Supply Chain Product Manager, Robotics Supply Chain

About the role

The Amazon Robotics Supply Chain GA Product Manager is responsible for a portfolio of robotic products in sustained production. They manage supplier and supply chain performance, product cost and lead time optimization, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. They work with senior product and engineering leaders to drive appropriate trade-offs between commercial vs. technical constraints, risks and goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead product supply chain management working with cross-functional supply chain teams dedicated to supplier performance, cost and lead time optimization, supply chain execution, and continuous improvement for assigned robotics products in production.
• Act as single point of contact for program resources (leadership and working teams) to communicate Supply Chain decisions and progress, provide feedback on supply chain implications of program decisions and changes, and support financial planning and capital approvals for the program.
• Work with Robotics leadership to ensure partnership between Robotics Supply Chain, hardware engineering, operations and program teams on commodity and supplier performance, cost performance tradeoff analysis, cost road map development and execution, and driving execution excellence across scaled deployment.
• Responsible for definition and execution of the Product level Supply Chain Strategy, including management of critical components and suppliers, product cost roadmap to meet payback targets, capacity planning and sourcing requirements, supply chain risk assessment & mitigation plans.
• Work with sourcing in developing negotiation strategies for categories which impact the product to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with strategic suppliers pertaining to Amazon Robotics products supporting the priority programs as driven by the Operating Plan (OP).
• Work with GCMs on managing overall supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability development, capacity planning, contracting, risk mitigation, and cost and quality improvements.
• Develop and execute roadmap to achieving GA total cost targets (TCO), including make vs. buy analysis and value engineering opportunities.
• Ensure non-cost goals (Lead Time, On Time Delivery, Sustainability, Supplier Development, Cost Savings) are met and supported by the product specific supply chain strategy.
• Drive root cause analysis and process improvements to prevent supply chain disruptions and ensure sustained operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
• 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Bachelor's degree