Inventory & Operations Manager, IDC

The Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) team within the Global Supply Chain Operations (GSCO) group is responsible for teaming with our supply chain partners to build, deliver, and enable Meta’s Power, Cooling & Fiber equipment within our Data Centers. Meta’s computing foundation is its Data Centers, and key partnerships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) across the Owner Furnished Equipment (OFE) & Connectivity industry are a crucial piece in building and operationalizing this infrastructure. The IDC-GSCO is responsible for managing the performance of these partners while setting and achieving key performance metrics (On-time delivery) from our third party logistics (3PL) inventory partners, as well as our OEMs. The team is inherently dynamic, requiring coordination across engineering, NPI, mass production, and sustaining teams all within a given cycle. Put simply: the IDC-GSCO team is composed of problem solvers who build relationships both within- and beyond- Meta to achieve industry-leading performance and pave the way for Meta’s AI-enabled infrastructure.

The Inventory & Operations Manager is a crucial role for the IDC-GSCO team, playing a pivotal part in operationalizing and optimizing our global supply chain. Located in one of our North American based regions, this role is readily capable to interface directly with our internal partners as well as our external inventory and OEM partners across the globe. As a detail-oriented operational leader this role is critical for the measurement, management, and improvement of our inventory partners performance. Furthermore, this role will help scope, shape, and implement supply chain strategies that optimize for flexibility, speed-to-deployment, and resilience across Meta’s IDC supply chain.Inventory & Operations Manager, IDC Responsibilities

• Collaboratively update and set the supply chain inventory strategy
• lead the operational execution of the strategy
• Partner with key XFN stakeholders including IDC manufacturing operations, commercial sourcing, business systems, accounting, and finance to ensure Meta’s inventory and 3PL operations are executed on-time
• Help to develop optionality frameworks in conjunction with Planning and capacity management
• Manage 3PL operational output including supplier performance
• Coordinate 3PL and ODM interaction and execution including PO and material transfer
• Perform historical root cause analysis to determine when and where inventory operations jeopardized on-time-delivery goals of the organization
• Rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to executive teams and proactively identify and resolve potential supply issues that can affect product strategy.
• Handle global supply chain or live data center disruptions in real-time with the support of international teams on site if needed and on short notice
• Proactively identify risks to manufacturing operations
• coordinate with internal and external partners to mitigate risks

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of supply chain-centric technical experience in hyperscale data centers, semiconductor industry, automation/robotics and/or associated industries.
• Significant operational experience to understand the relationship between supply chain, inventory performance, logistics management, and manufacturing production needs
• Significant planning and data-management experience, particularly involving material or inventory tracking
• Experience managing external teams and partnerships
• Experience influencing, driving solutions, building consensus, and leading executives through influence
• Proven experience achieving supply chain output under timelines and industry conditions

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, or Operations Research
• 8+ years of technical, logistics, or manufacturing operations experience in the semiconductor, hardware, or consumer electronic spaces.
• Experience in complex cross-functional team organizations and skills to project influence across suppliers and industries

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