Global Commodity Manager, Amazon Devices

At Amazon Devices, we are a world-class research and development hub focused on creating transformative consumer electronics. Since our inception in 2004, starting with the revolutionary Kindle, we’ve developed iconic products like Fire Tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Ring and Blink which redefined home technology. With innovation at our core, we invite you to shape the future of technology with us. What will you help us create next?

Amazon Devices is looking for passionate and creative candidates to join our operations team in Taipei.

• Key job responsibilities
• •Develop PCB commodity sourcing strategy and execute to best deliver to cost, supply, and innovation targets
• •Lead commodity selection, contract negotiation and new supplier introduction process.
• •Ensure a competitive sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service and technology
• •Challenges supply chain norms to generate out of the box opportunities for cost savings and supply chain optimization and implements as appropriate
• •Develop a commodity roadmap aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities
• •Manage internal stakeholder relationship in driving component introductions, business alignment, key part selections, demand/supply, etc.
• •Participate as a senior member on a cross-functional team (may lead specific projects)
• •Meet with stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plans.
• •Conduct regular business review with suppliers to ensure continuous improvement
• •Execute risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies
• •Develop and maintain relationships with executives and senior executives at suppliers
• •Work closely with Engineering teams to support product development efforts, to influence sourcing decisions, meet customer expectations, technical capabilities, and program objectives; or define standard and custom product requirements.

Basic qualifications

• - 5+ years of industry work experience
• - 5+ years of data analysis using tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent experience
• - 5+ years of high volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments experience
• - Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• - Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company
• - Experience in program, project or product management, or leading product implementation

Preferred qualifications

• - Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• - Experience in negotiations with global suppliers with a proven track record in cost reduction
• - Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners
• - Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, or equivalent)
• - Experience working in business procurement organizations of a consumer market segment company

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