Sr Mgr Sourcing and Production, Merch

Job Description

About Amazon Music

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

Picture working on fan-centric products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-500 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born and come to life such as Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music, Music Merch and so much more. Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product, new directions in music, and customer engagement. The Amazon Music Merch team is responsible for building a destination of official music merchandise and connecting fans and artists through merch.
Our team is looking for a driven, strategic, customer-centric business leader with experience owning a high-growth business operation and supplier relationships to help grow our Music Merch business. Music and fashion have been intertwined for decades, and this role will create buzzworthy artist merch collections that authentically connect artists and fans on Amazon. This role will be responsible for business development, partner management, negotiations, line planning/curation, forecasting, and launching collections in partnership with marketing, vendor management, and creative teams.

This role will drive the ideation around and execution of product development and production process – from initial design concept through bulk production. This role will build partnerships and strategies to maximize margin, quality, lead-time and brand goals. The successful candidate will have deep experience in traditional apparel production and must be a creative thinker with the ability to develop innovative production strategies. The candidate should also feel comfortable dealing with ambiguity and working in an entrepreneurial environment.

The Sr. Manager, Sourcing & Production will report within the Amazon Music Merch team and will work closely with brand managers, vendor managers, vendor managers, cross-Amazon partners within Softlines and Music Industry and external vendor partners to shape the production strategy for Amazon Music merchandise. The candidate must have the leadership presence and communication skills to represent Amazon at all levels of our partners' organizations.

Key job responsibilities
* Create and execute product development and production strategies for supply chain.
* Build supply chain infrastructure for the brand, including the development process guidelines and seasonal calendar.
* Responsible for assessing vendors and developing production strategies to scale our business and create strong partnerships.
* Own and build production and vendor relationships, continuously improving capabilities, margins, quality, lead times.
* Drive production strategies for domestic and international production partners, including small runs, quick turn and replenishment options.
* Evaluate partners' production standards and practices.
* Manage relationships with strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with end to end product delivery
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience as a product manager or owner
- Experience owning technology products

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in influencing senior leadership through data driven insights
- Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $124,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $206,000/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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-re66z8-3-128-200-110-42 in your application.