Senior Manager, Commodity Management

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About the role

Nutanix is seeking a Senior Manager of Commodity Management to lead our dynamic Supply Base team. In this high-impact role, you will define and drive technology roadmaps and global commodity strategies for Server and Storage Product components, including CPU, memory, SSD, HDD, and NIC technologies. Managing a $500M–$1B expenditure portfolio, you will partner closely with Hardware Engineering, Product Management, and Operations to optimize product costs through strategic sourcing, value engineering, and comprehensive risk mitigation.

This position is responsible for Server – Storage Product commodities. Detailed understanding of CPU, memory, SSD, HDD, NIC, and server platforms (L6) components and technology is required. You will perform activities to significantly influence Product Management, HW Engineering, Product Operations, Quality, and other key peer groups alignment with commodity strategies based on subject matter expertise and knowledge of the industry.

The role involves travel, 2x per year internationally.

Responsibilities

• Deep technical knowledge of server technology to influence HW Engineering and Product Management.
• Define and drive technology roadmaps for key components.
• Understand the market and navigate Nutanix to provide the best solutions.
• Own Product Cost: cost reduction, avoidance, value engineering (VE), etc.
• Independently initiate and drive commodity strategies in close collaboration with HW Engineering, Product Management, Finance, and Operations.
• Manage execution, scoring, and recommendations on RFIs and RFQs to select suppliers that best meet technology requirements, cost, volume, quality, lead-time, and supply chain flexibility targets.
• Ensure RFQ awards align with overall group strategy, focusing on higher risk or higher impact suppliers.
• Maintain HW technology roadmap alignment with the supply base.
• Drive risk mitigation to completion and develop long-range mitigation strategies for the commodity space.
• Drive suppliers to compliance with Nutanix standards and meet metrics for Value Engineering proposals.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Value Engineering solutions during product development.
• Define and negotiate forward-looking cost strategies with selected suppliers.
• Monitor supplier NPI execution for post-mortems.
• Establish relationships with senior business unit executives and key decision-makers.
• Foresee and mitigate supply chain capacity and/or sub-component risk points.
• Manage strategic relationships with key suppliers and service providers, including contract negotiations.

Requirements

• Previous experience in commodity management of $500M–$1B of company expenditures.
• Successfully manage a broad base commodity group.
• Supply Base Engineering or technical experience is a plus.
• Proven track record of managing cross-border supply chain risks, localization, and dual-sourcing strategies.
• Develop strategies to support overall corporate direction and implement solutions across cross-functional groups.
• Extensive experience in CPU, Memory, SSD, HDD technology, cost reduction, NPI COGS targets, NPI shortage escalations, VE, cost avoidance, and multi-sourcing.

Qualifications

• Requires BA/BS or equivalent plus 10+ years of manufacturing experience with 6+ years in management.
• Technical or MS degree preferred.
• Expert in server/storage architecture.
• Significant and diverse management experience preferred.
• Engineering experience specific to the commodity type.

Work Arrangement

This role is remote for zones 2-4.

Pay

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $156,000 – $290,000. Base pay offered may vary depending on market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards, in addition to medical, financial, and other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off).