Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development.

Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager to drive analytical rigor, forecasting accuracy, logistics performance, and capital efficiency across Nscale's global hardware supply chain.

This role sits within Supply Chain Operations and reports to the VP, Supply Chain Planning, where you'll lead the development and execution of demand, procurement, allocation, inventory, and global logistics strategies working closely with datacenter operations, Finance, hardware vendors, and global logistics providers.

You will own the strategy to ensure GPUs and supporting hardware are available in the right region, at the right time, in the right configuration while reducing excess inventory, stranded capital, transportation risk, and supply disruption. This is a high-impact opportunity for a strategic leader who wants to shape how a fast-scaling AI infrastructure business plans and moves critical hardware globally.

What you'll be doing

Logistics & Global Deployment Strategy

• Lead end-to-end hardware movement strategy from vendor to datacenter, including freight modes, customs clearance, and final-mile delivery optimization.
• Own transportation lead time and cross-border logistics models, translating regulatory and regional constraints into deployment schedules and mitigation strategies.
• Direct partnerships with global logistics providers to optimize freight cost, transit time, and risk exposure, driving continuous improvement in logistics performance.
• Drive resolution of bottlenecks in international shipping, customs, and warehouse operations through data-informed process improvements and vendor accountability.
• Lead new datacenter launch strategy through hardware readiness and logistics feasibility analysis, ensuring seamless deployment execution.

Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Own short-, mid-, and long-term demand forecasting for racks, servers, networking, and supporting infrastructure, driving forecast accuracy improvements.
• Translate commercial pipeline, expansion plans, and infrastructure roadmaps into strategic hardware demand models and capacity plans.
• Lead scenario modeling across capacity expansion, supply constraints, regional demand shifts, and logistics lead times to support strategic planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and planning methodologies, establishing best practices across the organization.

Inventory & Regional Allocation

• Own inventory analytics, including levels, turns, aging, and stranded capital risk assessment across regions, with authority over rebalancing decisions.
• Lead rebalancing and redeployment strategies for excess, obsolete, or underutilized hardware to optimize capital efficiency.
• Direct spare pooling optimization, buffer stock strategy, and inter-region transfer decisions to align with business priorities.
• Develop cross-region allocation strategies that balance customer demand with hardware availability while maximizing capital efficiency.
• Own warehousing footprint strategy and regional stocking policies, driving organizational alignment on inventory positioning.

Data, Reporting & Strategic Analysis

• Establish and maintain executive dashboards for demand versus supply position, GPU allocation status, inventory health and aging, procurement and transportation lead times, and in-transit logistics performance.
• Drive strategic analysis and provide executive recommendations to support critical supply and logistics decisions.
• Lead cross-functional partnership with Finance to ensure hardware forecasts and logistics costs are integrated into capital planning models.
• Own datacenter operations coordination to ensure deployment readiness across multiple sites and support business objectives.

Risk & Scenario Planning

• Own structured risk models for supply shocks, freight disruptions, vendor concentration, and geopolitical constraints affecting supply chain resilience.
• Lead sensitivity analyses on pricing volatility, allocation shifts, transportation delays, and demand surges to inform strategic planning.
• Drive proactive mitigation strategies to eliminate supply chain and logistics disruption risks, with accountability for execution.

KPIs

• Forecast accuracy
• Inventory turns and aging
• Logistics lead times and transit performance
• Capital efficiency of inventory and in-transit hardware

About You

• 7-15+ years of experience in supply chain analysis, demand planning, logistics analytics, or hardware procurement.
• Experience in datacenter, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale, or high-performance computing environments.
• Direct exposure to GPU-based supply chains across multiple regions is a significant advantage.
• Experience analyzing global logistics flows, including freight, customs, warehousing, and 3PLs.
• Strong understanding of hardware lifecycle economics in capital-intensive environments.
• Experience working with OEMs, hardware vendors, global logistics providers, and customs frameworks.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large operational datasets.
• Familiarity with supply chain planning systems such as SAP IBP, Anaplan, NetSuite, or similar, plus BI tools like Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to translate ambiguity into structured models and executive-level insights.

What we can offer you

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months.

Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies - your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed.

Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy - always with our full support.

Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

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Salary Range

The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.

Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.

Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

Salary Range

$150,000-$225,000 USD

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Skills

Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Business Intelligence Software, Business Plan, Business Support, Capacity Management, Capital Analysis, Cargo/Freight, Cloud Computing, Computer Systems, Continuous Improvement, Cost Control, Cost Forecasting, Cross-Functional, Data Sets, Data Warehousing, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Demand Generation, Detail Oriented, Diversity, Economics, Feasibility Analysis, Finance, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Hardware Administration, Inventory Turns, Logistics, Logistics Analysis, Logistics Management, Looker, NetSuite, Network Operations Center, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Performance Reviews, Power BI, Pricing, Process Improvement, Purchasing/Procurement, Regulations, Reporting Dashboards, Risk, Risk Analysis, Risk Modeling, SAP, SQL (Structured Query Language), Shipping/Receiving, Software Engineering, Startup, Strategic Analysis, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Tableau, Team Player, Technical Support, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Vendor/Supplier Planning, Warehousing

About the Company

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