Data Center Long-Lead Supply Chain Manager (Americas)

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Supply Chain Manager to own sourcing and supply for long lead electrical equipment across the Americas.

You will manage end-to-end supply chain activities, align demand with supplier capacity, and build strategic supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery for AWS data center builds. The role requires strong procurement and analytics skills, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a willingness to travel up to 15–20% per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience.
• Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global supply chain strategy for long lead equipment, delivering high-quality equipment solutions on time and at optimal costs.
• Manage end-to-end supply chain operations including supplier on-time delivery, capacity planning, logistics, inventory management, and lead time optimization.
• Align demand signals with supplier capacity to maintain unconstrained supply at AMER scale.
• Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships for assigned categories.
• Manage supplier performance and allocate equipment to demands based on priority.
• Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain risks to ensure uninterrupted delivery of critical electrical systems.
• Partner with Design Engineering, Planning & Delivery, DCSP teams, and Delivery Management to support electrical infrastructure product roadmap development.
• Collaborate with engineering, product managers, quality, and demand planning teams on procurement decisions.
• Influence supplier and technology selection to provide maximum benefit to AWS.
• Drive standardization initiatives across programs to reduce complexity and improve supply chain efficiency.
• Identify and implement innovative supply chain technologies and best practices to enhance flexibility and resilience.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies in electrical distribution to maintain competitive advantage.
• Develop predictive analytics models for demand forecasting and capacity planning.
• Create analytical reports that deliver actionable insights to business partners and stakeholders.
• Support data-driven decision making for electrical equipment procurement.

Skills

Procurement

Supply chain

Vendor negotiations

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Advanced Excel

SQL

Tableau

Python

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Supply Chain Manager to own sourcing and supply for long lead electrical equipment across the Americas.

You will manage end-to-end supply chain activities, align demand with supplier capacity, and build strategic supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery for AWS data center builds. The role requires strong procurement and analytics skills, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a willingness to travel up to 15–20% per year.