Global Category Manager, Amazon Leo

Amazon•Bellevue, WA

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. 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. The Leo Electronic Supply Chain team is looking for a global category sourcing leader to support business and engineering stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed to execute on Leo objectives. Key job responsibilities The ideal candidate will have a successful track record developing and executing sourcing strategies, negotiating master agreements and statements of work, and managing supplier performance. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.

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
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
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

Responsibilities

Drive hardware delivery through the product life cycle from requirements development to on-dock (on time at the right quality and cost)
Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify and execute projects/opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit industry developments that benefit Amazon’s customers
Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management, and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements and contracts including term sheets, MOUs, NDAs, SOWs, development agreements, component purchase agreements and others
Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations
Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply
Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
Drive financial modeling of large and complex deals
Evaluate and monitor critical supplier performance, including financial health, quality, on-time delivery, and cost
Ensure orders are released and on schedule to meet needs of the production system
Mentor junior sourcing employees on contract negotiation and vendor management
Effectively lead cross-functional meetings with clear document writing, agenda creation, note capture and follow-up activity coordination
Proactively identify and mitigate risks to the supply chain