Job Information
Amazon Operations Project Specialist, Companion Products & Services (ComPAS) in Sunnyvale, California
Description
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo
Key job responsibilities
Operations Program Specialist (OPS) will support the Operations Accessories team through the new product introduction (NPI) engineering phase process and sustaining. Working closely with the Operation Program Managers and Project managers, the OPS will be part of the core team that work with External Partners or CMs that will design and build our Accessories and Devices. The candidate is responsible for managing project documentation including, but not limited to, Bills of Materials (BOM) and generate all the engineering change orders in our PLM systems ( Agile/Townsend) . The OPS will also be involved in the coordination of different configuration matrices for evaluation BOMs, tooling parts and components management materials ready for engineering builds. In addition, the OPS will manage consolidation of the Bills of Materials; routing change orders to approvers and interface with external teams to coordinate costed BOMs, allocation samples and XVTs budgets. This individual will work with internal teams and external contract manufacturers for the coordination of material availability.
A day in the life
The Operations Project Specialist (OPS) will work closely with the Technical Program Managers (TPMs), Operations Program Managers (OPMs), Engineering Project Specialists (EPSs), Retail Engineering Program Manager (EPM), PPS (Packaging Program Managers) and the Core Engineering teams during the New Product Introduction process for Core Accessories programs. The OPS manages consolidation of all project documentation including, but not limited to, (BOM) Bills of Materials and controlling the engineering change orders at the Assy and Sellable skus (final packaging stage) in our PLM Systems.
About the team
We are a team that brings and enhances the user experience of our Devices like Echo, Kindle, tablets and Fire TV. We offer our customer the options to extend functionality, look and feel of our devices.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of program or project management experience
3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
Preferred Qualifications
3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
3+ years of driving process improvements experience
Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
Product line Management systems like Agile
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $59,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $142,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.