Supply Chain Project Manager

Akamai Technologies, Inc. • Sacramento, CA • 1h ago

Do you want to help Akamai build a fast, intelligent, and secure network operating on the edge?

Would supporting the biggest global network excite you?

Join our Supply Chain Management Team

We provide support for Akamai's global Infrastructure teams so they can deploy and maintain the networks that power Akamai products and services. Our primary responsibility is management of hardware procurement and distribution. On the Server Procurement team, we focus on planning, buying, and all-inclusive asset management of network servers.

Partner with the best

In this role, you will work closely with external parties such as Server Manufacturers, 3PLs, Carriers, Repair Vendors, as well as with many internal stakeholders on teams in Cloud Technology Group and Finance group.

As a Supply Chain Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

Maintaining the procurement relationship with server vendors, providing feedback for vendor scorecards and participating in quarterly business reviews.

Participating in cross-functional meetings to understand strategies and aligning procurement decisions with short-term and long-term objectives.

Collaborating with Engineering, Design, Program Management, and Planning to integrate new products and technologies while managing roadmap risk and outdated inventory.

Addressing material shortages and unexpected conditions while collaborating with business groups to understand component roles and impacts of delays.

Monitoring pending deployments and suggesting inter-warehouse transfers, project sequencing, and equipment substitutions to optimize timeliness and overall deployment costs.

Demonstrating urgency in researching, tracking, and resolving supply issues efficiently by collaborating with vendors for timely, cost-effective solutions.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 5+ years of experience in forecasting/procurement and a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent.

Have experience utilizing tools like Oracle, Siebel, Tableau, Anaplan, and SQL commonly employed at Akamai for various operational tasks.

Show Project and Vendor Management experience

Demonstrate exceptional analytical abilities in both financial and operational @contexts.

Perform detailed tasks independently with precision and accuracy, ensuring exceptional outcomes in all responsibilities undertaken.

Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and intercultural communication abilities in both written and verbal formats effectively and professionally

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security : Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm\source=akamai&utm\medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $76,100 - $136,900/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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