400+ Operations & Supply Chain Jobs in San Jose, CA

Observed local postings show a wide spread: category-wide salaried postings center on about $116k to $178k, hourly roles center on about $21 to $25 an hour, and California's mean offered salary on new openings for this field was about $100,405 in July 2026 (n=7,437). Proxy title-level examples range from $70,000 to $88,000 for a Super Micro supply-chain and logistics specialist role to $109,000 to $141,020 for a Kaiser Permanente San Jose supply-chain operations role and $118,000 to $211,000 for Target's Sunnyvale supply-chain analytics opening.

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Advertised pay

Across the 373 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $104,500 at the 25th percentile, $160,500 at the median and $206,950 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a good-paying but selective market. San Jose's preliminary unemployment rate was 3.9% in June 2026, below California's 5.2%, and the local sample still showed more than 3,000 Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics postings across more than 1,100 companies over the last 90 days. But California-wide employment in this field was up 1.0% year over year while active postings were essentially flat in July 2026, so demand looks steady rather than hot. If you can work on-site and show concrete inventory, planning, ERP, procurement, or analytics results, your odds are meaningfully better than those of a remote-only generalist.

Best positioned: Candidates with a few solid years of on-site experience in inventory, procurement, planning, or operations analytics have the best odds, especially when targeting retail, manufacturing, and healthcare supply-chain teams.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming San Jose pay automatically means easy hiring: about 90% of roles are on-site, less than 5% are remote, and less than 5% of postings that state a sponsorship policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 418 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. TikTok Inc.: 15 open roles
2. CVS Health Corporation: 13 open roles
3. Google Inc: 13 open roles
4. NVIDIA Corporation: 12 open roles
5. Intuit, Inc.: 9 open roles
6. Apple, Inc.: 6 open roles
7. Compass Group: 6 open roles
8. SheTO: 6 open roles
9. Applied Materials, Inc.: 5 open roles
10. Athelas, Inc.: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Jose: 112
• Mountain View: 53
• Santa Clara: 49
• Fremont: 36
• Palo Alto: 33
• Sunnyvale: 28
• Redwood City: 15
• Menlo Park: 14

Work arrangement

on-site 318 (78%), hybrid 75 (18%), remote 16 (4%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample captured more than 3,000 postings across more than 1,100 companies, and hiring was classified as fragmented across employers. The most active industries in the sample were retail at about 35%, manufacturing at about 15%, technology at about 10%, transportation at about 10%, and software development at about 10%. That means the market is broader than warehouse work alone: it includes store and distribution operations, hardware supply chains, healthcare supply operations, and analytics-enabled planning. The named employers reinforce that mix. The most consistently active employers included Tesla with more than 100 postings, Dominos with more than 75, and Ross Stores, Costco Wholesale Corp., and Meta Inc. with more than 50 each. Seniority is concentrated at the earlier and middle layers, with about 40% entry and about 40% mid-level roles, while senior is about 15% and lead+ about 10%. Most roles still require physical presence, with about 90% on-site, about 10% hybrid, and less than 5% remote.

• Retail and store/distribution operations (high): Retail accounts for about 35% of local category postings, and named active employers include Ross Stores, Costco Wholesale Corp., and Dominos.
• Manufacturing and hardware supply chain (high): Manufacturing represents about 15% of local postings, Tesla is one of the most active local employers, and Carbon recently advertised a Head of Hardware Production and Supply Chain Operations role in Sunnyvale.
• Healthcare and specialized supply-chain operations (moderate): Kaiser Permanente advertised a San Jose supply-chain operations role with a posted range of $109,000 to $141,020, showing a meaningful healthcare niche for candidates who can handle regulated operational environments.
• Analytics-heavy supply chain planning (limited): Target's Sunnyvale Senior Data Scientist - Global Supply Chain and Logistics role and its $118,000 to $211,000 range show that some of the strongest-paying openings are shifting toward analytics-heavy work.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site roles in retail, manufacturing, and healthcare where your operational results are easiest to prove, then stretch toward analytics-heavy openings once you have stronger systems or data evidence.

Roles worth searching next

• Supply chain analytics / data science: Target is recruiting a Senior Data Scientist for Global Supply Chain and Logistics in Sunnyvale, showing that some supply-chain teams are moving work toward analytics-heavy roles.
• Manufacturing operations / production leadership: Carbon is advertising a Sunnyvale Head of Hardware Production and Supply Chain Operations role, which sits at the boundary between supply chain and manufacturing leadership.
• Data center site operations: SK hynix America is recruiting for a San Jose Data Center Site Operations Manager/Sr. Manager role, a sign that infrastructure employers value operations leadership with vendor and site-management depth.
• Supplier sustainability / compliance analyst: California's supply-chain transparency requirements and 2026 climate disclosure rules are pushing more employers to care about supplier traceability, documentation, and emissions reporting.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most common hard-skill request in the local sample at about 25%, making it the clearest baseline for coordinators, specialists, buyers, and operations roles. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Data analysis with SQL and Python or R (premium | immediate): Data analysis appears in about 10% of local postings, and AI-era supply-chain guidance increasingly highlights SQL, Python or R, and analytical fluency as essential technical skills. Who: Mid-career candidates, planners, analysts, and anyone aiming above pure execution roles.
• ERP and supply-chain systems depth (differentiator | near-term): Deep ERP knowledge such as SAP S/4HANA is highlighted as essential, and 2026 tool lists keep naming Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM, SAP Integrated Business Planning, Kinaxis RapidResponse, Blue Yonder, and Manhattan SCALE among the leading inventory and supply-chain systems. Who: Candidates who already know operations basics and need a harder-to-copy systems edge.
• AI-assisted procurement and planning (premium | near-term): Workers with AI skills in supply-chain roles earn a 25-30% wage premium, and procurement guidance now emphasizes prompt engineering, predictive analytics interpretation, AI model validation, and supplier risk management with AI. Who: Procurement, planning, and operations candidates targeting higher-paying or more analytical tracks.
• CSCP (differentiator | near-term): ASCM says respondents with the CSCP certification had a 27% median salary advantage over respondents without APICS certification, giving it one of the clearest pay signals among supply-chain credentials. Who: Mid-career professionals planning to stay in supply chain, procurement, or planning long term.
• Supply-chain compliance and sustainability reporting (differentiator | near-term): California requires certain companies to disclose anti-trafficking efforts in their supply chains, and 2026 climate disclosure rules require Scope 1 and 2 emissions reporting, raising the value of traceability, supplier documentation, and reporting discipline. Who: Procurement, supplier-management, and enterprise operations candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Observed local postings show a wide spread: category-wide salaried postings center on about $116k to $178k, hourly roles center on about $21 to $25 an hour, and California's mean offered salary on new openings for this field was about $100,405 in July 2026 (n=7,437). Proxy title-level examples range from $70,000 to $88,000 for a Super Micro supply-chain and logistics specialist role to $109,000 to $141,020 for a Kaiser Permanente San Jose supply-chain operations role and $118,000 to $211,000 for Target's Sunnyvale supply-chain analytics opening. This is clearly a high-pay market by national standards, but the headline numbers mostly reward scope, specialization, and Bay Area cost structure. San Jose logisticians were reported at a $122,980 annual mean wage, versus a national logistician median of $80,880.

Where is demand for Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample captured more than 3,000 postings across more than 1,100 companies, and hiring was classified as fragmented across employers. The most active industries in the sample were retail at about 35%, manufacturing at about 15%, technology at about 10%, transportation at about 10%, and software development at about 10%. That means the market is broader than warehouse work alone: it includes store and distribution operations, hardware supply chains, healthcare supply operations, and analytics-enabled planning. The named employers reinforce that mix. The most consistently active employers included Tesla with more than 100 postings, Dominos with more than 75, and Ross Stores, Costco Wholesale Corp., and Meta Inc. with more than 50 each. Seniority is concentrated at the earlier and middle layers, with about 40% entry and about 40% mid-level roles, while senior is about 15% and lead+ about 10%. Most roles still require physical presence, with about 90% on-site, about 10% hybrid, and less than 5% remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics talent in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Tesla (100 postings), Dominos (75 postings), Ross Stores, Inc. (50 postings), Costco Wholesale Corp. (50 postings), Meta Inc. (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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