Description

Amazon Development Center in Taiwan is looking for creative candidates to join our operations team in Taipei.

Responsibilities:

· Support commodity sourcing strategy and execute to best deliver to cost, supply, and innovation targets

· Develop a commodity roadmap aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities

· Lead the analysis of a specific commodity or leads an individual supply chain sub- category

· Participate as an influential member in a cross-functional team (may lead specific projects)

· Meet with stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plans.

· Conduct regular business review with suppliers to ensure continuous improvement

· Execute risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies

· Drive alignment between Supplier roadmaps and business roadmaps

· Identify opportunities for supply chain optimization and implements as appropriate.

· Maintain expertise/knowledge of market trends including rigorous analysis of market drivers, cost structures, technical improvements and competitive landscape

· Manage internal stakeholder relationship in driving product/supplier introductions, commodity/technology lifecycle, demand/supply, etc.

· Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings optimization

· Develop and maintain relationships with executives and senior executives at suppliers

· Track new technology development for assigned products/suppliers; identify suppliers that provide relevant technology for products.

· Interface with Program Management to assess current and future sourcing requirements

· Work closely with our Engineering teams to support product development efforts, to influence sourcing decisions, meet customer expectations, technical capabilities, and program objectives; or define standard and custom product requirements.

Key job responsibilities

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Taipei, TPE, TWN

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing commodities within multination companies, including for products covering enterprise solutions or consumer electronics

• In depth knowledge on factory operations and manufacturing process

• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.

• Ability to develop efficient work processes for complex projects involving many groups, across multiple geographies and effectively coordinate, implement, and maintain those processes.

• Demonstrated experience interacting with cross-functional teams (internally & externally) with the ability for effective communication

• Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)

• Experience leading strategy development in supply chain management and optimization

• A team player with leadership skill and influencing skill

• Strong presentation and negotiation skills in English and Mandarin.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to be innovative regarding strategic sourcing, vendor relations, and quality assurance.

About Ring

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