Principal Technical Infra Program Manager, Inventory Optimization, S&OP Planning

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services is seeking a Principal, Inventory Optimization to establish and lead the strategic vision for inventory management across AWS's global infrastructure. This role will drive transformational improvements in working capital efficiency, service levels, and supply chain agility.

Responsibilities

• Set the end-to-end inventory strategy, defining policies, service-level targets, inventory segmentation rules, and lifecycle management frameworks.
• Ensure that tactical day-to-day decisions across procurement, material planning, and capacity delivery align with AWS's business objectives.
• Bridge S&OP, supply chain planning, finance, demand forecasting, product, and engineering teams to translate complex trade-offs between working capital and fill rates into executable, scalable programs.
• Design, validate, and operationalize sophisticated models including multi-echelon inventory optimization, probabilistic safety stock calculations, lead-time variability analysis, and service-cost trade-off frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to reduce excess and obsolescence, lower carrying costs, and free working capital while protecting revenue through targeted, analytically-driven service-level adjustments.
• Select and configure optimization tools, own KPI and metric frameworks, and operationalize processes that scale with AWS's rapid growth and unique supply characteristics.
• Drive continuous improvement through experimentation, ROI tracking, exception management, and governance frameworks that embed guardrails ensuring inventory decisions remain optimal as demand patterns, lead times, and product mix evolve.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or related quantitative field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain management, inventory optimization, or operations research
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing advanced inventory optimization models (i.e., multi-echelon, safety stock, service-level optimization)
• Demonstrated expertise in statistical modeling, optimization algorithms, and data analytics
• Past experience influencing senior leadership and driving strategic decision-making through data-driven insights

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or related field
• Experience in technology, cloud infrastructure, or high-growth environments with complex, multi-echelon supply chains
• Deep expertise in probabilistic forecasting, lead-time variability modeling, and service-level optimization
• Experience with inventory optimization tools and platforms (e.g., o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, or similar)
• Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, or other analytical programming languages
• Track record of delivering significant working capital improvements (e.g., greater than 20 percent inventory reduction) while maintaining or improving service levels
• Experience with AWS infrastructure, data center operations, or hardware supply chains

Skills

• Advanced analytics and optimization modeling
• Statistical modeling and optimization algorithms
• Data analytics
• Inventory optimization tools and platforms
• Python, R, SQL, or other analytical programming languages

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.