Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.


The Role:
The Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the management and delivery of the product financial health and supply chain for groundbreaking, highly integrated consumer products. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote operations, engineering and software teams driving development, implementation and management of the product budget. This person is the business voice responsible for capturing, documenting and communicating financial exposures and outlay as it relates to their product. This person is also responsible for ensuring a healthy supply chain for the product. They are involved throughout all stages of the product family's lifecycle to ensure Lab126 achieve all financial targets through end-of-life. They will support weekly executive product line reviews outlining performance against budget, target and actual cost.


Key job responsibilities
As a Materials Program Manager, you will:

- Work with engineering and the supply chain team to set program cost targets for your project
- Track the program actual costs versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring back on track
- Attend program new product introduction meetings to understand the cost implication of engineering and/or process changes as related to you product fully loaded cost targets
- Work with the OEM to set your product purchase order cost for the upcoming period
- Manage purchase price variance claims resulting from engineering changes, component obsolescence or forecast variance
- Drive the supply chain and operations team to provide detailed cost reduction forecast that enable you to meet and exceed your product goals
- Work with the Lab126 Management team to ensure predictable, accurate forecasts for your products
- Host weekly executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost
- Own the Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR) and ensure that all program suppliers are competitive on cost, quality and delivery
- Provide oversight of C-suppliers on the CM AVL

About the team
The Product Operations team provide a central point of contact into the broader Devices and Services (D&S) organization. Serving as the single threaded leader (STL), we align strategy, planning, and execution to bring the Amazon Devices innovative product vision to life.

The MPM is specifically the STL for product cost and program SPOR (Supplier Plan of Record). There are two other functions within Product Operations. OPM (Operations Program Manager) who coordinates within all of Operations to deliver the committed quantity of launch units. And MM (Materials Manager) who is responsible for CTB (Clear to Build) during NPI builds.

As a program manager within Amazon, the MPM engages with and drives cross-functionally across Amazon's complex device ecosystem. The MPM's closest cross-functional partners are Hardware Engineering, Product Management (PM), Finance, GCM (Global Commodities Management), SQM (Supplier Quality Management), and MPE (Manufacturing Product Engineering).- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
- 4+ years experience in the business procurement organization of a consumer market segment company
- Experience in procurement practices working with engineering, supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners- Master’s degree preferred
- Working knowledge of consumer electronics technologies, products and tools preferable
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and maximize internal resources
- Experience leading and defining requirements and driving these across diverse organizations

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $71,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $153,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.