Lambda
Commodity Sourcing Manager – AI Infrastructure
$203K–$271K
San Jose Office (Zanker) · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years
About the job
Owns sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, and supply assurance for hardware commodities used in AI data center infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Develop commodity strategies, diversify supply, and mitigate sourcing risks.
- Negotiate supplier agreements and manage supplier performance, capacity, and escalations.
- Partner with engineering, planning, finance, legal, and operations to align supply with infrastructure needs.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in Commodity Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or Supply Chain roles, with relevant hardware or component category experience.
- Experience negotiating and managing supply agreements with hardware component manufacturers, OEMs, or ODMs.
- Track record leading complex commercial negotiations and delivering measurable cost and supply outcomes.
- Experience in constrained, long-lead-time, high-growth supply environments.
Nice to have
- Experience sourcing across multiple commodity types in AI/ML or hyperscale data center infrastructure.
- Experience supporting hyperscale data center or AI infrastructure programs.
Pay
$203K – $271K (base salary)
Tools
custom silicon, GPUs/CPUs, network hardware, CDUs, PDUs, racks, memory/storage
AI focus
Sources hardware and infrastructure commodities for AI data centers and compute systems.
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