Sr. Global Supply Manager, AWS Infrastructure Services

Amazon • Herndon, VA

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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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost
cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS
Infrastructure Service (AIS) organization works to deliver cutting-edge
solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible data center
supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and responsive
professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join
our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud
services company on Earth!

The AIS Power & Cooling team is looking for a results-oriented individual to own
sourcing and supply management for Data Center Power & Cooling Equipment. Our
Procurement Managers are experts in their industries who deliver the supply that
helps drive the explosive growth of AWS.

As a member of the Power and Cooling Procurement Team, you will manage the
end-to-end global sourcing and supply chain for one or more of the categories
that reside within the Power and Cooling Equipment space supporting AWS Data
Center build projects. This role's primary responsibility is to maintain
unconstrained supply on a global scale for the responsible categories and work
with our internal customers and business partners to understand demand signals
and drive the appropriate supply strategies to deliver continuity of supply.
This has to be achieved while enabling procurement with low cost structure and
flexibility in adapting to volatile demand.

Requirements

• 6+ years of related industry experience
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field, or 6+ years of related supply chain experience
• 4+ years experience in electrical, mechanical, infrastructure or data center construction industries
• 6+ years experience in supplier performance management in sourcing and/or supply chain with direct ownership of executive-level negotiation
• 6+ years experience in commercial and contract negotiation
• 6+ years experience of end-to-end supply chain management with emphasis on flexibility and scalability
• Requires travel up to 15% of the year

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of relevant supply chain and/or sourcing experience
• Direct experience in backup/prime power generation.
• Able to model supply chain and sourcing strategies to define cost and performance impacts, trade-offs, and risks
• Experience with design and vision-setting for technology infrastructure investment, providing financial savings in an end to end supply chain
• Direct responsibility for modeling strategies for a complex supply chain that has experienced an increase in scale and complexity of demand.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manages sourcing and supply chain strategies on a global scale
• Drive the strategic aspects of large complex cross-functional projects
• Develop and maintain supplier capacity modeling
• Understand demand inputs and position supply to support unconstrained growth at AWS scale in both the short-term and long-term horizons
• Engage with global supply chain counterparts to drive leading supply chain practices and initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams to drive NPI initiatives and value-engineering initiatives.
• Drive innovation through the supply chain and influence industry practices
• Develop analytical reports to deliver information to business partners and stakeholders that support improved decision making
• Manage supplier lead times and drive them to meet AWS business requirements
• Manage supplier performance and allocation of material to demands based on priority
• Be a subject matter expert for the customers, technologies, and markets in which you engage
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Identify and drive realization of opportunities for sustainable, scalable, relative advantage in your category

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: Mid Level