Sr. Supply Chain Manager, Amazon Funded Buy Sell

Amazon•Seattle, WA

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! We are seeking a senior supply chain manager to deliver the best operating, lowest cost infrastructure in the world as part of our Buy Sell Program. In this role, you will plan, coordinate and manage allocations of infrastructure components across multiple manufacturers and suppliers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, or Master's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
5+ years or relevant work in strategic sourcing and supplier management in semiconductor, electronics, cloud infrastructure or other related field
6+ years experience in commodity management, contract negotiation, category sourcing or related supply chain experience
6+ years of experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, etc..

Nice To Haves

MBA and / or advanced engineering degree.
10+ years or relevant work of strategic sourcing in high tech electronics / computing / communications fields.
Established senior level semiconductor packaging, assembly or component industry network.
Technical acumen in semiconductor fabrication techniques, manufacturing processes, packaging techniques, statistical process control, and qualification/testing with the ability to connect to related business matters such as cost, manufacturing cycle time and yields.
Broad supply chain experience with electronics industry new product development and supplier management.
High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer

Responsibilities

Lead supply and manufacturer transitions on to the Buy Sell program
Lead supply vs demand scenario planning analyses
Prioritize activities and align with stakeholders to deliver supply globally with a high degree of predictability
Be a subject matter expert for the supply chain operations relating to the Buy Sell program
Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
Work with component suppliers and server manufacturers to analyze, reconcile allocation and monitor changes and cancellations
Understand the supply chain network and work with various analytics and software development teams, driving automation
Develop analytical tools and dashboards to track metrics, monitor SLAs, and report findings
Produce written recommendations and insights for key stakeholders to help shape solution design
Create strategic sourcing plans and lead sourcing engagements in opportunity identification and RFQs
Develop negotiation strategies to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers
Drive supplier product technology roadmaps and execute strategic quality/availability/cost improvement initiatives.
Analyze industry capacity to predict market constraints and execute sourcing strategies to secure continuity of supply and drive cost optimization.
Develop and execute component vendor strategies in support of business requirements for AWS Server hardware.
Successfully close complex negotiations including commercial terms, statements of work, SLAs, capacity, supply & pricing.
Implement vendor performance controls and periodic executive level reviews to ensure sustained operational excellence.