Title:  Senior CPU / FPGA Commodity Manager

Job Summary

The CPU/FPGA Commodity Manager at NetApp will be critical in impacting NetApp’s gross margin performance and influencing NetApp’s storage technology roadmap and sourcing strategies. In this role with high executive visibility, the CPU/FPGA commodity manager will lead the procurement of NetApp’s highest spend commodity. The CPU/FPGA Commodity Manager will be working closely with Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to generate sourcing/procurement strategies that are aligned with NetApp’s broader corporate goals while also considering the complex dynamics related to the technology requirement of the storage market and supply base. 

Job Requirements

The CPU/FPGA commodity manager will: 

• Manage the CPU/FPGA supply base; including owning the supplier relationships with both current and perspective suppliers, ensuring appropriate executive engagement, and executing daily and cyclical operational activities entailed with the CPU/FPGA commodity. 
• Be a subject matter expert in the CPU/FPGA market and its supply base. The individual should be able to generate point of views on vendors and market trends.
• Hold a technical understanding of CPU/FPGA technologies to derive the relationship between roadmap choices and business outcomes.
• Craft sourcing & procurement strategies by collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, Supply Chain and Finance teams and working through competing priorities.
• Influence internal and external engineering, product management and marketing teams on roadmap decisions to target NetApp business-critical needs such as supply continuity and competitive cost structures.
• Capable of presenting and proficiently communicating with executives, including C-Staff, regularly.
• Conduct cost and volume analysis considering complex tradeoffs and highlighting risks to generate recommendations on multi-million dollar purchases.
• Negotiate best-in-class pricing and legals terms via agreements such as MSA/MPA, SOW, LTA, LOA, NDA, IP Dev Agreements.
• Be the expert for commercial items with your suppliers and products they sell and/or could sell to NetApp.

Education

• Supply Chain Management, Procurement or Engineering equivalent technical degree. An advanced degree or MBA is preferred. 
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in procurement for a technology company or account management/marketing working for a leading memory/storage semiconductor company is preferred.
• The ideal candidate is strong analytically, is a master negotiator, possesses practical communication skills and works well under pressure.
• Demonstrated track record working with key suppliers in the semiconductor industry.
• Proven track record of complex problem solving that required strong analytical and negotiation skills.
• Highly skilled with PowerPoint and Excel. Power BI is a plus.