Sr. Product Lead , Robotics Supply Chain

Sr. New Product Lead, Robotics Supply Chain

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Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers that work passionately to apply advances in robotics and software to solve real‑world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even imagine yet.

Amazon Robotics has locations in the greater Boston and Seattle area, the epicenter of robotics innovation. Our diverse teams come from all over the world to design, test, and build our dynamic fleet of robots, mechatronic systems, and pack automation solutions. Having our offices, labs, test floors, and factories all co‑located means that we can design the hardware, write the code, test, build, and watch it all come to life.

This allows us to innovate quickly and on limitless ideas. Current advancements are underway in autonomous movement and mobility, artificial intelligence and machine learning, manipulation, simulation, robotic management software, predictive analytics, and much more.

The Amazon Robotics Supply Chain provides strategic sourcing for a portfolio of robotic technologies and is responsible for delivering new products by enabling the right suppliers and technologies, and getting the right materials at the right cost to the right place at the right time to support our network of global fulfillment and transportation solutions. It is a fast‑paced operation that works cross‑functionally with teams across Amazon and is driven by data and metrics.

• Lead product development process with the supply‑chain team dedicated to supplier selection, sourcing, logistics decisions, and supply‑chain execution for robotics products from concept to scaled deployment.
• Act as single point of contact for program resources to communicate supply‑chain decisions and progress, provide feedback on supply‑chain implications of program decisions and changes, and support financial planning and capital approvals.
• Work with Robotics leadership to ensure partnership between Robotics Supply Chain, hardware engineering, operations, and program teams on commodity and supplier selection, cost performance trade‑off analysis, cost roadmap development and execution, and enabling rapid product development stages.
• Define and approve product‑level supply‑chain strategy documents, including identification of critical components and suppliers, product cost roadmap to meet payback targets, capacity plan, sourcing and tooling requirements, and supply‑chain risk assessment & mitigation plans.
• Develop negotiation strategies for categories impacting the product to deliver against business objectives and sustainable relationships with strategic suppliers.
• Manage overall supplier relationships, including performance, capability development, capacity planning, contracting, risk mitigation, and cost and quality improvements.
• Develop roadmap to achieving NPI and GA total cost targets (TCO), including make‑vs‑buy analysis and value engineering opportunities.
• Ensure non‑cost goals (sustainability, supplier development, cost savings) are met and supported by the product‑specific supply‑chain strategy.
• Travel 20‑25% of the time.

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating, and executing business agreements.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level.
• Experience managing programs across cross‑functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences.
• Experience presenting to both technical and non‑technical executive audiences.
• Experience creating, iterating, and improving end‑to‑end global supply chains.
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the automotive, manufacturing, or similar industries.

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations.
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing…