Sr. Strategic Commodity Spec. , Amazon Prime Air Marketing, Planning, Supply Chain, Data & Annotation (MPSD&A)

Ultra fast drone delivery is live and delivering to customers! Prime Air - Amazons ultra fast drone delivery service is growing and scaling!

How do you get items to customers quickly cost-effectively andmost importantlysafely in less than an hour And how do you do it in a way that can scale Our teams of hundreds of scientists engineers aerospace professionals and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers and are excited for whats to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog ( you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges and provide benefits to customers Prime Air is the place for you.

Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!

Key job responsibilities
Amazon Prime Air is building the future of autonomous drone delivery. We are looking for a Sr. Commodity Manager to drive key focused procurement commodity strategies for critical drone hardware ground systems hardware and technical services including but not limited to propulsion systems perception modules structures and electronic components. You will drive multi-year supply chain strategies lead complex supplier transitions and directly influence how Prime Air scales.

This is not a transactional purchasing role. You will define the where who and how of our supply base make high-judgment source decisions that balance cost quality risk that align with program requirements and build the mechanisms that allow procurement to operate at Amazon scale.

You will work at the intersection of engineering supply chain manufacturing quality and finance serving as the strategic procurement voice in vehicle program decisions trade studies and make-vs-buy analyses.

Additional responsibilities include:

- Strategic Commodity Strategy & Roadmaps

- Strategic Commodity- Available Supplier Assessment RFI/RFQ & Source Selection

- Total Cost of procurement responsibility relative to strategic commodities

- Supply Chain Resilience and risk management

- 2 years of program project or product management or leading product implementation experience
- 6 years of related industry experience
- 8 years of data analysis using tools such as Excel Pivot Tables SQL Tableau or equivalent experience
- 8 years of high volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments experience
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field
- Experience in data analysis using tools such as Excel Pivot Tables SQL Tableau or equivalent
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments
- Experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma methodologies
- Experience in global supply chain management managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company
- Experience in program project or product management or leading product implementation

- Masters degree in Business Administration Finance Economics Computer Science or a related field
- Experience in negotiations with global suppliers with a proven track record in cost reduction
- Experience in procurement practices working with engineering supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners
- Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management benchmarking should-cost models RFX reverse auction contracting or equivalent)
- Experience creating an innovative global supply strategy for the organization resulting in a tangible benefit to the business
- Experience working with Agile methodologies

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually