Global Sourcing Manager - Rack and Mechanicals

The Global Sourcing Manager – Rack & Mechanicals role leads sourcing strategy and supplier engagement for rack infrastructure and mechanical hardware components supporting Graphcore’s AI infrastructure platforms. This role partners with engineering, supply chain, and finance teams to secure capacity, cost, and delivery performance for hardware technologies. The candidate will translate technical roadmaps into sourcing strategies, negotiate long-term supply agreements and capacity reservations, and ensure resilient supply chains for global infrastructure deployment.

The GSM team defines and executes supplier strategies across Graphcore’s hardware and infrastructure ecosystem, working with engineering and supply chain to identify, develop, and manage suppliers that support product roadmap and operational scale.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Own strategic sourcing activities for rack and mechanical hardware components.
• Develop and execute multi-year commodity strategies aligned with engineering roadmaps and infrastructure deployment plans.
• Translate technical specifications and vendor roadmaps into sourcing strategies and negotiation frameworks.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations including long-term supply agreements and capacity reservations.
• Build cost models and perform should-cost analysis to strengthen negotiation leverage.
• Secure supply continuity through capacity planning, supplier risk management, and governance.
• Conduct executive supplier business reviews to drive supplier performance and alignment.
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Ensure supplier agreements and contracts protect Graphcore’s long-term commercial interests.

Candidate Profile:

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Supply Chain, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or technical procurement.
• Strong sourcing experience related to rack infrastructure and mechanical hardware components.
• Proven track record negotiating complex supplier agreements.
• Ability to translate technical product requirements into commercial sourcing strategies.
• Strong financial acumen including cost modeling and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• Deep expertise in rack infrastructure, mechanical assemblies, and data center hardware ecosystems.
• Experience sourcing hardware for AI/ML or hyperscale data center infrastructure.
• Strong industry relationships within mechanical manufacturing suppliers.
• Experience supporting sourcing strategies in high-growth infrastructure or cloud-scale companies.

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and financial future. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we're committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.