PCB Global Category Manager, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

9h

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of
existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

The Amazon Leo Electronic Supply Chain team is seeking an experienced Global
Category Manager for Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), Flexible Printed Circuit
boards (FPCs) and Flexible Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (FPCAs), with a
background in global supplier management, new supplier introduction, supplier
development, negotiating, contract development, and executing sourcing decisions
to support new product introduction and long-term commodity strategy. The ideal
candidate for this position will be self-managed and a driven sourcing
strategist, mapping and aligning design and technology roadmaps, experience in
creating sourcing strategies, and business acumen to support engineering teams
to develop latest technologies through strong supplier base, without capacity
constrain, while achieving cost reduction goals.

The ideal candidate will have a successful track record sourcing PCBs, FPCs and
FPCAs and familiar with PCB raw materials, semiconductors and Contract
Manufacturers, developing and executing strategy, negotiating master agreements
and statements of work, and managing supplier performance. The Global Category
Manager has an important role in ensuring their respective commodity and
suppliers meet the technical and commercial specifications necessary for Amazon
Leo to satisfy its internal Manufacturing Operations, Supplier Quality, Supply
Chain, and Hardware Engineering customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company
• 3+ years of negotiations/cost savings, supplier excellence, and risk mitigation experience
• 3+ years of direct experience in component lifecycle management, last time buy (LTB) execution and mitigations and alternate sourcing qualifications

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• 3+ years experience in supplier evaluation/selection, should-cost models, negotiate MVA, NRE, and CAPEX/OPEX to ensure best-in-class cost for our products
• Experience managing large value, multi-year contracts for complex engineered products
• Experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, and/or Consumer Electronics industries
• Experience working with a range of partners and component suppliers, including those engaged in technology development
• Technical acumen in EE (Electrical Engineering), foundry and semiconductor components, design/development with ability to connect to related business matters such as cost, manufacturing cycle time and yields

Responsibilities

• Managing overall supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability, capacity planning, contracting, risk mitigation, and cost and quality improvements.
• Collaborating with technical operations, engineering, and program teams on new product introduction programs to define standard and custom product requirements to ensure that sourcing strategies meet the technical capabilities, cost, and business objectives.
• Developing efficient and accurate mechanisms for communicating forecast and capacity requirements for sustaining and new products.
• Supporting the purchasing and planning teams by monitoring supplier performance and addressing supply and/or quality issues.
• Aligning supplier strategies to Amazon Leo objectives for sustaining production and new product release.
• Developing a commodity and supplier technology roadmap, aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities.
• Responsible for maintaining quarterly supplier scorecards and conducting quarterly executive business reviews.
• Periodic travel to supplier’s domestic and international manufacturing sites, approximately 15%

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level