Ultra fast drone delivery is live and delivering to customers! Prime Air - Amazon's ultra fast drone delivery service is growing and scaling!
How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and—most importantly—safely, 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 what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-mk30-photos).
If 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
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
- 6+ years of related industry experience
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments
- Knowledge of basic supply agreement construction and key contracting provisions/requirements
- Master's 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 in aerospace, medical, automotive, or high rate consumer electronic industries performing hardware procurement / contracting and sourcing strategies across development, production, work transfer/dual sourcing, and exit phases of a program
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
USA, WA, Seattle - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
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