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Amazon Materials Manager, Devices Supply Chain & Logistics in Shenzhen, China
Description
The Materials Manager is responsible for all activities related to order fulfillment, from forecasts to delivery, including day-to-day communication and management of the OEM partners globally. This person has a business orientation and is responsible for working within the local and remote Operations team driving order fulfillment.
• Act as the primary liaison between OEM and the team in Sunnyvale monitoring, supporting to manage, and driving the OEM to assure goals / schedules are being met.
• Communicate forecast and verify fulfillment from a materials perspective.
• Drive solutions to reduce and eliminate any shortages preventing meeting order schedule, including assisting in sourcing of materials as required.
• Schedule and host meetings with suppliers in US and/or globally as required.
• Responsible for report generation and distribution.
• Represent the materials organization in internal/ external program meetings.
• Travel required, up to 30%
A day in the life
The Materials Manager (MM) is responsible for everything to do with supply continuity to ensure we can build the products that delight customers. Day to day this requires interaction and collaboration with colleagues in almost all areas of the organization as well as external suppliers. The MM is the driver to ensure everyone is aware of what is needed to allow us to build to our plan.
About the team
As a Materials Manager the mission is to provide principled, flexible, and high-quality supply chain solutions for all device program activities related to materials management. We are a highly adaptable and collaborative team that supports each other whenever needed to allow successful delivery of our products to our Customers. We listen to each other and do our best to support the needs of the team and individuals within the organization.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Shenzhen, 44, CHN
Basic Qualifications
• 5+ years of materials planning experience in a Consumer Market Segment Company
• Experience managing materials execution with a contract manufacturer in a multi-cultural environment
• Experience with MS Office, specifically requiring advanced Excel skills
• English and Mandarin communication skills, both written and oral.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher level education preferred
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to senior management, peers, and team members
Preferred Qualifications
• A keen, flexible and aggressive intellect with superb conceptual thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully