# Senior Sourcing Lead - Global Hardware at IMC Trading

> United States · Staff · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aimc%3A4977093101 (read 2026-11-06).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [IMC Trading](https://alderhq.app/companies/imc-trading)
- Location text: Chicago, United States; Chicago
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Chicago, United States; Chicago")
- Posted: 2026-09-18 (48 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/imc/jobs/4977093101

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $150k–$200k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (Chicago, n 54): p25 $100k, median $159k, p75 $195k
- Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "IMC Trading B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants))

## Description (the employer's text)

We are seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead – Hardware to join our Global Procurement team, reporting to the Global Strategic Sourcing Lead. This role will serve as the strategic owner of our global hardware category — spanning GPU and accelerated compute, servers, networking, storage hardware, and enterprise equipment — with a primary focus on building and managing executive-level partnerships with our most strategic hardware vendors, relationships 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 in the world. You will operate as the commercial counterpart to our infrastructure engineering leadership as we scale high-performance compute for both trading infrastructure and large-scale AI research clusters.

This role requires deep domain expertise in technology hardware procurement and market dynamics: GPU and accelerated compute platforms, server architectures, high-performance networking, component supply chains, allocation and lead-time dynamics, and OEM/ODM/channel commercial models.

### Your Core Responsibilities

- Own and execute the global hardware category strategy — GPU/accelerated compute, servers, networking, storage hardware, and enterprise equipment — across trading infrastructure and large-scale research compute environments
- Build and own executive-level relationships with strategic hardware vendors representing $300M–$500M+ in annual spend, 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 — pricing programs, volume commitments, allocation guarantees, warranty and support terms — ensuring best-in-class commercial outcomes and risk mitigation
- Own GPU and long-lead component supply assurance: manage allocation strategy, capacity reservations, and lead-time risk for multi-hundred-million-dollar compute buildouts
- Aggregate hardware demand across regions (US, EU, APAC) to maximize volume leverage, drive standardization of specifications and reference architectures, and maintain the approved vendor list
- Drive measurable cost optimization across third-party hardware spend — normalized cost-per-core, cost-per-GPU-hour, and TCO modeling — while balancing supply chain resilience, lead-time risk, and refresh cycle planning
- Partner directly with infrastructure engineering, capacity planning, and finance leaders on hardware roadmaps, build-vs-buy trade-offs, and investment business cases up to executive leadership
- Monitor hardware market trends, component supply dynamics, allocation risks, and supplier performance to proactively identify opportunities and mitigate constraints before they impact delivery
- Provide coaching and guidance to sourcing managers and buyers on hardware category execution, embedding best practices across the global team
- Represent Procurement as a trusted advisor to infrastructure engineering and business leadership on all hardware investment decisions
### Your Skills & Experience

- 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

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