Sr Materials Program Manager, Ring Supply Chain and Operations

Amazon • Hawthorne, CA

113d • $133,200 - $220,200

About The Position

The Senior Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the management and delivery of the product financial health for highly integrated consumer product. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote operations, engineering and other cross-functional teams driving development, implementation and management of the product budget and ensuring diversified continuity of supply. This person is the business voice responsible for capturing, documenting and communicating financial exposures and outlay as it relates to their product. They are involved from product concept through its mass production to ensure the achievement of all financial targets. They will support regular business and executive reviews outlining performance and status.

Requirements

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements 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
• 5+ years of managing complex technology projects working directly with engineering teams
• 5+ years in supply chain and/or manufacturing for complex systems/devices
• Excellent analytical and communication skills; meticulous attention to details
• Experience in relevant industries with a holistic view and keen business acumen
• Technical aptitude and familiarity with the design and working of complex systems
• Proven track record of complex and creative problem solving and the desire to create new processes or simplify and improve on current ones
• Proven ability to influence others, facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests

Responsibilities

• Work with engineering and the supply chain team to set program cost targets at a commodity level for your project.
• Track the program actual costs versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring back on track.
• Attend program new product introduction meetings to understand the cost implication of engineering and/or process changes as related to your product fully loaded cost targets.
• Work with the OEM to set your product purchase order cost for the upcoming period.
• Manage purchase price variance claims resulting from engineering changes, component obsolescence or forecast variance.
• Drive the supply chain and operations team to provide detailed cost reduction forecast that enable you to meet and exceed your product goals.
• Host executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost.
• Finalize the optimum supply chain and sourcing plan for your product and drive the cross-functional team to ensure its implementation.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree