Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

Nscale•Seattle, WA

6d•$150,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Nscale is seeking a Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager to enhance analytical rigor, forecasting accuracy, logistics performance, and capital efficiency within its global hardware supply chain. This role, reporting to the VP of Supply Chain Planning, will be responsible for developing and executing strategies for demand, procurement, allocation, inventory, and global logistics. The objective is to ensure the timely and correct availability of GPUs and supporting hardware in the right regions, while minimizing excess inventory, stranded capital, transportation risks, and supply disruptions. This is a key opportunity for a strategic leader to influence the planning and global movement of critical hardware for a rapidly scaling AI infrastructure business.

Requirements

7–15+ years of experience in supply chain analysis, demand planning, logistics analytics, or hardware procurement.
Experience in datacenter, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale, or high-performance computing environments.
Experience analyzing global logistics flows, including freight, customs, warehousing, and 3PLs.
Strong understanding of hardware lifecycle economics in capital-intensive environments.
Experience working with OEMs, hardware vendors, global logistics providers, and customs frameworks.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling.
Strong SQL skills and experience working with large operational datasets.
Familiarity with supply chain planning systems such as SAP IBP, Anaplan, NetSuite, or similar, plus BI tools like Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.
Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to translate ambiguity into structured models and executive-level insights.

Nice To Haves

Direct exposure to GPU-based supply chains across multiple regions is a significant advantage.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end hardware movement strategy from vendor to datacenter, including freight modes, customs clearance, and final-mile delivery optimization.
Own transportation lead time and cross-border logistics models, translating regulatory and regional constraints into deployment schedules and mitigation strategies.
Direct partnerships with global logistics providers to optimize freight cost, transit time, and risk exposure, driving continuous improvement in logistics performance.
Drive resolution of bottlenecks in international shipping, customs, and warehouse operations through data-informed process improvements and vendor accountability.
Lead new datacenter launch strategy through hardware readiness and logistics feasibility analysis, ensuring seamless deployment execution.
Own short-, mid-, and long-term demand forecasting for racks, servers, networking, and supporting infrastructure, driving forecast accuracy improvements.
Translate commercial pipeline, expansion plans, and infrastructure roadmaps into strategic hardware demand models and capacity plans.
Lead scenario modeling across capacity expansion, supply constraints, regional demand shifts, and logistics lead times to support strategic planning.
Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and planning methodologies, establishing best practices across the organization.
Own inventory analytics, including levels, turns, aging, and stranded capital risk assessment across regions, with authority over rebalancing decisions.
Lead rebalancing and redeployment strategies for excess, obsolete, or underutilized hardware to optimize capital efficiency.
Direct spare pooling optimization, buffer stock strategy, and inter-region transfer decisions to align with business priorities.
Develop cross-region allocation strategies that balance customer demand with hardware availability while maximizing capital efficiency.
Own warehousing footprint strategy and regional stocking policies, driving organizational alignment on inventory positioning.
Establish and maintain executive dashboards for demand versus supply position, GPU allocation status, inventory health and aging, procurement and transportation lead times, and in-transit logistics performance.
Drive strategic analysis and provide executive recommendations to support critical supply and logistics decisions.
Lead cross-functional partnership with Finance to ensure hardware forecasts and logistics costs are integrated into capital planning models.
Own datacenter operations coordination to ensure deployment readiness across multiple sites and support business objectives.
Own structured risk models for supply shocks, freight disruptions, vendor concentration, and geopolitical constraints affecting supply chain resilience.
Lead sensitivity analyses on pricing volatility, allocation shifts, transportation delays, and demand surges to inform strategic planning.
Drive proactive mitigation strategies to eliminate supply chain and logistics disruption risks, with accountability for execution.