Product Lifecyle Manager, OEM, Networking and Optics

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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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 them to completion.

The Networking Optical and Routing team is looking for a driven, organized, and
collaborative Supply Chain Product Lifecyle Manager (PLM) for OEM Networking
gear. The Supply Chain PLM will drive hardware qualification activities with
engineering counterparts, conduct NUDD reviews, own category SKU optimization,
manage sustaining BOM configurations and lifecycle status changes, coordinate
and execute last time buy and EOL plans, and partner with Sourcing, Supply
Chain, and Engineering counterparts to ensure continuity of supply through
effective lifecycle management of our portfolio of OEM Networking Gear.

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 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

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of program, project, product management, or leading a product implementation process experience
• 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

• Create and execute end-to-end product lifecycle plan for OEM Networking Gear in collaboration with Sourcing, Supply Chain and Engineering counterparts
• Drive qualification of second source or new revision hardware with network hardware engineering counterparts
• Drive product portfolio qualification strategy and mitigate risks to meeting qualification timeline
• Conduct New Unique Difficult Different (NUDD) review of second source components
• Align new hardware feature requirements from internal network engineering teams and hardware development engineering teams
• Rationalize SKU portfolio to avoid redundant SKUs while ensuring optimal multi-source coverage
• Align SKU portfolio strategy with supply chain and engineering counterparts
• Manage BOM configurations and lifecycle status changes
• Align on ramp plan with engineering and supply chain for new products
• Create and align end of life and last time buy plans for SKUs that are phasing out
• Develop subject matter expertise in the category of networking hardware you manage to advise engineering, sourcing and supply chain counterparts on optimal lifecycle strategies
• Influence business partners, suppliers, and executive leaders to achieve product lifecycle management goals

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