Senior Global Category Manager, Amazon Custom Modules Job at Amazon Web Services

Overview

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment to ensure customers have continual access to innovation. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and are looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to deliver high safety and security standards while providing extensive capacity at the lowest possible cost. AWS promotes an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

AWS is seeking a highly effective candidate to identify, create, develop and integrate innovative technology to deliver the best operating, lowest cost infrastructure in the world. This role will lead sourcing, pricing, geo-diversity, and second source manufacturing for supply resiliency for additional AI/ML PCBAs added to our product roadmap. It will manage the additional supply chain complexity when qualifying suppliers and manufacturing lines during transitions from development to mass production. It will also deliver multi-sourcing strategies, pricing, and enable contract manufacturing for the same platforms to ensure supply chain resiliency for our expanding AI/ML roadmap. The role will lead line qualification, capacity planning, and contract agreements during product development so that at launch, PCBA manufacturing capacity is scalable to meet customer needs.

AWS serves over a million active customers in more than 190 countries. We continue to expand global infrastructure to meet customer needs for lower latency and higher throughput.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement Power Supply 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 with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop negotiation strategies to deliver against business objectives and build sustainable supplier relationships.
• Provide weekly core-team updates and monthly executive updates; manage vendor escalations related to the category.
• Present to senior leadership via written narratives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing, negotiating and executing business agreements
• 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

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

EEO and Benefits

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you require a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit the accommodations information page for more details.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,200/year to $220,200/year, with variation based on market location and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company; equity, sign-on payments, and other benefits may be provided as part of a total package.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.