Responsibilities:
? Vendor Strategy & Management:
? Develop and nurture strategic vendor relationships through effective relationship management, including implementing performance metrics (e.g., scorecards), conducting regular business reviews, and fostering collaboration to meet Meta’s commercial and technical requirements.
? Maintain current knowledge of technology and industry trends for data center equipment, performing relevant market analysis.
? Drive supplier proposals (RFI/RFQ) and business awards.
? Commercial and Financial Management:
? Develop and execute negotiation strategies, acceptable terms and conditions, and lead the negotiation team through to contract closure.
? Negotiate complex contracts, including Master Purchase Agreements (MPA), Master Service Agreements (MSA), and Statements of Work (SOW), demonstrating a strong grasp of key terms.
? Own market and actual cost data, including developing should-cost models for data center equipment. ? Resolve all commercial and technical queries arising from the quote process.
? Operational Excellence & Cross-Functional Collaboration:
? Ensure business metrics are achieved across the end-to-end process, from manufacturing to data center operation.
? Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, including Manufacturing Quality, Strategic Engineering and Design, Global Site Sourcing, Data Center Facility Operations, Data Center Construction, and Connectivity.
? Manage operations and define and drive core business metrics and risk indicators for continuous improvement.
? Provide metrics for quarterly business reviews to assess supply chain health and forward-looking risk.
? Drive critical operations related to assurance of supply and capacity through partnership with the Demand/Supply team for accurate forecasting, materials management, qualification, reliability management, and supply allocation.
Minimum Qualifications:
? BA/BS or equivalent with 3-5 years of supply chain experience.
? A minimum of 5 years of Sourcing Management or Supply Chain Management experience in commercial sourcing roles.
? Proven analytical experience and demonstrated ability to guide teams to deliver results.
? Experience in improving supply chain and supplier performance, including the use of cost models and objective-based performance measures, particularly in the semiconductor/memory commodity. ? Extensive experience in contracts and contract negotiations, including contract strategy development and execution, with a focus on agreement closure.
? Proficiency in robotics and automation, with a strong understanding of supply chain processes and their integration with robotics technology.
Preferred Qualifications:
? MS/MBA.
? Strong understanding of complex supply chain operations and processes, including forecasting, supplier qualification, allocation management, material management, and quality assurance.
? Specific experience in automation/robotics and warehouse/logistics. Specialized Requirements (Robotics/AI Sourcing Focus): Requires a Master's or Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Analytics, Robotics and Automation, or a related field, and 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation, including experience in the following specific skills:
? 5 years of Material or production planning experience.
? 5 years experience with broad enterprise systems work, including SAP, Oracle, and custom applications.
? 5 years of working knowledge of SQL and and/or BI tools (Tableau/Power BI/Looker) to build and maintain supplier scorecards (quality, OTIF, lead time, defect rates, downtime impact, cost).
? 2 years experience negotiating software licensing models for robotics/AI (per-robot, per-site, usage-based, support/maintenance terms).
? 2 years experience defining contract and supplier requirements for AI systems, specifically addressing:
? Model performance metrics, test/validation methodology, update/rollback processes.
? Telemetry for model monitoring, and incident response protocols for safety-critical failures.
? Data governance requirements (data retention, access controls, auditability).
Must-Have Skills :
? Strategic sourcing + complex negotiations (RFIs/RFQs, award decisions, closing MPAs/MSAs/SOWs; strong terms & conditions control).
? Supplier performance + cost/market analytics (scorecards, QBR metrics, should-cost models, cost + risk reporting).
? Robotics/automation + data/systems fluency (understand automation tech + supply chain integration; SAP/Oracle + SQL/BI to build/maintain supplier scorecards).
Nice-to-Have Skills:
? Advanced supply chain ops depth (forecasting, qualification, allocation, materials, reliability/quality assurance).
? Robotics/AI commercial expertise (software licensing models; AI supplier requirements like telemetry, validation, rollback, incident response).
? Advanced degree / domain edge (MS/MBA; warehouse/logistics automation experience).