Supply Chain Manager, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

The Kuiper team is looking for a supply chain manager to support business and engineering stakeholders in managing business relationships and ASIC supply delivery with critical technology and service suppliers and others as needed to execute on Kuiper objectives.



Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have a successful track record in executing supplier strategies managing supplier delivery performance. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.

Job Responsibilities Include:
Drive ASIC delivery through the product life cycle to achieve on time delivery at the right quality and cost
Analyze supplier performance to proactively identify and execute projects/opportunities to minimize risk protect continuity of supply
Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders engineering leadersquality program management and planning team for PCN management
Influence suppliers supply chain management capacity scale up manufacturing processes in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations
Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply
Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
Drive financial modeling of large and complex deals
Evaluate and monitor critical supplier performance including capacity on-time delivery and 2nd tier component management
Ensure orders are released and on schedule to meet needs of the production system
Effectively lead cross-functional meetings with clear document writing agenda creation note capture and follow-up activity coordination
Proactively identify and mitigate risks to the supply chain


- 5 years of program or project management experience
- 5 years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 5 years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- 5 years of supply chain experience
- Bachelors degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

- 5 years of driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 5 years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes project management and schedules

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $77200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $141500/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.