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Hardware Delivery Manager, Project Kuiper
Amazon.com - Redmond, WA
posted 2 days ago
About the position
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity. The Kuiper team is looking for a Hardware Delivery leader for the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) Category to support business and engineering stakeholders in driving performance and delivery assurance with critical contract manufacturers, and others as needed to execute on Kuiper objectives. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record managing tight deadlines, finding ways to expedite material, reporting delivery KPIs, ensuring vendor performance, influencing new systems adoption (e.g. E2Open) and driving root-cause analysis within a production system. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while knowing how to prioritize a broad range of cross functional stakeholders needs will be an advantage. Up to 50% travel required. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Responsibilities
- Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, program management, and supply chain to ensure material arrives on-time for program builds.
- Ensure vendor delivery performance on committed deliveries and agreed lead-times.
- Expedite material as needed by the business.
- Communicate delivery KPI's to drive supplier business reviews and enforce contractual obligations.
- Develop root-cause analysis and corrective actions when delivery performance is not meeting expectation.
- Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions and development of processes to resolve internal challenges causing needs to expedite or vendors to push-out commit dates.
- Support identification of supply risks and bottlenecks impacting deliveries at vendors, and communicate them to Global Category Managers.
Requirements
- 7+ years of cumulative experience in manufacturing, operations or supply chain environment.
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, commodity management or program management.
- 5+ years of experience driving vendor performance and improvements, developing and reporting delivery scorecards/KPIs, and driving root-cause analysis.
- Knowledge of ERP and Supply Chain platforms (e.g. SAP and E2Open).
Nice-to-haves
- 5+ years of driving process improvements experience.
- Masters degree (e.g. Supply Chain, Operations, MBA or similar).
- Experience with six sigma and lean methodologies.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience and market location.
- Equity and sign-on payments may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
