Principal Program Manager

** Job Description*
* We are seeking an exceptional Supply Chain Architect to join our growing team at Oracle, as we embark on an exciting journey of exponential cloud growth. This role is a unique opportunity for a seasoned professional to make a significant impact on our supply chain operations, expanding our supplier base, launching new GPU as well as traditional hardware products, improving internal policy, processes, and tools in support of business growth.

The Supply Chain Architect will be on a dedicated team of 4-5 individuals led by an experienced Oracle supply chain director. All team members must have a common set of strong general program and project management skills plus their own unique specialized skills in at least one area.

Key Responsibilities:

+  Gather and analyze data, formulate clear proposals, and present them effectively to all stakeholders to gain buy-in.

+ Present these plans for Executive VP review, covering critical supply chain topics.

+ Once approved, take ownership of implementation, providing daily status updates and ensuring timely execution.

+ Demonstrate resilience and the ability to handle criticism constructively.

+ Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and other CI methodologies to drive continuous improvement.

+ Act as a liaison and SME to collaborate with various supply chain, engineering, and cloud operations teams to define requirements, solution design, and implementation of supply chain processes, tools, and automation.

+ Lead and influence cross-functional teams without traditional direct reports, ensuring successful project outcomes.

** Responsibilities*
* Generalist Skills (Required):

+ Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field.

+ 10+ years of experience in high-tech manufacturing and cloud compute hardware supply chain management, supply chain planning, procurement, operations, or solutions architecture, with a strong track record of process improvement.

+ Strong experience with ERP (Net Suite, SAP, Oracle, etc.), WMS, PLM, and analytics tools.

+ Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive collaboration between supply chain operations, and engineering with strong stakeholder engagement skills.

+ Excellent written and spoken communication and collaboration abilities.

+ Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

+ Preferred certifications such as APICS CSCP or CPIM, Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) Cloud certification.

+ Preferred proficiency in program/project management, including requirement gathering, team formation, planning, and execution using structure project management methodologies like PMP, Agile, Scrum, and/or Lean Six Sigma (CSSBB).

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Experience with data analytics, automation, and AI-driven supply chain solutions is a plus.

Specialized Skills (Must have at least one of these):

1:
Product Management, Manufacturing Engineering and Factory Operations

+ In-depth knowledge of factory operations, including production line management, assembly, testing, debugging, and engineering processes.

+ Hardware roadmap and transition management, Bill of Material (BOM), Change Management

+ Hardware product lifecycle management (PLM) from New Product Introduction (NPI) to End of Life (EOL)

+ Factory bring-up and qualification, production transfers

+ Tooling and asset management

2:
General Supply Chain, Planning, Fulfillment & Logistics in a Cloud Hardware Business

+ Expertise in supply chain management, S&OP, demand/supply planning, procurement, logistics, inventory control, and material management.

+ Planning for hardware roadmap and transition management

+ Supplier negotiation, supplier management

+ Field service, spares

+ Trade compliance and safety regulations

+ Supply Chain Legal

3:
Data Center Management, Operations, Planning

+ Proficiency in deploying hardware in data center operations, including network infrastructure, power systems, and large-scale computing environments.

+ Capacity planning, demand planning

This position is remote, but it will require travel (up to 25%) to factories and labs to gather firsthand knowledge and to provide direction of engineering and operations

Disclaimer:

** Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.*
* ** Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only*
* US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $90,100 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive…