AWS Global Supply Chain Manager, AWS Infrastructure Services, Amazon Custom Modules, AWS

AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain Manager

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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 seeking a highly effective supply chain professional to manage one of our most complex commodities. In this role, the candidate will manage a thermal components supply chain with multiple products in close collaboration with both internal and external cross functional teams to help enable AWS's ISCaP team achieve continuity of supply and cost goals.

The successful candidate must be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with high attention to detail, and a proven ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Candidates must have excellent analytical capabilities, program management experience, be comfortable diving deep into data, have strong writing skills, lead executive-level reviews, and communicate clearly and effectively to all levels of the company, both in writing and in meetings.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a key member of the AWS Infrastructure supply chain team in helping to define and deliver complex supply chain strategies.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable and reliable analytical tools, dashboards, and metrics that drive key decisions and resource prioritization.
• Understand the technical requirements of our partners and work closely with the internal technical teams to guide the direction of activities that will impact our supply chain.
• Produce written recommendations and insights for key stakeholders to help shape solution design.
• Handle multiple projects at once, deal with ambiguity and rapidly-changing priorities.

Our environment is fast-paced and requires someone who is hard-working, meticulous with high bias for action, who gets things done at an effective pace, gets results, and is comfortable working with tight deadlines and changing priorities.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Maintaining continuity of supply for the categories and/or components they manage.
• Developing clear action plans to drive global supply availability and execute on supply chain strategies.
• Leading internal engagements across Supply Chain, Engineering, NPI, Logistics, Planning and Business organizations while engaging closely with suppliers on supply monitoring and status.
• Managing supplier relationships and communication, tracking orders and inventory levels, processing purchase orders, ensuring timely delivery, coordinating material requirements with internal teams, maintaining accurate procurement documentation, and leading cross-functional initiatives while ensuring timely delivery and quality standards across global operations.

A day in the life:

• Material/inventory Planning
• Supply/Demand planning / forecasting
• Maintaining continuity of supply (COS)
• Communicating supply status, risks/mitigations to internal stakeholders and executive leadership
• Working with data and analytics (ability to view, edit, and extrapolate data in Excel or similar spreadsheet software)
• Working with suppliers/vendors, inventory warehousing teams
• Managing electromechanical component supply chain (Power Supply Units, Inverters, batteries, racks, frames, mechanical accessories, chassis, fans, heatsinks etc.)
• Capacity planning (expanding new manufacturing lines)

About the team:

Diverse Experiences: AWS 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.

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.

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 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.