Business Development - Key Accounts, Amazon Man...
DescriptionAmazon Manufacturing Services (AMS) is building internal manufacturing resources to scale rapid concept through deployment of strategic hardware initiatives within Amazon. We are seeking a seasoned Business Development Lead with deep background in development, manufacturing and delivery of industrial products to drive engagement with key internal customers.Key job responsibilities
- Develop and deploy mechanism to identify and prioritize strategic opportunities that benefit from internal manufacturing resources in a force multiplicative way. Continuously measure effectiveness of mechanisms.
- Influence senior leadership through articulating AMS differentiation. Communicate our vision and seek customer and stakeholder inputs to drive our value proposition.
- Successfully operate in a complex customer ecosystem consisting of multiple stakeholders with differing priorities. You will leverage your deep experience working within the Amazon technology deployment landscape to drive successful outcomes for our customers.
- Communicate with direct and indirect stakeholders to identify and report results, trends, and financial impact of business opportunities
- Develop programs to drive AMS engagement within site Stores and AWS operations teams.
- Be a key influencer in capacity planning and new manufacturing technology investments within AMS by articulating impact to our customers and AMS.
- Create scalable, long-term mechanisms to drive product features in collaboration with Engineering and Product teams to improve overall customer experience lie speed and precision of AMS decisions.
- Influence, lead and orchestrate go-to-market motions, mechanisms, and initiatives for manufacturing solutions across our internal strategic customers.
- Define and establish best practices for customer discovery and success in the manufacturing space
- Author strategic documents (e.g., PR/FAQs, QBRs) and contribute to longer-term documents (e.g., OP1/3YP)
- Make tradeoffs to negotiate actionable solutions that balance customer needs with technical feasibility
- Mitigate long-term risks associated with manufacturing initiatives
- Hire, mentor, and develop others within the organization
- Experience conducting sophisticated and creative analysis of complex data and translate the results into actionable deliverables, messages, and presentations
- Experience leading and interacting with cross-functional teams
- Experience owning and leading significant projects from concept to deployment
- Experience working with fast-moving, high-performance teams and driving innovative solutions tailored to unique business environments
- Experience communicating and presenting to senior leadership
- Experience with written and verbal communication and presentation
- Bachelor's degree in technical fields like industrial engineering, manufacturing or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience in business development, technical product management, or customer success roles related to manufacturing and delivery of complex industrial products.
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly pivot based on historical data and future projections
- Master's degree in engineering, management, or technology
- Experience driving adoption of new and disruptive technologies
- Experience influencing senior leaders/stakeholders
- Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time
- Experience in segmentation and developing customer profiles
- Experience with internal business development at Amazon within Amazon Operations and/or AWS.
- 3+ years operational knowledge of decision making processes within Amazon Operations and/or AWS.
- Background in manufacturing technology, automation, tech deployment or industrial engineering