Director, Global Supplier Management
About the role
This is a senior leadership role at CoreWeave, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) founded in 2017. The role involves leading the team responsible for managing critical supplier relationships across machine infrastructure, owning strategies for supplier selection, and executing on commercial agreements. It also includes managing materials management, ensuring supply-demand alignment, and collaborating with various cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
Lead the team responsible for how we build, manage, and scale our most critical supplier relationships across machine infrastructure.
Own CoreWeave's global supplier management strategy across IT infrastructure suppliers, including ODMs, OEMs, NAND/DRAM manufacturers, networking vendors, and beyond.
Develop and sustain a high-accountability culture, driving execution excellence while developing the next generation of supply chain leadership.
Lead the development and governance of long-term agreements (LTAs), preferred supplier frameworks, and supply assurance mechanisms for constrained components.
Manage commercial risk exposure across the supply base, including supplier financial health, single-source dependencies, and geopolitical risk.
Drive supply-demand alignment across IT infrastructure categories, partnering with Infrastructure Planning, Finance, and Engineering to translate build forecasts into procurement signals for the vendor base.
Lead escalation and resolution of supplier delivery disputes, quality events, and allocation shortfalls, maintaining CoreWeave's operational continuity.
Present supply chain status, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership including C-suite and Board-level stakeholders.
Collaborate with Supply Chain Analytics and Finance on supplier spend analytics, forecast accuracy, and working capital optimization.
Requirements
10+ years of progressive supply chain experience in enterprise hardware, data center infrastructure, or cloud/hyperscale environments.
Deep technical fluency across IT infrastructure hardware categories: GPU/CPU servers, NVMe SSDs and NAND flash technology, DRAM, high-speed networking (Ethernet and InfiniBand), optical transceivers (QSFP, OSFP), and switch platforms.
Proven track record of independently negotiating and executing large-scale, multi-year supply agreements with ODMs, OEMs, and component manufacturers at the $100M+ level.
Expertise in supply-demand planning, CTB tracking, and materials management for complex multi-tier hardware BOMs.
Strong command of commercial contract structures including LTAs, volume commitments, escrow mechanics, forfeiture triggers, price protection, and tariff passthrough provisions.
Strong analytical foundation: ability to build and interpret financial models, spend analyses, and supply/demand plans in support of strategic decisions.
Proven ability to operate with urgency and rigor in a high-growth, fast-changing environment.
Qualifications
Preferred Experience in hyperscaler, cloud, or AI infrastructure environments (e.g., hyperscale ODM procurement, GPU infrastructure at scale).
Familiarity with NAND flash market dynamics, including QLC/TLC architecture trade-offs, DWPD specifications, and enterprise SSD supplier landscape.
Experience managing supplier relationships in global markets including APAC (Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China) and navigating associated regulatory and logistics considerations.
Experience in managing supplier relationships for constrained/allocation-managed components — GPU silicon, HBM, advanced packaging.
Familiarity with procurement tooling and workflows including NetSuite, Ironclad, or equivalent ERP/CLM platforms.
MBA or equivalent advanced degree a plus; not required.