Job Summary
Our team is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology. The availability of specialised artificial intelligence compute will be a decisive factor in AI’s rate of progress. Graphcore allows innovators to go further, faster. What we do, really makes a difference.
We are looking for a Supply Chain Manager who will report to the Supply Chain Director and hold accountability for the complete supply chain operations related to our contracted manufacturing partners.
The Team
The role will be as part of the Supply Chain team at Graphcore. This team is part of the Operations group and has members in Bristol and Taiwan. The team is responsible for developing and managing a robust manufacturing subcontract supply chain for Graphcore.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Drive demand forecasting, production planning, and material requirements for PCBA, systems, and racks through collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Plan, schedule, and monitor production activities to ensure supplier adherence to established production schedules and delivery commitments.
- Analyse demand backlogs, WIPs movement and material readiness, identifying and resolving supply and demand imbalances, ensuring timely finished goods delivery.
- Perform scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of production capacity, material availability, demand fluctuations, and cost factors.
- Prepare and disseminate periodic reports (e.g., WIPs, material readiness and finished goods for the management team, accompanied by insightful analysis and proposed resolutions.
- Develop KPI metrics and generate reports to monitor and evaluate supply chain performance and critical metrics.
Candidate Profile
Essential:
- Over 5 years in supply chain management field, preferably within the high-tech industry
- Knowledge of supply chain planning, demand forecasting, and inventory management with a significant focus on OEM/ODM business.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
- Proficiency in Excel (including VBA), data modelling, automation, ERP systems, and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Superset.
- Fluency in English and Chinese is highly preferred due to the location and potential interaction with local suppliers and OEM partners
- Strong communication and reporting skills
Desirable
- Good communication skills
Top Skills
What We Do
Graphcore has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence.
Our next generation 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Bow IPU systems are helping AI innovators worldwide to build better, more innovative AI solutions, whether their focus is on language and vision, exploring graph neural networks and LSTMs or creating something entirely new.
We believe our IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for artificial intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or building autonomous cars.
Our team is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology. What we do, really makes a difference.
We're always interested in hearing from exceptional people to join our team.
