Our AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain and Procurement team is looking for a results-oriented leader to manage and lead the team responsible for the operational support, performance management, supplier development, and lifecycle management of key AWS Compute and AI/ML products. In this role you will lead internal engagements across Supply Chain, Engineering and Business organizations while diving deep into the technologies and operations both from a product and technology perspective. You will lead the Strategic Sourcing and working closely with Product operations, Hardware engineering, Service owners, Manufacturing Design Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to develop. You will analyze trends involving the industry players – vendors, customers, and technology to develop strategies to secure supply, reduce cost, minimize risk, and utilize emerging opportunities, allowing AWS to meet and exceed its goals.
In this role you will lead a global team of sourcing managers in the AWS Infrastructure Sourcing and Procurement team, collaborating with leaders across engineering, finance, legal and capacity delivery teams across Amazon Web Services to deliver critical Memory and Storage hardware. You will develop and build a strong team of leaders, and direct/indirect reports to drive solutions to some of the company’s most challenging business issues. This role is expected to develop a strategic procurement roadmap, lead and own executive relationships with key suppliers and partners, drive critical contracts and negotiate terms, and utilize data to drive vendor behavior, increasing the overall value to Amazon.
The leader of this organization is a strategic thinker responsible for developing sourcing plans and clear actions to drive the lowest total cost of ownership fueling the exponential growth across AWS data centers. In this role, the leader will lead the organization while diving deep into the technologies and operations both from a product and supply chain perspective. The ideal candidate will have a large-scale technical supply chain management background, be detail-oriented, skilled at global supply chain strategies, and excel in creative problem solving, negotiations and program management. They will have a wide range of responsibilities including strategic sourcing, negotiating contracts, forecasting and strategic planning, collaborating with key vendors to improve performance and lead times etc.
They will be able to work in a fast-paced environment, creatively solve complex issues and build scalable mechanisms of continuous improvement. This position will serve as a key member of the AWS supply chain organization which includes creating an inclusive and engaged team and supporting the career development of their team members, and continually raise the bar when recruiting for the organization. Keys to success in this role include exceptional strategic vision/execution, analytics, judgment, negotiation and communication skills.
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https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.Key job responsibilities
-Establish category sourcing strategies for Networking Infrastructure
-Drive and own executive relationships with suppliers
-Develop category expertise and depth, including: knowledge of industry, sub categories, supply base, benchmarks and indices as well as industry leaders, laggards, and niche players
-Analyze category details to proactively ensure continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit Amazon
-Influence suppliers’ roadmaps, design, processes, technology decisions and policies
-Lead complex and cross-functional projects
About the team
The team manages the supply chain, procurement and technology roadmaps for most of the Networking and Silicon components that go into all AWS servers and networking equipment ( i.e. ASICs, Silicon photonics, switches, cables c). We partner with Networking and HW Engineering and internal customers such as EC2 and EBS to define AWS future HW roadmaps.
Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ years of building and leading large teams and working in matrixed operating structures experience
- Knowledge of distribution networks and channel P&Ls
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent
- Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms and architectures or equivalent
- Experience negotiating VP-level contracts with channel partners and agencies
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Product Management, Customer Service, Operations, Legal, Finance, and Senior Leadership
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 193,700.00 - 262,000.00 USD annually
