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Senior Sourcing Lead - Global Hardware

IMC Trading
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈChicagoSeniorFull-time$150k–$200kPosted September 18, 2026

About the Role

IMC is seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead – Hardware to join its Global Procurement team, reporting to the Global Strategic Sourcing Lead. This role serves as the strategic owner of the global hardware category β€” spanning GPU and accelerated compute, servers, networking, storage hardware, and enterprise equipment β€” with a primary focus on building and managing executive-level partnerships with strategic hardware vendors representing $300M–$500M+ in annual spend.

This is not a transactional sourcing role: success is measured by allocation access, supply assurance, roadmap alignment, and long-term commercial advantage in one of the most constrained and fastest-moving hardware markets. The role operates as the commercial counterpart to infrastructure engineering leadership as the firm scales high-performance compute for both trading infrastructure and large-scale AI research clusters.

  • Own and execute the global hardware category strategy across trading infrastructure and large-scale research compute environments
  • Build and own executive-level vendor relationships, including executive sponsorship programs, quarterly business reviews, roadmap and allocation alignment, and long-term partnership frameworks
  • Lead negotiations for high-value and complex OEM and master supply agreements covering pricing, volume commitments, allocation guarantees, and warranty and support terms
  • Own GPU and long-lead component supply assurance, including allocation strategy, capacity reservations, and lead-time risk for multi-hundred-million-dollar compute buildouts
  • Aggregate hardware demand across regions (US, EU, APAC) and partner with infrastructure engineering, capacity planning, and finance leaders on roadmaps, build-vs-buy trade-offs, and investment business cases; also coach sourcing managers and buyers on hardware category execution

Requirements

  • 8+ years of strategic sourcing, vendor management, or supply chain experience in technology hardware, with direct ownership of vendor relationships at $100M+ annual scale
  • Demonstrated experience negotiating with and managing tier-one OEMs and silicon providers (NVIDIA, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro, AMD, Arista, or comparable), ideally including GPU or accelerated compute procurement under allocation constraints
  • Deep understanding of server, GPU, and networking architectures sufficient to engage credibly with engineering leadership and translate technical requirements into commercial strategy
  • Experience in HyperScale, HPC/AI infrastructure, semiconductor, or low-latency trading environments strongly preferred
  • Executive presence and proven ability to build durable, senior-level vendor relationships that deliver preferential access, pricing, and support
  • Strong financial and analytical skills: TCO modeling, multi-year CapEx planning, and data-driven negotiation preparation
  • Experience operating globally across US, EU, and APAC supply chains and legal entities

What You'll Get

  • $150k–$200k base salary
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Benefits, including paid leave and insurance