Procurement and Inventory Manager

Are you a strategic buyer who thrives on making deals, managing supply risk, and keeping production moving? We’re looking for a Procurement and Inventory Manager to own supplier relationships, negotiate long-term agreements, manage inventory visibility and accuracy, and ensure pricing and availability align with our build plans. You’ll be the connective tissue between engineering, operations, and our contract manufacturing partners – making sure we have what we need, when we need it, at the right cost, and in the right place.

Be the primary point of contact for procurement at Oxide Computer Company

Negotiate pricing, lead times, and long-term supply agreements with key component vendors

Track purchase price variance (PPV) and help finance and engineering understand cost drivers

Maintain up-to-date price lists, quotes, lead times, country of origin information, tariffs, and supplier commitments by part number and revision

Evaluate supplier quality, ensuring use of authorized distributors

Collaborate with our contract manufacturer (CM) to translate production forecasts into material requirements and allocation plans

Work directly with suppliers to ensure availability, secure allocations, and preempt shortages for long-lead and critical parts

Track supplier performance on delivery, cost, and responsiveness, and escalate as needed to meet production timelines

Lead supplier negotiations while coordinating CM purchasing on our behalf

Reconcile material usage and purchasing activity between Oxide and our CM to ensure build readiness and cost accuracy

Define and improve procurement processes, documentation standards, and vendor onboarding workflows

Provide insight into market dynamics, sourcing alternatives, and risk mitigation strategies

Own inventory strategy for consigned and CM-procured material across locations

Maintain accurate, version-controlled costed bill of materials (BOM) for all active products, tied to actual supplier quotes.

Work with finance to establish standard BOM cost and with the broader operations team to align on build readiness

Monitor component lifecycle status and manage end of life (EOL) transitions with engineering

Track and manage excess & obsolete (E&O) material risk

Coordinate with logistics and planning to ensure accurate inventory movements and allocations

Help define and improve procurement and inventory processes, documentation standards, and ERP workflows

Work closely with planning and engineering to integrate part lifecycle, lead times, and inventory policies

Have experience managing both procurement and inventory for complex hardware systems

Are skilled at negotiating supplier agreements and securing commitments in constrained or single-source markets

Understand how contract manufacturers manage inventory and purchasing

Enjoy digging into BOMs, spreadsheets, and quote packages to make sure the numbers are right

Communicate clearly, especially when tracking issues across engineering, operations, and finance

Are organized, persistent, and calm under pressure, especially when lead times stretch and allocations tighten

Are motivated by getting the right parts, at the right time, for the right price

Can find creative solutions ranging from connecting with unresponsive suppliers to resolving component end of life

Are curious, detail-oriented, and calm in the face of ambiguity or unexpected challenges

Learn enough about our product to understand our approach.

Listen to some of our manufacturing-centric episodes of Oxide and Friends . A few recommendations:

We are very explicit about our values , and they can be seen in daily life at Oxide, for example:

Our rigor means we enjoy and take pride in the craft of engineering.

Our urgency means that we are not above the judicious short-cut.

Our versatility is reflected in our greatest strength: the breadth of our team.

Our transparency can be seen in our consensus-driven RFD process .

Our responsibility means that we both lead and follow: we have our own domains, but we also help others on their parts.

Our curiosity shows in our insatiable desire to learn – and our empathy in our love of teaching others.

Our humor is a big part of our daily lives: we are…