Senior Silicon Commodity Strategist

Amazon; Reading (MA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Amazon Robotics in the greater Boston area seeks a Senior Global Commodity Manager for Silicon to lead supplier management for CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and other core components. You will align design roadmaps with supply base, drive sourcing strategies, and support new product introductions while achieving cost reductions.

You will partner with engineering and operations to scale manufacturing, maintain supplier scorecards, and travel ~25% to supplier sites to secure capacity and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business economics, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, information technology or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, commodity management, and supplier management in a high-volume, global manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of direct experience working with a global supply base of the relevant commodity.
• Ability to review and understand engineering requirements and design documents for mechanical and electro-mechanical parts.
• Experience developing, leading, and executing global supplier cost, risk, and lead time reduction strategies.
• Demonstrated use of technical, analytical, and management skills to lead RFQs, supplier selection, supplier capacity planning, and supplier risk identification/mitigation in NPI programs.

Responsibilities

• Managing overall supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability, capacity planning, contracting, analytics, risk mitigation, and cost and quality improvements.
• Collaborating with technical operations, engineering, and program teams on new product introduction programs to define standard and custom product requirements to ensure that sourcing strategies meet the technical capabilities, cost, and business objectives.
• Developing efficient and accurate mechanisms for communicating forecast and capacity requirements for sustaining and new products.
• Supporting the purchasing and planning teams by monitoring supplier performance and addressing supply and/or quality issues.
• Aligning supplier strategies to Robotics objectives for sustaining production and new product release.
• Developing a commodity and supplier technology roadmap, aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities.
• Responsible for maintaining monthly supplier scorecards and conducting quarterly executive business reviews.
• Periodic travel to supplier’s domestic and international manufacturing sites, approximately 25%.

Skills

Global supplier management

RFQ leadership

Cost reduction strategies

NPI experience

Engineering requirements review

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in business economics, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, information technology or equivalent

Master's degree or PMP certification

Job description

Amazon Robotics in the greater Boston area seeks a Senior Global Commodity Manager for Silicon to lead supplier management for CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and other core components. You will align design roadmaps with supply base, drive sourcing strategies, and support new product introductions while achieving cost reductions.

You will partner with engineering and operations to scale manufacturing, maintain supplier scorecards, and travel ~25% to supplier sites to secure capacity and quality.