Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

As a Sr. Global Commodity Manager, you will:

- Develop a commodity technology roadmap aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities
- Be responsible for AVL of your commodity managing supplier selection, qualification and price negotiation
- Manage all aspects of new supplier bring-up including database management in Agile or other ERP systems
- Ensure a competitive sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service and technology
- Work closely with Engineering to influence technical design decisions to meet expectations, technical capabilities, and business objectives
- Interface with Planning and Program Management to assess current and future sourcing requirements
- Help drive quarterly executive business reviews of strategic sourcing plan that defines, among other things, market and business analysis, product roadmaps, supplier capabilities and annual / quarterly strategic business objectives
- Maintain expertise/knowledge of market trends including rigorous analysis of market drivers, cost structures, technical improvements and competitive landscape
- Travel periodically to supplier’s manufacturing sites
- Support our OEM supplier initiatives including annual cost reductions, VMI/JIT, lead-time reductions, favorable payment terms, etc.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science
- 5+ years of experience in technical and commercial sourcing environment in a high volume manufacturing operations
- 5+ years of direct experience in supplier/supply chain management
- Global supply chain experience managing cross functional teams in a fast pace consumer electronics product company
- Knowledge of basic supply agreement construction; understanding of key contracting provisions/requirements
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Working knowledge of the semiconductor industry, IC manufacturing processes, packaging, technologies and key suppliers

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Work at office,

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