Senior Commodity Planning & Materials Analyst

Senior Commodity Planning & Materials Analyst

VAST Data is looking for a Senior Commodity Planning & Materials Analyst to join our growing team!

This is a great opportunity to be part of the fastest-growing infrastructure company in history. In just a few short years, we've shaken up the industry by challenging traditional architecture models and introduced a revolutionary set of storage possibilities through our Universal Storage platform. With the advent of heavy growth in AI cloud infrastructure, VAST is perfectly positioned to act as the platform to power AI and deep learning in modern data centers and clouds.

Our success has been built through incredible leadership and motivated employees who want to leverage their skills and experiences to make a real impact. This is an opportunity to be a key player at a pivotal time in our company's growth.

Come join the disruption, make your mark, and be a part of the amazing team introducing the new era of data storage for the growing AI market!

We are looking for a Senior Commodity Planning & Materials Analyst who:

1. thrives in a fast-paced hardware supply chain environment,
2. drives material readiness and supply continuity supporting sustaining production and product transitions,
3. leverages data, analytics, and supplier collaboration to proactively manage material risk, inventory health, and supply planning.

This role partners closely with Commodity Management, Procurement, Operations, Finance, Engineering, and Contract Manufacturing partners to ensure materials availability while maintaining healthy inventory levels and accurate planning signals across the supply chain.

About the Role

• This is a critical supply chain role requiring both analytical rigor and operational execution to ensure materials readiness and inventory health across production programs.
• Manage materials readiness for sustaining production and product transitions, with supporting involvement in NPI clear-to-build (CTB) processes.
• Maintain and validate key supply, demand, and inventory data feeds, ensuring accuracy for weekly operational reviews and decision making.
• Monitor global inventory positions and highlight required actions related to aging inventory, slow-moving parts, shortages, and demand shaping opportunities.
• Analyze multi-level BOM structures and material usage to validate planning assumptions, order quantities, and supply alignment.
• Collaborate with contract manufacturers and suppliers to track supply status, resolve shortages, and manage expedites or upstream blockers.
• Provide regular supply outlooks against demand forecasts, identifying risks, gaps, and mitigation strategies.
• Drive excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory reviews and disposition strategies with both internal stakeholders and contract manufacturers.
• Implement and maintain inventory audit and validation processes across supply, purchase orders, and system data.
• Support product lifecycle transitions, including supplier EOL events, product generation changes, and material rebalancing.
• Serve as an operations subject matter expert on inventory cost methodology and purchase price variance (PPV) drivers impacting finance reporting.
• Generate and maintain materials planning dashboards, reporting, and analytics to improve cross-functional visibility and decision making.
• Influence commodity and planning teams on allocation decisions, supplier forecasts, and long-term supply strategies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 5 years managing materials in a fast-paced work environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and Visio
• Strong written and presentation skills
• Experience in creating and implementing cross-functional work flow processes
• Experience in devising and recommending strategies to drive materials and manage inventory

Preferred Requirements:

• Master's degree
• 10 years or more managing materials in a fast-paced work environment
• Program Management Experience