Inventory Operations Manager, Network Hardware

The Network Hardware 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 Data Center, Backbone & Edge infrastructure. Meta’s foundation is its Data Centers, and key partnerships with Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) & Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) across the Networking industry are a crucial piece in building and operationalizing this infrastructure. The NW-GSCO is responsible for managing the performance of these partners while setting and achieving key performance metrics (ex. On-time delivery) from our ODMs/OEMs & alternative inventory staging partners. This requires a dynamic approach to work to unlock challenges on the tactical (ex. supply), strategic (ex. Supply chain strategy), and foundational (ex. process overhaul) levels for Inventory Partners, ODMs/OEMs, and Meta. The team is inherently dynamic, requiring coordination across engineering, NPI, mass production, and sustaining teams all within a given cycle. Put simply: the NW-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 NW-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 ODM/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 across Meta’s compute supply chain.Inventory Operations Manager, Network Hardware Responsibilities

• Collaboratively update and set the supply chain inventory strategy
• lead the operational execution of the strategy
• Partner with key Cross Functional (XFN) stakeholders including commodity sourcing/planning, ODM/OEM operations, commercial sourcing, business systems, accounting, and finance to ensure Meta’s inventory and operations are executed on-time
• Help to develop optionality frameworks in conjunction with Planning and capacity management
• Manage inventory operational output including supplier performance
• 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

• 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
• 6 + years of supply chain-centric technical experience in hyper-scale data centers, semiconductor industry, automation and/or associated industries.
• Experience managing external teams and partnerships
• Experience influencing, driving solutions, building consensus, and leading executives through influence.
• Proven experience achieving supply chain outcomes under tight timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, or Operations Research
• 8 + years of experience technical, logistics, or manufacturing operations experience in the semiconductor, hardware, or consumer electronic spaces.
• Experience interfacing with internal and external partners in a cross-functional environment resources.

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