployments, including GPUs, LPXs, servers, and related components.
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