Global Supply Manager - Contract Manufacturing

Anthropic$320K — $405K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in supply management or manufacturing operations.
  • Direct ownership of a CM/ODM relationship through negotiation and production ramp phases.
  • Experience structuring manufacturing agreements such as SOWs and SLAs.
  • Proficiency in managing build plans, forecasts, and ensuring on-time delivery.
  • Strong data analytic skills for running scorecards and verifying performance metrics.
  • Ability to lead cross-functionally among engineering, finance, and supply chain.
  • Clear and effective communicator with strong writing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Structure and negotiate CM/ODM commercial agreements focusing on measurable performance obligations.
  • Design and oversee SLAs/SLOs and vendor scorecards for manufacturing relationships.
  • Share demand forecasts and align them with capacity build plans.
  • Monitor production schedules and enforce volume commitments with partners.
  • Manage inventory risks by ensuring adequate materials and buffer inventory are on-site.
  • Verify partner billing against contracted terms and resolve discrepancies swiftly.
  • Escalate performance issues and manage corrective actions to resolution.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates.
  • Opportunity for hands-on engagement with contract manufacturers and ODMs.
  • Up to 50% travel to partner factories, building strong relationships.
  • Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a focus on high-performance computing.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, enhancing professional network and skills.
Full Job Description
As the Global Supply Manager for Contract Manufacturing within the Data Center Infrastructure organization, you will own Anthropic's relationship with the contract manufacturers and ODMs that build our servers, racks, and accelerator systems. Your ownership extends to both sides of this relationship: the commercial framing, structuring the agreements, pricing, and SLAs that define what the partner owes us, and the execution against it, sharing forecasts, scheduling build plans, and holding the partner to volume, on-time output, and inventory commitments. This is not the sort of role where work stops after negotiation; the person who helps structure the deal is the same person accountable for the partner delivering against it every week. You will work daily with our product and manufacturing engineers who support our partner sites, and with supply chain, finance, and deployment teams internally. If you have owned a CM or ODM relationship through both a negotiation cycle and a production ramp, are passionate about HPC data centers, & enjoy working in complex, fast-paced environments, we welcome you to apply. This is a hands-on role with up to 50% travel to partner factories in the US and abroad. You should be as comfortable meeting with partners face to face as you are presenting a long term partner strategy to leadership. Responsibilities Include: • Help structure and negotiate the CM/ODM commercial agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, pricing and NRE models, and liability and flexibility terms, with clear, measurable performance obligations. • Design the SLA/SLO framework and vendor scorecard for the manufacturing relationship, and oversee the governance cadence, from weekly operating reviews to QBRs with partner executives. • Share demand forecasts with the partner on a defined cadence and convert them into committed, capacity build plans aligned to our deployment schedule. • Ensure builds are scheduled against deployment need dates and hold the partner to committed volumes and on time output, driving recovery plans when production falls behind. • Ensure the partner maintains adequate materials and buffer inventory on site to protect the build plan and manage inventory risks against the forecast. • Verify partner billing against contracted rates, actual output, and approved NRE, and resolve discrepancies before invoices are approved. • Escalate performance issues through the partner's management chain with data, and own corrective actions through closure. • Coordinate with product engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and deployment operations so factory commitments and downstream plans stay aligned. You may be a good fit if you: • Have 10+ years of experience in supply management, supply chain, or manufacturing operations, with direct ownership of a contract manufacturer or ODM relationship. • Have owned a CM/ODM relationship through both a commercial negotiation cycle and a production ramp, and can speak to outcomes on both. • Have structured and negotiated manufacturing agreements: SOWs, pricing models, SLAs, and inventory liability terms. • Have owned build plans, forecast commitments, and on time delivery for products built at a manufacturing partner site. • Are rigorous with data: are comfortable running scorecards, verifying partner reported numbers, and using both to drive decisions. • Are comfortable working cross functionally and have led engineering, finance, supply chain and operations teams to a decision when their priorities conflicted. • Communicate clearly in writing and produce artifacts senior stakeholders can act on without follow-up. • Have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience. It's a bonus if you have: • Experience managing server, rack, or accelerator system manufacturing with major CMs and ODMs (Foxconn, Quanta, Wiwynn, Jabil, ZT Systems, Flextronics, Celestica, or similar). • Experience with CM cost and billing structures: unit price, NRE, consigned versus turnkey material, and inventory liability models. • Experience supporting large scale hardware deployments where on-time delivery and supplier performance are critical program outcomes. • Experience with S&OP processes, capacity modeling, or clear-to-build management. • Experience with liquid-cooled or high power density compute rack systems. • Experience bringing up a new manufacturing partner or second source alongside engineering teams. The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $320,000-$405,000 USD Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

About Anthropic

Anthropic is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on developing AI systems that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy. The company was founded in 2019 by Dr. Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher and winner of the Turing Award. Anthropic's research is focused on developing AI systems that can learn from small amounts of data, reason about complex systems, and interact with humans in a natural way. The company is based in New York City and has a team of experienced AI researchers and engineers.
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