Global Supply Management
- Location
- North Carolina · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 2 days ago
About the role
- General Information
- Req #
- WD00104341
- Career area: Supply Chain
- Country/Region: United States of America
- State: North Carolina
- City: Morrisville
- Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
- Working time: Full-time
Additional Locations
- United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
Description and Requirements
The Global Supply Management role is to ensure end-to-end supply continuity, supplier performance, and inventory optimization across global operations. This role partners closely with GCM, OE/CF, Sales, Operations, Planning, Engineering, Manufacturing, and key suppliers to develop and execute supply strategies that support business growth, customer commitments, and operational excellence.
- Global Supply & Demand Management
- Own global supply management for assigned RAID, NIC, GPU and related commodities.
- Translate global demand, backlog, forecasts, and business priorities into actionable supplier supply plans.
- Identify supply constraints, shortages, and potential disruptions early and drive mitigation actions.
- Develop allocation and prioritization strategies during constrained supply situations.
- Ensure supply plans support customer requirements, revenue commitments, manufacturing schedules, and business priorities.
- Supplier Management
Additional information
Manage supplier operational performance including supply commits, delivery performance, lead time, flexibility, responsiveness, and recovery execution.
Conduct regular supply reviews with strategic suppliers and drive closure of supply gaps.
Establish effective supplier escalation mechanisms for critical shortages or business-impacting issues.
Work with suppliers to improve capacity visibility, commit accuracy, and supply flexibility.
- Inventory Optimization
- Balance supply assurance and inventory efficiency
- , ensuring adequate supply protection while avoiding unnecessary inventory exposure.
- Manage inventory within established KPI targets and drive actions to mitigate excess and obsolete inventory risks.
- Monitor demand changes, lead-time changes, purchase commitments, and supply upside/downside exposure.
- Partner with Planning, Procurement and Finance teams to optimize global inventory positioning.
- Shortage & Risk Management
Proactively identify supply risks related to capacity, semiconductor availability, product transitions, supplier dependencies, geopolitical events, and logistics disruptions.
Lead cross-functional shortage management and recovery plans.
Develop contingency strategies including alternative supply, upside capacity, allocation optimization, and qualification of alternate solutions where appropriate.
Provide clear management-level visibility of critical supply risks, business impact, recovery timing, and required decisions.
- Cross-functional & Global Collaboration
- Partner closely with GCM, Engineering, Planning, Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance/OE-CF, quality teams, regional procurement organizations, and suppliers.
- Coordinate supply execution across global manufacturing locations and regions including
- China, Mexico, Brazil, India, Europe and other operational sites.
- Support new product introductions, product transitions, end-of-life planning, and supplier/component changes from a supply-management perspective.
- Drive alignment between commercial strategy, technical roadmap, demand outlook, supplier capacity, and operational execution.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
- 8+ years in supply chain, supply management, procurement, commodity management, planning, or supplier management.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes including demand planning, supply planning, supplier commits, PO execution, inventory management, and shortage management.
- Experience managing complex global supply situations and working with multiple manufacturing sites and regional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex supply-demand data into actionable decisions.
- Strong supplier negotiation, escalation, and relationship-management capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills in a global, cross-functional environment.
- Ability to operate effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities in a fast-changing supply environment.
- Strong Excel/data-analysis capability and experience using enterprise supply-planning/ERP tools.
Preferred Qualification
- Candidates from competitors with similar previous roles
- Master of AI tools.
Additional Locations
- United States of America
- United States of America - North Carolina
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