• 2+ years of logistics experience
• Experience with inventory and warehousing practices
• 2+ years experience planning, coordinating, and managing inventory-related projects

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The Auckland (AKL) team is looking for a Logistics Specialist to be the primary contact for inventory workflows, lead inventory-related projects across multiple locations in Auckland which help make sure existing processes stay relevant and align with team strategy. This person will also create training materials or help peers learn new tools.

If you would like to dive deep into the plans and administration around inventory consumption, control and accuracy, we’d like to meet you. Your work will to ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data center operations by being a part of operating the world’s largest cloud computing infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities
Logistics Specialists are expected to understand all aspects of inventory control, adhere to strict safety standards, maintain very high quality, and have project management experience.

• Working with the Logistics Manager, create plans to optimize the flow and delivery of parts through their lifecycle; managing project plans, documentation and contracts, tracking inventory locations and movement.
• Working closely with Data Center Operations Engineers to fulfill deliveries quickly and accurately and resolving problems concerning delivery.
• Audit and report on work performed by team, working with senior management to define improvement areas and timelines.
• Project tracking and driving outcomes among project teams, and delivering results.
• Negotiate resources and priorities and manage vendor relationships. You will oversee vendor work and report on variations.

Additional role information

• 40 hours per week
• Salary $70,000-$90,000 NZD
• Onsite Auckland, New Zealand

About the team
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and Amaze Con (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

• Proficient with computers and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Inventory or logistics tertiary qualification or studying towards one
• Experience with SQL
• Material resource planning knowledge