Product Materials Manager

Arista Networks • Cary, NC

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About The Position

The Product Materials Manager will be responsible for managing Arista's product longevity by assessing risks early on, and acting on reducing those risks through a myriad of actions and activities. This role will interface with many parts of Arista's organization, such as Finance, Sales, Marketing, Hardware and Software Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field from an accredited college or university.
• 5+ years' experience in a manufacturing and / or supply chain environment
• Excellent analytical skills and experience in creating solutions and improving processes
• Basic understanding of planning, operations, warehousing, order fulfillment, distribution, transportation
• The ability to collaborate with multi-department team
• Good written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities

• Manage last time buy and obsolete components and determine a transition plan in conjunction with stakeholders. This includes components that are on Arista's switches, as well as direct to fulfillment items (optics, power supplies, etc)
• Develop processes to determine risk on component availability on Arista products
• Work with Sales / Marketing on strategy for product life cycle management at the product level
• Develop last time buy plans and work with supply chain / finance to purchase soon to be obsolete materials
• Regularly review obsolete material positions with Sales / Marketing to determine ‘time remaining' on products using the materials
• Identifying opportunities for redesigns with obsolete parts, manage the closure of implementation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees