Senior Procurement Category Manager

IMC Trading

Chicago, United States
Base: $150,000—$190,000 usd; bonus/equity: discret...
On-site
Data center hardware sourcing
Gpu deployments and liquid cooling
Negotiate enterprise hardware agreements
This role will be central to sourcing the hardware, infrastructure components, and fostering supplier relationships that enable high-performance computing at scale

Job Summary

  • This role will be central to sourcing the hardware, infrastructure components, and fostering supplier relationships that enable high-performance computing at scale.
  • You will partner, on a daily basis with the local data center, research cluster, and cross functional teams—including Platform, Network, Engineering, and Finance—to ensure IMC is equipped with the right hardware, at the right time, and with the right commercial terms.
  • The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance.

Matching Summary

This role will be central to sourcing the hardware, infrastructure components, and fostering supplier relationships that enable high-performance computing at scale.

Salary

Base: $150,000—$190,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: discretionary bonus; Benefits: paid leave and insurance

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • data center hardware sourcing
  • GPU deployments and liquid cooling
  • negotiate enterprise hardware agreements
  • supplier relationship management
  • develop category strategies
  • RFI/RFP/RFx processes

Nice-to-have

  • collaborative high-performance culture
  • strategic advisor to engineering
  • process improvement commitment

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years procurement experience
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Data center hardware experience
  • HPC environments experience
  • Enterprise compute experience
  • Structured sourcing methodologies

Work Rights

Not specified

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