Are you excited about working with cutting-edge network technologies? Do you enjoy partnering with network service providers? Join our Hardware team! Our Infrastructure Engineering and Operations team builds and maintains Akamai's platform. It is one of the largest distributed platforms in the world. Our Hardware Engineering team designs, qualifies, and validates servers destined for our growing global network. Partner with the best We are looking for a Commodity Manager to own sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, cost management, and supply assurance for our datacenter hardware portfolio. In this role, you will manage commercial and business relationships between Akamai and component suppliers.
As a Hardware Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Managing relationship with strategic suppliers and lead supplier business reviews, scorecards, and escalation
- Developing commodity strategies aligned to roadmap requirements and capacity forecasts
- Tracking commodity markets and technology roadmaps to support strategic sourcing decisions
- Analyzing supplier cost structures and industry landscapes to identify and negotiate cost-saving opportunities
- Identifying and drive supply diversification, second-source development and risk mitigation plans
- Collaborating with engineering teams to transition new products from pilot production to full manufacturing production
- Working with Hardware Engineering in component/supplier selection for new programs and alternative sources.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5+ years of experience in commodity management, sourcing, hardware supply chain and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works. Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. FlexBase adapts to your job's needs Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!
Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $88,900 - $160,100/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.
