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Original Job Post

Backblaze · 2 weeks ago

Supply Chain Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$72K/yr - $93K/yr

2+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Monitor, track, and report on trends with respect to storage and other capacity-adjacent metrics to internal stakeholders on a monthly basis and more frequently, as needed.

Initiate and manage work orders for production deployments, working in partnership with Logistics and Production Systems teams to ensure deployments remain on schedule.

Track open and planned hardware orders to help facilitate effective management of dynamic variables with respect to timing, location, and budget while keeping stakeholders informed of evolving schedules.

Manage key analytical models used to inform strategic decision making, including forecasts for server deployments, datacenter resource consumption, and financial requirements.

Integrate quantitative analyses with qualitative variables and factors to build, communicate, and defend actionable business recommendations to team, department and company leadership.

Assist with periodic planning cycles with respect to our CapEx hardware budget and partner with Finance peers to complete regular reconciliation of CapEx budget forecast to actuals.

Identify how changing internal and external business dynamics impact opportunities, trade-offs, and risks to our business plan objectives, and assist with building recommendations to adjust the plan to better optimize expected outcomes.

Drive continuous introspection, analysis and improvement of the capacity planning process to improve operational practices and efficiencies.

Promote, develop, and maintain mutually beneficial and well-coordinated internal relationships with key partners.

Complete ad hoc analysis as required to support active and proposed business objectives both within Cloud Ops and across the organization.

Qualification

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Supply Chain ManagementCapacity ManagementBusiness AnalysisDemand PlanningMicrosoft OfficeGoogle SuiteExcelGoogle SheetsERP SystemsFinancial ModelingCross-Functional CollaborationRisk ManagementData ScienceQuantitative ModelingProblem-SolvingAttention to DetailTeam PlayerTime ManagementAdaptabilityContinuous LearningCloud Storage InfrastructureCapacity PlanningCost Management

Required

2-5 years of strategic operational experience in Supply Chain, Capacity Management, Business Analysis, Demand Planning, or a similarly technically-oriented, operational role.

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Communication, or similar discipline

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite, particularly in Excel and/or Google Sheets

Familiarity with ERP systems

Skilled in building financial models from scratch and improving/maintaining existing models

Demonstrated experience and comfort working in cross-functional groups, including senior management

Comfortable with and astute in managing uncertainty and business-critical risk

Strong interest in data science and quantitative modeling

Crisp and discerning attention to detail

Self-motivated team player with the capability to identify, resolve and prioritize differing business issues

Ability to complete multiple tasks and projects within deadlines

Hunger to learn and drive to develop rapidly in a competitive setting and marketplace

Preferred

Corporate San Mateo, CA office preferred, but not required

Experience or familiarity with cloud storage infrastructure planning and management, ideally focused on capacity and cost

Company

Backblaze

Backblaze is an online storage company that offers personal and business backup as well as B2 cloud storage.

Founded in 2007

San Mateo, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.backblaze.com

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