Mechanical Sourcing Manager, Robotics Supply Chain

About the role

Join Amazon Robotics, where we apply advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences. Our diverse teams design, test, and build dynamic robotics, mechatronic systems, and pack automation solutions. With co-located offices, labs, test floors, and factories, we innovate quickly on limitless ideas, focusing on autonomous movement, AI, machine learning, manipulation, simulation, and predictive analytics.

The Amazon Robotics Supply Chain team provides strategic sourcing for robotic technologies, ensuring the right suppliers, materials, and logistics to support global fulfillment and transportation solutions. This fast-paced, data-driven team collaborates across Amazon to deliver new products efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional supply chain team to drive supplier and supply chain design, sourcing, logistics, and execution for robotics products from concept to scaled deployment.
• Serve as the single point of contact for program resources, communicating supply chain decisions, progress, and financial planning while supporting capital approvals.
• Partner with Robotics leadership to align supply chain strategies with hardware engineering, operations, and program teams on commodity selection, cost tradeoffs, and product development.
• Define and approve Product-level Supply Chain Strategy documents, including critical components, cost roadmaps, capacity plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop negotiation strategies with sourcing teams to meet business objectives and build sustainable relationships with strategic suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationships, including performance, capability development, capacity planning, contracting, risk mitigation, and cost/quality improvements.
• Collaborate with technical operations, engineering, and program teams on new product introductions to ensure sourcing strategies meet technical, cost, and business goals.
• Establish mechanisms for communicating forecast and capacity requirements for sustaining and new products.
• Guide purchasing and planning teams by monitoring supplier performance and addressing supply or quality issues.
• Align supplier strategies with Robotics goals for sustaining production and new product development.
• Develop and execute global commodity strategies that align business requirements with supplier capabilities.
• Maintain monthly supplier scorecards and conduct quarterly executive business reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments.
• Experience in supply chain, commodity, and supplier management in a global sourcing and manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years of direct experience sourcing Mechanical Components, including Machined Parts, Stamped Parts, Plastic Parts, and/or Raw Materials.
• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Management, Technology, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401(k) Plan with company matching.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Health insurance options, including Basic Life & AD&D, Supplemental Life Plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, and Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• Comprehensive parental leave.

Pay

Base salary range: $92,400 - $160,000 USD annually for this position in North Reading, MA.