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Global Commodity Manager, Procurement, Ring

Ring

Ring

Operations
Taipei City, Taiwan
Posted on May 14, 2024

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
Since its founding in 2013, Ring has been on a mission to make neighborhoods safer. From the video doorbell, to Ring Alarm, which was named #1 in Customer Satisfaction for DIY Home Security Systems by J.D. Power, Ring’s smart home security product line, as well as the Neighbors App, offer users affordable whole-home and neighborhood security. At Ring, we are committed to making home and neighborhood security accessible and effective for everyone -- while working hard to bring communities together. Ring is an Amazon company. For more information, visit www.ring.com. With Ring, you’re always home.