Senior Supply Chain 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 Manager to drive analytical rigor, forecasting accuracy, and capital efficiency across Nscale’s global hardware supply chain.

This role supports the VP, Supply Chain Planning and turns demand signals, deployment plans, and infrastructure expansion roadmaps into actionable procurement, allocation, and inventory strategies. You’ll work across commercial, infrastructure, finance, and supply chain planning activities to help ensure GPUs and supporting hardware are available in the right region, at the right time, and in the right configuration.

Your work will directly shape how Nscale plans and scales hardware availability across multiple global datacenter regions while reducing excess inventory, stranded capital, and supply risk. This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who wants to help build the analytical foundation behind a fast-scaling AI infrastructure business.

What you'll be doing

Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Develop short-, mid-, and long-term demand forecasts for GPUs, servers, networking, and supporting infrastructure
• Translate commercial pipeline, expansion plans, and infrastructure roadmaps into hardware demand models
• Perform scenario modeling for capacity expansion, supply constraints, and regional demand shifts
• Improve forecast accuracy and planning methodologies over time

GPU & Component Supply Analysis

• Build detailed supply visibility models across GPU vendors, OEMs, and integrators
• Track allocation risks, lead times, and region-specific supply constraints
• Monitor supply concentration risks and develop mitigation strategies
• Support strategic allocation decisions across multiple global datacenter regions

Inventory & Capital Efficiency

• Analyze inventory levels, turns, aging, and stranded capital risks
• Identify excess, obsolete, or underutilized hardware and recommend rebalancing strategies
• Support spare pooling and buffer stock optimization
• Build reporting that connects inventory position to capital efficiency metrics

Regional Coordination & Deployment Readiness

• Model cross-region allocation strategies to balance customer demand and hardware availability
• Support new datacenter launches with hardware readiness analysis
• Analyze customs, logistics, and import/export constraints affecting deployment timelines

Data, Reporting & Risk Planning

• Build and maintain dashboards covering demand versus supply position, GPU allocation status, inventory health and aging, and procurement lead times
• Provide executive-ready analysis to support strategic supply decisions
• Partner with Finance to align hardware forecasts with capital planning models
• Develop risk models and sensitivity analyses for supply shocks, vendor concentration, geopolitical constraints, pricing volatility, allocation shifts, and demand surges

KPIs

• Forecast accuracy
• Inventory turns and aging
• Stranded capital risk
• Procurement lead time visibility

About You

• 8 -10 years of experience in supply chain analysis, demand planning, or hardware procurement analytics
• Experience in datacenter, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale, or high-performance computing environments
• Direct exposure to GPU-based supply chains across multiple regions is a strong advantage
• Strong understanding of hardware lifecycle economics in capital-intensive environments
• Experience working with OEMs, hardware vendors, and global logistics providers
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large operational datasets
• Experience with supply chain planning systems such as SAP IBP, Anaplan, NetSuite, or similar
• Familiarity with BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Power BI
• Strong communication skills with the ability to turn complex analysis into 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.

For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.