Manufacturing Operations Engineering Manager, Operations Engineering Manager, AWS

Amazon • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

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.

AWS Infrastructure is seeking a highly analytical, driven, and experienced
Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain Leader to join our diverse team of
software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security
experts, and operations managers. In this role, you will lead inventory
management strategies that optimize customer experience, inventory levels, and
operational efficiency.

As a Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain Leader, you will be at the
forefront of maintaining efficient manufacturing capacity and ensuring timely
delivery of products to our customers. You'll collaborate with teams across AWS
to uphold the highest standards of safety and security while working towards our
goal of providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. This
role manages (contract manufacturing) vendor(s) critical to the successful
fulfillment of hardware to AWS data centers globally. The role is primarily
responsible for Site Performance (output, quality, efficiency, costs), Partner
Relationship Management. The primary performance metrics associated with this-
role will be ensuring the availability of materials needed for production,
optimizing inventory levels, and implementing efficient processes to support the
company's operational goals. This role is based in Salt Lake City.

Our environment is fast-paced and requires someone who delivers results and is
comfortable working with tight deadlines, changing priorities, and ambiguity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years of supply chain operations and logistics experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• 5+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Experience leading process improvements
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies
• Knowledge of data mining techniques, predictive analytics, and statistical modeling
• Knowledge of supply chain management concepts - forecasting, planning, sourcing, optimization and logistics or equivalent
• Experience in supply chain

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management responsibility for high velocity operations
• Act as point of escalation for all vendor related issues
• Manage vendor operational excellence through data driven metrics and continuous improvement activities
• Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and overall cost structure
• Drive complex analysis to identify opportunities to improve internal and external processes
• Work cross-functionally to identify and apply best practices and continuous process improvements
• Influence internal technical teams to drive multi-system process & system changes
• Manage Material flow and logistics to enable manufacturing execution.
• Set project requirements and drive results across internal and external
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to lower risks and reduce lead times.
• Design and maintain scalable, reliable analytical tools, dashboards, and metrics to drive key decisions and resource prioritization
• Influence partner processes, technologies, and policies to achieve mutual benefits for both organizations in a sustainable manner.
• Analyze production schedules and demand forecasts, ensuring our customer requirements are met, whilst maximizing site utilization
• Drive complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve internal and external processes
• Drive material reuse opportunities, improving AWS’ overall circular supply chain

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager