Global Commodity Manager – Optics

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

NVIDIA is seeking a Global Commodity Manager to own strategic sourcing and commodity management of Optical and Copackaged Optics technologies. This role involves developing and executing global sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring supply chain resilience. The candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, to identify sourcing strategies, manage NPI processes, and provide capacity planning. Experience with optical components and supply chain management is required, with a preference for an MBA and technical experience. The role mentions incorporating AI tools to improve supply chain analysis.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build cross-functional alignment with Networking, Hardware, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering to identify commodity sourcing strategies to enable NVIDIA business segment requirements for Boards and System Supply Chain.
  2. Develop and manage supplier relationships and conduct supplier business reviews that improve suppliers value, performance, and account investments through aligned roadmaps
  3. Negotiate Master Service Agreements, cost reduction strategies, and maintain lead-time, cost systems, and split of business decisions
  4. Deliver a supplier risk management system, BOM risk reduction solutions, materials risk mitigation strategies, and maintaining data integrity to ensure supply resiliency
  5. Rationalize and reduce the number of components and suppliers to capture synergies and reduce risk due to demand fluctuation

Skills

Required

  • BS in Business, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 12+ years' experience in global commodity management
  • proven track record in managing connector, cable, and optics Supply Base
  • Deep understanding of active optical components, passive optical interconnects, and copackaged optics technologies, market, manufacturing process, cost drivers and supply landscape
  • Ability to be innovative with issues related to strategic sourcing, supplier relations, and supplier performance measurement systems
  • Strong analytical skills such as cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection, and supply/demand analysis
  • Ability to incorporate AI tools to improve supply chain and sourcing analysis, data integrity, and decision making
  • Excellent negotiation and leadership skills in supplier management and contract negotiation.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills dealing with supply base executives
  • High degree of integrity, initiative, and attention to detail in a collaborative environment

Nice to have

  • MBA Preferred
  • Technical experience to compliment strong program management skills is preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • proven track record in managing connector, cable, and optics Supply Base
  • Deep understanding of active optical components, passive optical interconnects, and copackaged optics technologies, market, manufacturing process, cost drivers and supply landscape
  • Ability to incorporate AI tools to improve supply chain and sourcing analysis, data integrity, and decision making