Senior Global Category Manager, Amazon Custom Modules

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost
cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS’
Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement (ISCaP) organization works to deliver
cutting-edge 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!

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a highly effective candidate to identify,
create, develop and integrate innovative technology to deliver the best
operating, lowest cost infrastructure in the world.

This role will lead sourcing, pricing, geo-diversity, and second source
manufacturing efforts for supply resiliency for additional AI/ML PCBAs added to
our product roadmap.This role will manage the additional supply chain complexity
when qualifying suppliers and manufacturing lines when transitioning from
development to Mass Production. Additionally, this role will deliver our
component multi-sourcing strategies, pricing, and enable contract manufacturing
for the same platforms to ensure supply chain resiliency for our expanding AI/ML
roadmap. This role will lead line qualification, capacity planning, and contract
agreements during product development so that at launch, PCBA manufacturing
capacity is scalable to meet our customer needs.

AWS serves over a million active customers in more than 190 countries. We are
steadily expanding global infrastructure to help our customers achieve lower
latency and higher throughput. As our customers grow their businesses, AWS will
continue to provide infrastructure that meets their global requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 5+ years of professional or military experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Nice To Haves

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Inter connect strategies for AWS hardware infrastructure.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for AWS hardware infrastructure.
• Understand industry and technology trends.
• Identify key technology trends in the industry and drive supplier product roadmaps and execute on strategic initiatives in those products.
• Negotiate and implement complex supplier agreements and contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop negotiations strategies to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationship with suppliers.
• Manage capacity agreement
• Manage Component cost
• Responsible to provide weekly core-team updates, deliver executive level updates on a monthly basis, and will be responsible for vendor escalations in order to resolve any issues related to his/her category.
• Present to senior leadership via written narratives.

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