Prinicpal Sourcing Manager, AWS HW Design And Manufacturing Partnerships

AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own.

AWS Supply Chain is seeking a highly effective candidate to design and implement innovative solutions that deliver the best operating and lowest cost infrastructure in the world. This individual will own the end-to-end supply chain strategy supporting the lowest cost, highest performance storage archive in the cloud. As the commercial head of this supply chain, you own cost, performance, contracting and strategy. You will influence the hardware roadmap and deliver solutions by owning the entire supply ecosystem and deeply partnering with AWS teams that include hardware engineering, supply chain, quality, lifecycle management, operations, compliance and sustainability.

A successful candidate will have in-depth knowledge of Archive Storage hardware architectures and the supply chains that are capable of delivering hyper-scale archive solutions. They will have experience managing large scale, complex and strategic commercial relationships. They will have demonstrated their ability to manage negotiations, program manage cross-functional teams and effectively operate at all levels of the organization, including to senior executives.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Function as the single threaded relationship manager for the strategic supply partner that provide design, development, manufacturing and integration services for AWS archive storage platforms.

• Function as a technology leader that influences, inside AWS and across the supply ecosystem, hardware roadmaps needed to meet AWS customer requirements.

• Matrix manage all aspects of supplier performance including cost, quality, capacity, delivery, compliance, sustainability and overall supply strategy.

• Negotiate and execute complex supplier agreements, statements of work and other contracts by working with cross-functional leads.

• Partner with cross functional teams to deliver RFPs, evaluate vendor responses and align on business awards.

• Deliver AWS's cost objectives through detailed understanding of all cost drivers and bill of material reviews.

• Develop and successfully negotiate sourcing strategies that align with business objectives while maintaining a sustainable relationship with suppliers.

• Inform and influence senior leadership about business status, risk and opportunities via written narratives.

• Manage vendor escalations and provide executive level updates as required.

• Prepare and present detailed data-driven business reviews with senior management, focused on procurement/sourcing execution and continuity of supply.

• Identify key technology trends in the industry and drive supplier product roadmaps that align with AWS's technical development and manufacturing initiatives.

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