Supply Chain-Sr Mgr
About the role
As a valuable member of the Asset Retirement and Recovery Team, you will manage both our daily asset recovery operations and high-visibility decommissioning projects. You will act as the operational "glue," ensuring seamless asset recovery without delays that could impact dependent teams. You will hold direct accountability for delivering against aggressive revenue targets.
Responsibilities
- Asset Recovery & Revenue Target Delivery: Hold primary accountability for driving top-line revenue targets. Manage daily operational asset disposal requests across Verizon business units, maximizing revenue and value recovery by efficiently reselling and recycling network hardware, IT hardware, scrap, and batteries.
- Operational Excellence: Maintain strict operational discipline, ensuring 100% adherence to our 48-hour SLA for all ticket requests and resolving escalations rapidly.
- Decommissioning Execution: Partner seamlessly with Network Operations, the Decom PMO, Site Restoration teams, and external vendors to execute site decommissions. Ensure "Zero Service Gaps" by executing asset recovery functions accurately before dependent teams begin their work.
- Project Oversight: Maintain meticulous oversight of all asset recovery workflows and decommissioning projects, utilizing detailed trackers and clear documentation to ensure the team never misses a beat.
- Contracting & Vendor Management: Oversee daily vendor performance and compliance. Work closely with the Sourcing team to drive contracting efforts, assisting with RFPs and vendor agreements to lock in optimal rates and maximize value recovery.
- AI & Process Automation: Act as a technologically savvy innovator by utilizing AI tools to create, build, and fully operationalize automated solutions for the team. Automate and simplify complex logistical processes to drive execution speed, reduce manual workloads, and eliminate internal friction.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
- Experience managing daily operations, asset disposal requests, and reverse logistics while successfully delivering against measurable revenue targets.
- Experience managing complex projects utilizing detailed trackers, clear notes, and rigorous organizational standards.
- Experience supporting contracting processes, overseeing vendor performance, and driving compliance.
Qualifications
Even better if you have:
- Experience in asset lifecycle management, network decommissioning, or sustainability initiatives (e.g., zero landfill programs).
- Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally across engineering, operations, and external vendor ecosystems.
- Strong technological fluency, specifically with demonstrated experience using AI tools and automation skills to build and operationalize business solutions.
- A collaborative, team-player mentality with a proven ability to drive cross-functional process improvement.
- Advanced technical or analytics skills, including familiarity with Python, JavaScript, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), SQL, Alteryx, Tableau, or advanced AI prompt engineering.
- Experience navigating strategic RFPs/RFQs and maximizing revenue/value recovery.
- A proven track record of delivering massive financial targets through operational excellence.
Schedule
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Scheduled weekly hours: 40.
Pay
The annual salary range for this role based on a full-time schedule is $98,500.00 - $188,000.00. This is an incentive-based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, compensation will be adjusted to reflect hours.
Benefits
- Health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home & auto insurance.
- Matched 401(k) savings plan.
- Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year.
- Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition assistance.
- Opportunity for premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances.
- Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.