Senior Global Supply Manager, AWS Infrastructure Services

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Global Supply Manager in AWS Infrastructure Services. This role is pivotal in managing supply chain strategies for critical components that support global data centers. You'll collaborate with diverse teams to optimize hardware demand and supply, ensuring operational excellence in a dynamic environment. If you're a results-driven individual with a passion for innovation and strategic thinking, this opportunity offers a platform to make a significant impact while fostering a culture of inclusion and continuous growth. Embrace the chance to shape the future of cloud infrastructure and be part of a team that values diverse experiences and ideas.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Career advancement opportunities

Diverse and inclusive work culture

Work-life balance initiatives

Mentorship programs

Qualifications

• 6+ years in technology supply chain with experience in silicon industry.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, SQL, and Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute supply planning strategies for critical components.
• Manage supplier relationships and ensure continuity of supply.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Data Analysis

Project Management

Communication Skills

Creative Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in supply chain or related field

MBA or advanced degree in engineering

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Python

Job description

Senior Global Supply Manager, AWS Infrastructure Services

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The AWS ISCaP ASC (Amazon Subtier Components) team is seeking a results-oriented Senior Global Supply Manager to own supply management for interconnects (connector and cable assembly) or other critical PCBA subtier components that go into server racks for our global datacenter network. The role will manage internal stakeholders as well as supplier relationships to ensure support on continuity of supply, lifecycle management, key programs, process improvement, contracts, and technical needs. The ideal candidate will deliver operational excellence with a focus on hardware demand/supply optimization. This individual must be a high energy, high impact individual with demonstrated ability to succeed in a dynamic business environment. Successful candidates will build long lasting, strategic partnerships, be well organized with strong communication skills to position themselves and AWS for continued success. The ideal candidate will raise the bar on driving schedules and deep diving into data, actively participates with a strong curiosity to understand the business end-to-end, and has a track record of delivering strong results.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. A self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with high attention to detail, and have a proven ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
2. Create and execute supply planning strategies for critical silicon components or other critical PCBA subtier components, to meet the ASC team, the category, key programs, and customer needs.
3. Prioritize activities and align with stakeholders across the AWS Supply Chain teams and Hardware Engineering to deliver supply globally with a high degree of predictability.
4. Manage supplier relationships and allocation of material to demands based on priority.
5. Be a subject matter expert for the customers, technologies, and markets in which you engage.
6. Gather data and synthesize reports to help run rhythm of the business including QBR (Quarterly Business Reviews), monthly, weekly operations syncs, and ad-hoc requests.
7. Identify process improvement opportunities and work with cross functional teams to improve tools and process to better meet our capacity needs.

Function Specific Work Activities

1. Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base opportunities to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and utilize industry developments that benefit Amazon.
2. Identify and pursue opportunities to leverage and consolidate the supply base using system level tools and techniques.
3. Understand forecasting, demand planning, material/supply/inventory planning, and manufacturing processes/capacity to verify supply commitments.
4. Manage supply buffers and allocation to shorten lead times and build resiliency into the supply chain without driving excess.
5. Drive supplier improvement initiatives to continually lower risk and reduce lead times.
6. Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations.
7. Produce written recommendations and insights to inform key stakeholders of supply chain health and help shape solution design.

A Day in the Life

You will be working closely with multiple Server PCBA ODM and critical compute silicon components suppliers, AWS Supply Chain teams, and Hardware Engineering to plan supply of critical compute silicon components that go into server racks for our global datacenter network. You will partner with Hardware Engineering, Product Line Managers, and PCBA GSM to develop and launch new hardware platforms, drive second sourcing strategies, and implement buffer plans. In this role you will be looking at "what's next" on the technology roadmap so you can build a supply strategy to support it.

About the Team

Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Minimum Requirements

1. Bachelor’s or an advanced degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field, or additional 8+ Years work experience in supply chain or sourcing or procurement of hardware in lieu of a degree.
2. 6+ years of experience in technology supply chain, ideally with industry knowledge relevant to the silicon industry, forecast/demand/supply/capacity planning, enterprise technology, or electronics manufacturing, 3+ years of experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Python, Tableau, etc., and 2+ years of experience in program, project, or product management, or leading an implementation of a product.
3. MBA or advanced degree in engineering or other quantitative disciplines, 6+ years of experience in semiconductor supply chain with understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and yield management, supply management of electronic components, servers or personal computers Original Design Manufacture (ODM), consumer electronics; broad supply chain experience, such as new product introduction, forecast/demand/supply/capacity planning, and supplier management.
4. Experience in data centers, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company, and analytical skills with a high degree of proficiency in analysis tools including Microsoft Excel, SQL, Tableau, and statistics software and have a passion for diving deep.
5. Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer, and ability to think strategically and execute tactically with a bias for action.
6. Demonstrated ability to influence at the executive level internally and with suppliers, with high degree of business ethics and accountability, strong business and financial acumen with strong communications (verbal and written) skills; understanding of the implications of different operational choices to guide teams and leadership to best solutions for the organization, and able to model supply chain strategies to define cost and performance impacts, trade-offs, and risks.
7. Certified supply chain management (CPSM) and/or certified project management (PMP).

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