Sr. Global Supply Manager - Post Delivery, AWS Infrastructure Services

Amazon • Herndon, VA

19h

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

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

• Own the end-to-end supplier performance and technician resourcing capacity management for on-site support and commissioning
• Be the first line of defense in mitigating testing and commissioning risks occurring at the Data Center sites, and convert risks to lessons-learned to prevent recurrence
• Identify logistics improvement opportunities to drive standardized and scalable way of delivering and storing mission critical equipment
• Collaborate with Commissioning and Quality Engineering team to enforce best practices internally and externally so capacity delivery risks are preemptively mitigated
• De-risk supply chain constraints through sustainable long-term strategies for tier-1 solutions and tier-2+ critical components
• Provide oversight of key tier-2 suppliers to ensure their ability to support our tier-1 supplier commitments
• Drive process improvement and automation to support the scale of AWS
• Engage with global supply chain counterparts to drive leading supply chain practices and initiatives
• 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 cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Requires travel up to 25% of the year

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