Director Strategic Sourcing - External Manufacturing

About the role

Director Strategic Sourcing – External Manufacturing at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) will play a pivotal role in expanding and scaling our next-generation cloud services. As a leader of the External Manufacturing Sourcing Team, you will make strategic decisions that impact supplier cost, technical capabilities, and supply availability, ensuring the delivery of critical hardware to our customers. This leadership role is responsible for ensuring a reliable, cost-effective supply of External Manufacturing partners while driving sourcing strategy, supplier performance, inventory optimization, and cross-functional execution. The Director will lead a team of Sourcing Managers and partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Manufacturing, and suppliers to support business growth and capacity requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing strategy and supplier management for External Manufacturing across Oracle's global cloud infrastructure.
• Manage and develop a team of Sourcing Managers, providing leadership, coaching, and career development.
• Ensure the timely and cost-effective procurement of materials to meet business and customer requirements.
• Drive supplier performance, including capacity planning, delivery, quality, cost management, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that improve supply continuity, reduce costs, and support long-term business objectives.
• Partner with Planning, Engineering, Operations, and Finance teams to align supply chain activities with demand forecasts and infrastructure deployment plans.
• Monitor inventory levels and implement strategies that balance supply availability, working capital, and operational efficiency.
• Lead efforts to identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including capacity constraints, component shortages, and supplier-related issues.
• Establish and maintain policies, procedures, and material management processes that improve scalability and operational effectiveness.
• Coordinate global procurement activities and supplier engagement across multiple regions.
• Partner with Finance to manage inventory investments, carrying costs, and supply chain financial performance.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across sourcing, planning, inventory management, and supplier operations.
• Build strong executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has proven experience sourcing server component hardware, strong supplier relationships, and robust hardware infrastructure expertise. You will develop and communicate strategic sourcing category plans, enabling effective cross-functional alignment. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills are essential, as you will represent Oracle Cloud to senior leaders and executives at key suppliers.

Career Level - M4

Pay

Hiring Range in USD from: $126,200 - $264,100 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance