Description

　　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 groundbreaking devices like Fire Tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.

　　The Sr. Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the management and delivery of the product financial health and supply chain for groundbreaking, highly integrated consumer products. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote operations, engineering and software teams driving development, implementation and management of the product budget. This person is the business voice responsible for capturing, documenting and communicating financial exposures and outlay as it relates to their product. This person is also responsible for ensuring a healthy supply chain for the product. They are involved throughout all stages of the product family's lifecycle to ensure Lab126 achieve all financial targets through end-of-life. They will support weekly executive product line reviews outlining performance against budget, target and actual cost.

　　Key job 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 you 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

　　Work with the Lab126 Management team to ensure predictable, accurate forecasts for your products

　　Host weekly executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost

　　Own the Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR) and ensure that all program suppliers are competitive on cost, quality and delivery

　　Provide oversight of C-suppliers on the CM AVL

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Shenzhen, 44, CHN

　　Basic Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

　　5+ years experience in the business procurement organization of a consumer market segment company

　　Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Master’s degree preferred

　　Working knowledge of consumer electronics technologies, products and tools preferable

　　Excellent analytical and communication skills

　　Ability to prioritize tasks and maximize internal resources

　　Experience leading and defining requirements and driving these across diverse organizations