Strategic Planning Mgr Spares, IPS

Amazon Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a high-ownership, results-driven professional to support Data Center Spares planning and Global Spare Planning for AWS infrastructure. You will align on short- and long-range supply plans, manage inventory across nodes, and drive business-critical decisions in a highly Ambiguous environment.

The role emphasizes ownership, process automation, and collaboration with diverse teams to optimize part availability and reduce costs on a global scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program, project or product management experience.
• 5+ years of supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, or program management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate spare parts inventory strategies aligned with channels, plans, targets and goals.
• Create and execute replenishment strategies to meet business outcomes and identify improvements.
• Leverage reports and analytics to support recommendations aligned with strategy.
• Monitor usage trends, research demand drivers, use forecast data and models, and evaluate outcomes.
• Collaborate with data center operations, hardware engineering, supply chain, and logistics to understand needs and demand drivers.
• Review buying multiples, minimums, replenished forecasts, lead-times, and vendor performance to optimize inventory.
• Partner with suppliers and operations for collaborative forecasting to drive inventory optimization and cost productivity.
• Develop mechanisms to monitor and reduce inventory excess across regions and categories

Skills

Program management

Supply chain management

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

Education

Master's degree/MBA in supply chain or related field

Job description

Description

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.

We are looking for a high ownership and results-oriented individual to support Data Center Spares planning. You will work across the team and its customers to align on a short and long-range supply plan. You will contribute to our Global Spare Planning function to understand the needs of our data centers across our network and manage the inventory across different nodes of our supply chain.

If you love being at the forefront of industry growth and development, developing and executing processes in a highly ambiguous environment, identifying information gaps and collaboration needs, and driving business strategy, then this is the spot for you. This is a high impact role offering an opportunity to drive and influence business-critical decisions impacting the long-term future of the business.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate comprehensive spare parts inventory strategies and processes in alignment with multiple channels, department plans, key inventory targets, and business goals.
• Create and execute strategies for the implementation of replenishment and inventory achieve key business outcomes while proactively identifying improvements.
• Leverage reports and analytics to make recommendations in line with business strategy and goals.
• Monitor and Review historical usage trends, research demand drivers, utilize forecast data ad statistical forecast models, analyze auto generated forecast output, and evaluate forecast results
• Interact with data center operations, hardware engineering, business service owners, supply chain teams, logistics operations, and other multi-functional stake holders to understand business needs and demand drivers.
• Review buying multiples, minimums, replenished forecasts, lead-times, and vendor performance to optimize inventory performance.
• Partner and collaborate with business partners, suppliers, and operations proactively for the collaborative forecasting process to drive inventory optimization, part availability and cost productivity.
• Develop Strategies and mechanisms to monitor, reduce, and control inventory excess across regions and categories

A successful candidate will need to:

• Communicate ideas concisely to a wide variety of stakeholders for purposes ranging from informative to need for approvals from executives.
• Take Initiative, willing to “get hands dirty” in a start-up environment while simultaneously developing processes, automation, and delivering results
• Clearly define data requirements and metrics, working with teams to implement the entire data flow from capture to presentation and management
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously

If you are an experienced professional with a passion for technology, driving change and impact at a Global scale, you might be a fit for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure supply chain and procurement team. Come armed with your knowledge for a position where you will own, build, and run spare parts supply chain and engage with multiple stakeholders to drive plans and execution to satisfy the demanding needs of a high growth industry, impacting markets worldwide.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program, project or product management, or leading product implementation experience
• 5+ years of supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, commodity management or program management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or MBA in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
• Experience in managing multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Proven track record of high impact business results
• Excellent written composition and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast paced environment.
• A strong sense of ownership over work
• Superior analytical skills, with ability to dive in and quickly understand root cause and identify scalable solutions.
• Excellent business judgment, strong written and oral communication skills, and a practical, common sense approach to getting things done.
• Deep understanding of Inventory Management principles and systems

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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