Senior Category Sourcing Manager
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 Kuiper team is looking for a category sourcing leader to support business and engineering stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed on Kuiper objectives.
The ideal candidate will have a successful track record developing and strategy, negotiating agreements and statements of work, and managing supplier performance.
Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.
Key job responsibilities- 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 including term sheets, MOUs, NDAs, SOWs, development agreements, component purchase agreements and others.
- Using industry and relevant data analysis, create and strategic sourcing plans for a technology, business unit, department, or project to help internal customers meet their goals.
- Identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply.
- Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply.
- Manage cross-functional projects and teams 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.
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.
A day in the lifeThis is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and will work with leaders in multiple technology areas.
Have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and be constantly looking for ways to improve your product's performance, quality and cost.
We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
About the teamHere 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 mentorshipWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
The Kuiper team is looking for a category sourcing leader to support business and engineering stakeholders in selecting, developing and managing business relationships with critical technology and service suppliers, and others as needed on Kuiper objectives.
The ideal candidate will have a successful track record developing and strategy, negotiating agreements and statements of work, and managing supplier performance.
Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.
Key job responsibilities- 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 including term sheets, MOUs, NDAs, SOWs, development agreements, component purchase agreements and others.
- Using industry and relevant data analysis, create and strategic sourcing plans for a technology, business unit, department, or project to help internal customers meet their goals.
- Identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply.
- Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply.
- Manage cross-functional projects and teams 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.
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.
A day in the lifeThis is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and will work with leaders in multiple technology areas.
Have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and be constantly looking for ways to improve your product's performance, quality and cost.
We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
About the teamHere 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 mentorshipWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Redmond, WA, USA.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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