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 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. 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. In this role, you will:

• Work with engineering and the supply chain team to set program cost targets at a commodity level for your project
• Track the program actual costs versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring back on track
• Attend sustaining programs and 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 Contract Manufacturer 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
• Present weekly executive management cost reviews that deep dive through every aspect of your product cost

Key job responsibilities
Your primary responsibilities involve total cost management of your assigned programs. This includes management of BBOM, CBOM, MPPO, Cost negotiation, working with engineering and cross functional organizations to deliver cost reduction initiatives. Provide and highlight industry cost trends on key commodities. Drive AI solution for MPM key deliverables and manage component costs for E&O.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3+ years of business development, partnership management, or sourcing new business experience
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• 3+ years of managing complex technology projects working directly with engineering teams
• 3+ years in supply chain and/or manufacturing of consumer products
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Strong business acumen combined with technical aptitude
• Proven track record of complex and creative problem solving and the desire to create new processes or simplify and improve on current ones
• Ability to influence others and facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
• Experience with consumer electronics, preferably streaming media players or smart TVs.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and maximize internal resources.
• Experience leading and defining requirements and driving closure.
• Product Data Management system experience.

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