Senior Global Category Manager, Electrical Assemblies

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. This role leads sourcing, pricing, geo-diversity, and second source manufacturing efforts for supply resiliency for additional AI/ML PCBAs added to our product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement PCBA sourcing strategies for AWS hardware infrastructure.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for AWS hardware infrastructure.
• Understand industry and technology trends.
• Identify key technology trends in the industry and drive supplier product roadmaps and execute on strategic initiatives in those products.
• Negotiate and implement complex supplier agreements and contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop negotiations strategies to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers.
• Provide weekly core-team updates, deliver executive level updates on a monthly basis, and be responsible for vendor escalations in order to resolve any issues related to his/her category.
• Present to senior leadership via written narratives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience.
• 5+ years of professional or military experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level.
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

Qualifications

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations.
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements.

Skills

• Excellent judgment.
• High standards (never satisfied with the status quo).
• Able to dive deep and never out of touch with the details of the business.
• Passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others.
• Strong results orientation.
• Think big.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.