The Senior Materials Program Manager (MPM) is responsible for the overall financial health of the Bill of Materials (BOM) and for ensuring a diverse and continuous supply for innovative, highly integrated consumer products.

This individual has a business-oriented mindset and collaborates with local and remote operations, engineering, and software teams to drive the development, implementation, and management of the product budget and the Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR).

As the business representative, the MPM captures, documents, and communicates financial exposures, supply risks, and expenditures related to their product. They are involved in all stages of the product family’s lifecycle to ensure that Lab126 meets all financial targets and maintains qualified material availability through the end of the product's life.

Additionally, the MPM supports weekly executive product line reviews, which assess performance against budget, target, and actual costs, as well as the status of the SPOR.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with the engineering and supply chain teams to establish product cost targets for your project.
- Monitor discrepancies by comparing actual costs to targets and take corrective actions to realign.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to identify the cost implications of engineering and process changes.
- Collaborate with the OEM to determine the product purchase order cost for xVT builds.
- Handle claims for purchase price variance due to engineering changes, component obsolescence, or forecast discrepancies.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to create a detailed cost reduction forecast that enables product costs to meet or exceed the goals.
- Collaborate with the program management team to create predictable, accurate forecasts for your products.
- Conduct regular cost reviews with executive management and thoroughly analyze every aspect of your product costs.
- Successfully implement the Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR) before transferring to the sustaining team.
- Work together with the Contract Manufacturer, OEM Business Manager, Global Commodity Manager (GCM), and other key stakeholders to establish the supply chain strategy for South East Asia (SEA) related to your assigned product.
- Collaborate with all key stakeholders, including the CM, to transfer the product to the sustaining team when it enters the mass production stage.

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A day in the life
The Senior Materials Program Manager has a business-focused role and is responsible for collaborating with local and remote operations, engineering, and software teams. This involves driving the development, implementation, and management of the product budget and the Supplier Plan of Record (SPOR). This individual serves as the business representative, responsible for identifying, documenting, and communicating financial risks and expenditures related to their product. They are involved at every stage of the product family’s life cycle to ensure that Lab126 meets all financial objectives and supply chain requirements.

About the team
Amazon Lab126 is a research and development company focused on creating innovative consumer electronics. Established in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., Lab126 initially developed the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced innovative devices such as Fire tablets, Fire TV, Echo & Alexa. The Amazon Devices group aims to provide customers with uniquely enjoyable experiences, granting them instant access to both digital and physical content.