[Hiring] Commodity Manager @Akamai

Role Description

We are looking for a Commodity Manager to own sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, cost management, and supply assurance for our datacenter hardware portfolio. In this role, you will manage commercial and business relationships between Akamai and component suppliers.

• Managing relationship with strategic suppliers and lead supplier business reviews, scorecards, and escalation
• Developing commodity strategies aligned to roadmap requirements and capacity forecasts
• Tracking commodity markets and technology roadmaps to support strategic sourcing decisions
• Analyzing supplier cost structures and industry landscapes to identify and negotiate cost-saving opportunities
• Identifying and drive supply diversification, second-source development and risk mitigation plans
• Collaborating with engineering teams to transition new products from pilot production to full manufacturing production
• Working with Hardware Engineering in component/supplier selection for new programs and alternative sources

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in commodity management, sourcing, hardware supply chain
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field

Benefits

• Support for health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work
• FlexBase program for flexible working arrangements
• Fair and equitable compensation practices
• Base salary for this position ranges from $88,900 - $160,100/year for US-based candidates
• Compensation package may include incentive compensation opportunities, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family-friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program

Company Description

Akamai makes life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure.

• Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance
• Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data
• Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch
• AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform