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.
As a procurement and inventory manager, you will:
Procurement & Supplier Management
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
Inventory & BOM Management
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
Systems & Process Development
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
You will thrive in this role if you:
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
Before applying for this role, you should:
Learn enough about our product to understand our approach.
Browse our public Requests for Discussion to get a flavor for how we work.
Listen to Hiring Processes with Gergely Orosz to familiarize yourself with the Oxide hiring process.
Listen to some of our manufacturing-centric episodes of Oxide and Friends. A few recommendations:
Tales from Manufacturing: Shipping Rack 1 to hear about how everything came together for our first customer shipment.
Raiding the Minibar about a test rig we’ve developed for our manufacturing line
Integrating Hardware and Software Teams on the benefits of having hardware and software engineers working together.
