Cost Analyst, AWS AI/ML Supply Chain

Amazon • Seattle, WA

6d

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS’s Infrastructure Supply Chain (AIS-SC) organization works to deliver advanced solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible data center supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company on Earth! AWS Supply Chain is seeking a highly effective candidate to design and implement innovative solutions that deliver the best operating and lowest cost infrastructure in the world. This individual will own partnering with the supply chain and engineering owners to aggregate the costs of critical AI/ML hardware and report the latest cost status to senior leadership. They'll be responsible for working with product managers and engineering to stay up-to-date with the latest engineering changes and being the single-threaded owner for reporting costing information in leadership reviews. This individual will influence and partner with cross functional teams including hardware engineering, supply chain, quality and operations. A successful candidate will have experience managing complex technical BOM costing, tracking large cost reduction activities and navigating constant technical hardware design changes. They are comfortable working in a highly ambiguous setting and will combine a strong knowledge of supply chains with a proven ability to program manage cross-functional teams and effectively operate at all levels of the organization, including to senior executives. AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Requirements

• 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience
• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• 4+ years of program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies
• Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations
• Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python
• Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company

Responsibilities

• Operate as the single threaded owner from supply chain for rolling up material costs for strategic AI/ML products.
• Work cross-functionally to gather feedback from supply chain, engineering and product managers and ensure latest cost roll up reflects known engineering changes.
• Own cost reduction roadmap by engaging owners across commodities. Successfully communicate this to leadership through written and verbal updates.
• Deliver AWS’s cost objectives through detailed understanding of all cost drivers and bill of material reviews.
• Inform and influence senior leadership about business status, risk and opportunities via written narratives.
• Prepare and present detailed data-driven business reviews with senior management, focused on procurement/sourcing execution and continuity of supply.

Benefits

• Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees