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Senior Global Commodity Leader, Project Kuiper SPACE
Amazon.comUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Jul 2023
💰 $279,600/yr($143,800/yr – $279,600/yr)
About the role
Have you ever wanted to be part of a team who is building industry changing technology? Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
The global commodity leader will build out capability and capacity for satellite hardware commodities supporting Kuiper’s satellite products. This role will work closely with Business, Engineering, Production Ops and other key stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical material, technology and services suppliers as well scale internal process capability appropriately. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a successful track record leading and managing a team, developing and strategy, negotiating agreements and statements of work, managing supplier performance, and ensuring on-time delivery of large, significant, complex, high quality, cost effective custom products for Kuiper satellites. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving challenging and complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.
Key job responsibilities
• Develop and manage a team of category sourcing managers to support global contract manufactures.
• Develop and Manage the Manufacturing engineering team owning production operations.
• Manage the business relationships with stakeholders and customers spanning resolution of operational issues to escalation of commercial and contractual negotiations
• Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management, and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements and contracts to secure supply arrangements
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and industry developments that benefit Amazon’s customers
• Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations
• Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Drive financial modeling of large and complex deals
• Evaluate and monitor financial health of critical suppliers
• Effectively lead cross-functional meetings with clear document writing, agenda creation, note capture and follow-up activity coordination
A day in the life
This role will partner with the Electrical Engineering team, Hardware engineering teams and Production Operations teams to establish and supply chain strategies that both 1) meet the short- and long-term technical and business objectives of each team and 2) meet long-term cost, production scaling and risk management requirements to achieve Kuiper’s customer and financial targets.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA
• Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Engineering, Science, Supply Chain, or Business
• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or supply chain management
• 5+ years of experience developing and executing sourcing strategies, including supplier negotiation, purchasing agreements or development agreements
• 5+ years of experience developing and negotiating business deals associated with high-specification manufacturing or technology
• Export Control Requirements: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• 10+ years of experience developing and executing s
The global commodity leader will build out capability and capacity for satellite hardware commodities supporting Kuiper’s satellite products. This role will work closely with Business, Engineering, Production Ops and other key stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical material, technology and services suppliers as well scale internal process capability appropriately. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a successful track record leading and managing a team, developing and strategy, negotiating agreements and statements of work, managing supplier performance, and ensuring on-time delivery of large, significant, complex, high quality, cost effective custom products for Kuiper satellites. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving challenging and complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.
Key job responsibilities
• Develop and manage a team of category sourcing managers to support global contract manufactures.
• Develop and Manage the Manufacturing engineering team owning production operations.
• Manage the business relationships with stakeholders and customers spanning resolution of operational issues to escalation of commercial and contractual negotiations
• Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management, and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements and contracts to secure supply arrangements
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and industry developments that benefit Amazon’s customers
• Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations
• Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Drive financial modeling of large and complex deals
• Evaluate and monitor financial health of critical suppliers
• Effectively lead cross-functional meetings with clear document writing, agenda creation, note capture and follow-up activity coordination
A day in the life
This role will partner with the Electrical Engineering team, Hardware engineering teams and Production Operations teams to establish and supply chain strategies that both 1) meet the short- and long-term technical and business objectives of each team and 2) meet long-term cost, production scaling and risk management requirements to achieve Kuiper’s customer and financial targets.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Engineering, Science, Supply Chain, or Business
• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or supply chain management
• 5+ years of experience developing and executing sourcing strategies, including supplier negotiation, purchasing agreements or development agreements
• 5+ years of experience developing and negotiating business deals associated with high-specification manufacturing or technology
• Export Control Requirements: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Preferred Qualifications
• MBA plus a degree in mechanical/aerospace engineering, or a scientific field• 10+ years of experience developing and executing s
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