IMC
Senior Sourcing Lead - Global Hardware
$150K–$200K
Chicago, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.
About the job
Own IMC’s global hardware sourcing strategy and strategic vendor partnerships to secure supply, negotiate commercial terms, and support trading infrastructure and large-scale AI research compute.
What you'll do
- Lead global hardware category strategy, vendor relationships, complex negotiations, and GPU/component supply assurance.
- Aggregate regional demand, optimize costs, and partner with engineering, capacity planning, and finance on roadmaps and investment decisions.
- Monitor hardware markets and supplier performance, and coach sourcing managers and buyers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of strategic sourcing, vendor management, or supply chain experience in technology hardware, with direct ownership of vendor relationships at $100M+ annual scale.
- Experience negotiating with and managing tier-one OEMs and silicon providers, such as NVIDIA, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro, AMD, or Arista, or comparable.
- Deep understanding of server, GPU, and networking architectures.
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including TCO modeling, multi-year CapEx planning, and data-driven negotiation preparation.
Nice to have
- Experience in HyperScale, HPC/AI infrastructure, semiconductor, or low-latency trading environments.
- Experience operating globally across US, EU, and APAC supply chains and legal entities.
Pay
$150,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GPU, accelerated compute, servers, networking, storage hardware, NVIDIA, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro
AI focus
Support sourcing for large-scale AI research clusters and HPC/AI infrastructure.
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