The Director of Commodity Management & NPI is responsible for leading WEKA’s supplier strategy, cost structure, and hardware readiness across key component categories, including SSDs, memory, and networking
Job Summary
The Director of Commodity Management & NPI is responsible for leading WEKA’s supplier strategy, cost structure, and hardware readiness across key component categories, including SSDs, memory, and networking.
They will also drive strategic oversight of WEKA’s NPI pipeline, partnering cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations to manage program timelines, risk, and execution.
By combining deep domain expertise with operational discipline, the Director will help shape WEKA’s market agility, influence hardware innovation, and ensure new products launch seamlessly and efficiently.
Matching Summary
The Director of Commodity Management & NPI is responsible for leading WEKA’s supplier strategy, cost structure, and hardware readiness across key component categories, including SSDs, memory, and networking.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
supplier strategy
cost structure
hardware readiness
supplier partnerships
NPI pipeline oversight
cross-functional collaboration
supplier performance management
Nice-to-have
customer-obsessed team
accountably, boldly, collaboratively
market agility
influence hardware innovation
work in unstructured environments
Key Requirements
10+ years related experience
Domain knowledge in data storage, SSD and memory markets