Principal, Spares Strategy

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.

We are looking for a seasoned supply chain professional to join our growing infrastructure team as Principal, Spares Strategy. The role will play an important part in our ability to fulfill customer promise by ensuring the availability of spare parts for break-fix of Server & Networking infrastructure at the optimal cost to support on-going operations and projects while constantly staying ahead of the emerging needs.

If you love being at the forefront of industry growth and development, developing and executing processes in a highly ambiguous environment, identifying information gaps and collaboration needs, and driving business strategy, then this is the spot for you. This is a high impact role offering an opportunity to drive and influence business-critical decisions impacting the long-term future of the business.

Key job responsibilities

Besides managing day-to-day responsibilities, the role will work on fundamentally changing the inventory planning/management, replenishment/fulfillment processes and systems for sparing. This role will drive synergies and integration of systems / processes across multiple related supply chains and products across existing and new products. This role provides a real opportunity to develop original ideas, approaches, and solutions in a competitive and ever-changing business climate.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• Design and execute supply chain transformation programs globally by taking ownership of inputs to the spares planning process.
• Onboard new supply chains for related products and develop strategy to integrate with existing systems / process and / or build new systems / processes.
• Develop supply chain strategy for the organization in partnership with other teams.
• Address tactical and strategic supply chain issues.
• Provide functional expertise in the global infrastructure team.
• Hire and develop team members.
• Develop analytics, including metrics and reports, for better decision making

Key Skills that will make you successful in this role are:

• General manager/owner mentality, entrepreneurial drive, take ownership and influence others
• Strong ability to drive result-oriented collaboration across globally distributed, cross-functional and cross-cultural teams
• Exceptional communication skills that include clear written and verbal communication as well as the ability to listen effectively.
• Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer.
• Exceptional analytical and technical problem solving skills and a passion to solve hard problems