Supply Chain Manager - Taiwan or Penang, Malaysia

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges.

At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

Who You’ll Work With

Arista is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager with expertise on on Liquid Cooling and Cold Plate technologies. He/ she will responsible for ensuring continuity of supply, cost management, leading process improvements, material planning and execution. He/she will work closely with, Contract Manufacturing(CM), Component suppliers, Global Supplier  Management(GSM), and new product introduction (NPI) Supply Chain teams. 

What You’ll Do

The ideal candidate will be excellent in leadership, communication, and collaborating cross functionally and partnering with CM/ODM.

• Represent Supply Chain CM management team to lead or co-lead CM bring up projects.
• Develop and implement metrics with the CM to ensure accountability and identifying performance improvement opportunities.
• Communication with critical stakeholders, coordination, and alignment with CM to support build plan.
• Partner with the CM, component suppliers and GSM managers on all identified material issues and resolve them by identifying the root cause and managing the corrective or recovery actions.
• Allocate components that are in short supply in a manner that maximizes revenue, minimizes impacts to key performance indicators, and minimizes escalations from customers.
• Issue RFQ, perform competitive cost analysis, and negotiate cost with component suppliers, distributors, and CMs.
• Ensure cost is competitive while meeting other priority goals such as quality and delivery.
• Oversee Excess and Obsolete (E&O) activity from CMs, recommend critical courses of action to management, and own efforts to mitigate liability to Arista.
• Support business critical events such as cycle count, physical inventory & quarter ends. This may occasionally require work during weekends and holidays.

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in supply chain, business, economics, finance or a related field.
• 10 years of progressive supply chain operations experience, preferably with Liquid Cooling material management experience in a high-tech operations environment. Ideally candidates hold min 5 years of OEM experience.
• Track record of delivering excellence in projects
• Program management, communication, negotiating and influencing experience with a track record of achieving solid business results.
• Ability to work in a dynamic & ambiguous fast-paced environment.
• Top notch data management skill. Excellent in compiling and analyzing large data in excel.
• Self-motivated, experienced working as part of a global, cross-functional team who are located in Asia, North America & Europe time zones. Must be able to occasionally work outside of standard local business hours.
• Strong relationship management skills.
• Travel ~10% a year

This role is open to the candidate based in Taiwan or Penang (Malaysia) or Hanoi (Vietnam) with the hand on legal work rights. #LI-AN1