Logistics Material Manager

This is a Fully Remote Job About Our Client: The organization operates in the frontier AI infrastructure industry, addressing the critical challenge of rapidly delivering large-scale compute capacity necessary for advanced AI deployment. It builds and operates data centers with integrated hardware and software teams to provide compute infrastructure at unprecedented speed and scale, directly impacting the future development and alignment of AI technologies. About the Opportunity: The LOGISTICS MATERIAL MANAGER plays a key role in ensuring continuous and efficient supply chain operations across multiple data center sites. This position is responsible for managing consumables and equipment purchasing to support data center operations, enabling smooth site launches and ongoing functionality. By optimizing procurement and vendor relationships, the role directly supports operational efficiency and helps maintain the organization's rapid growth and infrastructure deployment goals. Responsibilities: Manage auto-replenishment and min/max inventory levels of consumables for data center operations across all sites. Procure equipment and consumables to ensure new site setups have necessary materials before go-live. Negotiate vendor pricing, payment terms, lead times, and service levels, developing vendor strategies tailored to each site. Collaborate with operations, inventory control, warehousing, and finance teams to convert consumption data and build schedules into purchase forecasts. Create and maintain standardized purchasing processes including catalogs, preferred vendors, and ordering thresholds for new sites. Requirements: Experience managing min/max inventory levels and replenishment in multi-site or high-volume operations, with metrics to reduce stock-outs and overstock. Proven negotiation skills with vendors on pricing, payment, lead times, and service levels, demonstrating cost savings or secured terms. Ability to balance vendor consolidation and local supplier management, ensuring vendor performance meets site needs. Experience purchasing for new facility or site launches with tight schedules. Collaborative work style with operations, warehousing, finance, and engineering teams, earning their trust for rapid support. Data-driven purchasing decisions based on consumption history, lead times, and vendor performance, maintaining transparent and auditable records. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of data center or critical facilities operations, auto-replenishment and vendor-managed inventory programs, procurement and ERP platforms (Zip, NetSuite), and spend analytics. Pay Range and Compensation Package: Competitive total compensation package including salary and equity. Retirement or pension plan aligned with local norms. Benefits & Perks: Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Pension plan Generous paid time off policy consistent with local norms Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin. Note: TalentHop is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.