Warehouse and Logistics Manager - International

About the role

Anthropic's Infrastructure organization builds and operates the compute that trains and serves our frontier models. Behind every cluster is a physical supply chain: servers, accelerators, networking equipment, spares, and tooling that have to be received, inspected, secured, tracked, and delivered to the right site at the right time. The Warehousing and Logistics team owns that flow, and this role runs its day-to-day operations outside North America as the operations expand to new geographies.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day warehouse operations across international locations through management of third party logistics providers, including receiving, inspection, put-away, storage, cycle counting, kitting, and outbound fulfillment to data center sites
• Own inventory accuracy and asset tracking for all infrastructure hardware, compute, MEP, spares, and consumables, maintaining clear chain of custody from dock to rack
• Plan and execute domestic freight and coordinate international shipments, selecting carriers, managing schedules, and resolving exceptions such as delays, damage, and shortages
• Manage third-party logistics providers, carriers, and freight forwarders, including onboarding, service-level tracking, performance reviews, and cost management
• Coordinate closely with data center operations, hardware engineering, procurement, and security teams to align delivery schedules with deployment timelines and site readiness
• Operate reverse logistics for returns, RMAs, and end-of-life equipment, including secure handling and disposition of storage devices in partnership with security and compliance
• Build and document standard operating procedures, checklists, and controls for warehouse and shipping activities, and train warehouse staff and vendors on them
• Maintain compliance with safety, hazardous materials, export control, and customs requirements for the equipment we handle
• Define and report on operational metrics such as receiving cycle time, inventory accuracy, on-time delivery, and freight cost, and use them to drive continuous improvement
• Support capacity planning for warehouse space, staffing, and equipment as our hardware volumes and site count grow

Minimum qualifications

• Experience managing warehouse or logistics operations for physical goods, including receiving, inventory control, and outbound shipping
• Hands-on experience with a warehouse management or inventory management system, and comfort working in spreadsheets to analyze inventory and shipment data
• Experience managing third-party logistics providers or carriers, including negotiating service levels and holding vendors accountable to them
• Working knowledge of domestic freight (LTL, FTL, and parcel) and the documentation that goes with it
• Familiarity with safety and regulatory requirements for shipping and storing IT or electronic equipment, such as hazardous materials rules for lithium batteries
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across technical and non-technical teams and external partners
• Demonstrated ability to build processes from scratch and keep operations running reliably as volume and complexity increase
• Ability to travel to warehouse and data center sites in the US as needed

Preferred qualifications

• Experience handling data center or enterprise IT hardware, including servers, GPUs or other accelerators, and networking equipment
• Experience with international freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and export control requirements such as EAR
• Experience with secure chain-of-custody programs, asset tagging, and data-bearing device sanitization or destruction
• Experience directly managing warehouse staff or contract labor
• Familiarity with ERP or procurement systems and how inventory data flows between them and warehouse systems
• Experience with lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methods
• Forklift certification or experience overseeing material handling equipment operations
• Experience supporting rapid infrastructure buildouts, whether in cloud, telecom, or another hardware-intensive industry