Sr. Operations Manager

About this role

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.

This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.

Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership https://openai.com/index/cerebras-partnership/ with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

Position Summary

The Sr. Operations Manager will lead warehouse operations, inventory control, 3PL execution, and reverse logistics inventory ownership in a fast-paced manufacturing and supply chain environment. This role connects physical material movement, warehouse readiness, partner execution, system transaction discipline, and audit-ready controls across internal warehouses, manufacturing sites, contract manufacturers, 3PLs, and partner-held inventory locations.

The role strengthens inventory accuracy, cycle count governance, warehouse scalability, SOX readiness, RMA / reverse logistics execution, and exception management. Transportation, carrier management, and freight execution remain owned by Logistics; this role owns inventory movement control, transaction accuracy, system tracking, receipt confirmation, and cross-functional coordination through final receipt.

Key Responsibilities

Inventory Control & Governance

- Own the end-to-end inventory control operating model across internal warehouses, manufacturing locations, contract manufacturers, 3PLs, and partner-held inventory locations.

- Set standards for ABC / risk-based counts, high-value inventory, exception approvals, and discrepancy closure.

- Improve inventory practices to protect margin, reduce loss and write-offs, and strengthen perpetual accuracy.

- Ensure physical inventory movements, ERP/WMS transactions, supporting documentation, approvals, and financial controls remain aligned.

- Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for count variances, transfer discrepancies, receiving issues, RMA activity, MRB, scrap, unbuild activity, holds, aging inventory, and open exceptions.

Warehouse Footprint & Scalability

- Define the warehouse and inventory footprint strategy needed to support growth, inventory accuracy, and transaction discipline.

- Evaluate internal warehouse, 3PL, partner, and contract manufacturer nodes against volume, material risk, storage needs, service levels, and controls.

- Partner with cross-functional leaders to develop scalable warehouse processes, storage strategies, location controls, receiving protocols, inventory movement standards, and disposition workflows.

- Identify capacity risks, process gaps, and control weaknesses that may impact inventory availability, margin, production continuity, or audit readiness.

3PL Partnership & Performance

- Own 3PL operating relationships, governance cadence, performance management, issue escalation, and service-level expectations.

- Set standards for receiving, storage, transfers, cycle counts, shipment handoffs, POD retention, exception reporting, and transaction timing.

- Partner with 3PLs to improve inventory accuracy, reduce manual reconciliation, strengthen custody controls, and ensure audit-ready evidence retention.

- Monitor partner performance through KPIs, scorecards, business reviews, and corrective action plans.

RMA / Reverse Logistics Inventory

- Own inventory control for RMA and reverse logistics movements to and from internal sites, manufacturing locations, contract manufacturers, 3PLs, and customer or field locations through final receipt and reconciliation.

- Ensure RMA and reverse logistics movements are accurately tracked in ERP / WMS systems, including documentation, location status, custody changes, receipt confirmation, and exceptions.

- Coordinate with Logistics, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Quality, Customer Support, Finance, 3PLs, and partner teams to ensure returned or transferred materials are received, inspected, dispositioned, and transacted accurately.

- Logistics owns transportation execution, carrier selection, and freight management; this role owns inventory visibility, transaction accuracy, system reconciliation, and operational follow-through.

- Drive closure of missing receipts, transaction gaps, aging RMA inventory, in-transit discrepancies, undocumented returns, and unresolved reverse logistics exceptions.

Finance Partnership, SOX Readiness & Audit Controls

- Partner with Finance and Accounting to ensure inventory activity supports accurate valuation, period-end close, audit evidence, and SOX readiness.

- Define operational controls for inventory adjustments, cycle count variances, receipts, transfers, scrap, MRB, RMA, unbuild activity, and partner-held inventory.

- Maintain audit-ready documentation for custody, receiving support, count execution, adjustment approvals, inventory movement evidence, and corrective actions.

- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end readiness by driving timely exception closure and reducing manual reconciliation burden.

- Escalate control gaps, aging exceptions, missing evidence, or process noncompliance that may create financial exposure, audit risk, or inventory misstatement.

Warehouse Operations & Process Execution

- Lead warehouse operating standards for receiving, put-away, storage, inventory movements, staging, kitting support, shipment handoffs, and controlled disposition workflows.

- Ensure warehouse processes are scalable, documented, consistently followed, and aligned with ERP / WMS controls.

- Drive daily operating discipline for transaction timing, physical-to-system alignment,…