Warehouse Network Program Manager, AWS Cloud Logistics

Main Responsibilities

• Network Strategy & Gravity Analysis
• Lead gravity modeling and demand-weighted analysis to determine optimal warehouse placement.
• Balance inbound origin lanes, outbound delivery density, and transportation lead times.
• Build and maintain network optimization models incorporating customer demand signals, labor market availability, capacity constraints, and market capacity.
• Identify highest-value site locations and translate outputs into actionable site recommendations.
• Partner with modeling teams and internal analytics groups to continuously refine network topology models and stress-test assumptions against demand forecasts.
• Material Placement & Flow Optimization
• Define strategic material placement frameworks.
• Determine which SKU families, product categories, or inventory types should be positioned at which nodes.
• Drive replenishment flow optimization between distribution centers to minimize dwell time, transportation cost, and handling touches.
• Develop and own slotting strategies and inventory positioning logic that align material flow with throughput capacity and demand velocity.
• Identify and resolve misalignment between material placement and demand.
• Strategic Initiatives & Network Efficiency
• Identify and lead cross-functional initiatives to reduce warehousing cost-per-unit through strategic footprint consolidation, network rebalancing, and site utilization improvement.
• Develop and execute multi-year warehouse network roadmaps, including capacity recovery plans, site exit strategies, and greenfield launch sequencing.
• Lead workstreams addressing network imbalances.
• Performance Management & Stakeholder Alignment
• Define and track KPIs for network health, including warehouse utilization rates, pallet footprint efficiency, flow velocity, and cost-per-cubic-foot benchmarks.
• Build recurring reporting frameworks to surface optimization opportunities and track progress against network strategy goals.
• Align with senior building and regional leadership to ensure site-level decisions ladder up to network-level strategy.
• Partner with LSPs and 3P service providers to ensure operational execution aligns with the broader network design.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of program, project or product management, or leading product implementation experience
• 6+ years of related industry experience
• 8+ years of data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of high volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent
• Experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments
• Experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies
• Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company
• Experience in program, project or product management, or leading product implementation

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies
• Experience in negotiations with global suppliers with a proven track record in cost reduction
• Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners
• Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, or equivalent)