Amazon Lab126-posted about 14 hours ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Sunnyvale, CA
5,001-10,000 employees

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 innovated devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create? Key job responsibilities The Supply Planning Manager is responsible for all internal and external activities related to supply planning from production forecasts to finished good delivery. To succeed in this role, you need to be data driven, business oriented, cost conscious, and customer-centric. A day in the life Supply Planning Managers are responsible for production planning and order fulfillment for Amazon Devices. They are connected in the planning process throughout a product’s entire lifecycle, from New Product Introduction (NPI) to End of Manufacturing (EOM). A typical week starts by understanding week-over- week demand changes and how that impacts the business’s ability to balance supply to demand. You will analyze planned versus actual production as inputs change and will communicate supply and operations constraints to cross-functional stakeholders and executives. You will anticipate stocking levels based on demand strategies, create and implement risk mitigation strategies to eliminate supply chain disruptions and drive decisions based on costs using data and inputs from cross-functional teams. Your weekly planning deliverables will drive capacity decisions and component purchases upstream to suppliers and set the production strategy with Amazon’s electronic manufacturing suppliers. About the team Amazon Devices Global Supply Planning (GSP) team’s mission is to deliver excellent service to our customers, inspire change through flawless execution, value trust, equity, and recognition of our colleagues, and focus on delivering high impact improvements to processes, capabilities, and efficiency to fuel the Amazon Flywheel. If you are interested in supply chain planning and execution, you may be a fit for the Supply Planning Manager role. You will be a central part of the Supply Planning team that plans how Amazon Devices are made and delivered to customer hands.

  • Create and maintain a production schedule using the capacity plan, material constraints, and demand as inputs.
  • Analyze demand changes to ensure supply aligns with demand requirements.
  • Drive solutions to reduce and eliminate any short or long term gaps in supply plans.
  • Lead and facilitate meetings with global manufacturing partners, as required, to reduce and eliminate shortages.
  • Clearly communicate our manufacturing partner's current production status to senior/executive stakeholders.
  • Develop production strategies for new production introductions (NPI) through end of life (EOL) that balances supply and demand.
  • Responsible for short/long-term planning to drive manufacturing investment decisions.
  • Clearly communicate supply and demand strategies to senior/executive stakeholders.
  • Monitor and report supply chain costs.
  • Be responsible for supply planning reporting generation and distribution.
  • Identify opportunities to improve the planning process and drive projects to completion.
  • This role may require some travel.
  • 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
  • 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience
  • Knowledge of supply chain management concepts - forecasting, planning, sourcing, optimization and logistics or equivalent
  • Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • 4+ years of program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process experience
  • Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company
  • Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.
  • The base pay for this position ranges from $71,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $153,000/year in our highest geographic market.
  • Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • 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 .
  • This position will remain posted until filled.
  • Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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