Sr. Materials Manager, PAC

Description

Are you ready to shape how Amazon sources and manages hardware components at scale? We are looking for a Hardware Commodity Specialist who can develop and execute procurement strategies for complex hardware categories, negotiate with suppliers across global markets, and drive measurable cost and quality improvements. In this role, you will own commodity strategies end-to-end, partnering with engineering, operations, and finance teams to ensure the right components are available at the right time and cost. Your analytical mindset, supplier management expertise, and ability to navigate ambiguity will be critical as you tackle challenges that span strategic planning and hands-on execution. If you are energized by solving multifaceted procurement problems and want your work to have a direct impact on Amazon's hardware supply chain, we want to hear from you.

A day in the life

You might start your morning reviewing supplier performance dashboards and preparing for a quarterly business review with a key component supplier. By midday, you are working with engineering partners to evaluate a new supplier's technical capabilities for an upcoming product launch. In the afternoon, you are analyzing market data to refine a should-cost model and presenting sourcing recommendations to leadership. Throughout it all, you are balancing strategic priorities with tactical execution, making trade-offs that keep programs on track.

About the team

About the team

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Basic Qualifications

• 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

• Bachelor's 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field

• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies

• 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)

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