Amazon.com Services LLC Looking For Sr Sustainability TPM, Device Packaging Experience at Sunnyvale, CA Full Time

7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams

Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

5+ years of technical program management experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering or related field
• 6+ years of professional experience in the high volume consumer products industry

Job summary

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. What will you help us create?

The role of a Sr Packaging Sustainability Technical Program Manager is to drive execution of environmentally responsible packaging in support of Amazon’s Climate Pledge, new product launches and sustaining packaging programs. This includes schedule creation and coordination with inter-disciplinary teams to ensure Sustainability goals and initiatives are developed, tracked and approved on-time. In addition to creating the packaging sustainability plan, which includes a global work-back schedule for structural development, testing, and builds (i.e. pack outs), the role requires Bill of Material (BOM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system support.

They work closely with Device Sustainability, Industrial Design, Global Commodity Management, Supplier Quality Management and Operations teams located in both the US and internationally throughout the design cycle. They are responsible for driving the development of packaging part manufacturing processes towards Marketing and UX Design intent. They are also responsible for providing early engagement design recommendations, driving detailed engineering studies, and continuously driving towards yield and cycle time targets ahead of mass production.

Key job responsibilities

• Maintain close communication with internal teams such as Packaging Engineering, Device Sustainability, Product Marketing, Retail Program Managers, Industrial Design/UX, Global Commodity Management, Operations, in region local teams and external packaging suppliers.
• Assess material qualification strategy and provide optimization and guidance
• Ensure team establishes and maintains appropriate processes, procedures, forms and job tracking to keep deliverables on time and on budget.
• Support technical transfer ahead of validation builds to evaluate materials as required.
• Tracking and reporting Internal, Corporate and Customer-facing goals and initiatives.
• Updating and maintaining schedules for weekly meeting updates and quarterly stakeholder leadership reporting.
• Coordinate and facilitate stakeholder leadership meetings.
• Tracking new sustainable material initiatives with suppliers.
• Track and participate in domestic and international policy reviews and action items with engineering and stakeholders.
• Participate in Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) report generation and reporting.
• Drive sustainability UX research (scheduling, documentation, share outs)
• Attend Sustainability Conferences and provide input on trends
• Packaging Engineering or related field preferred
• Experience working in a global environment across multiple geographies and time zones
• Experience in Sustainability or environmental.
• Ability to identify risks, develop clear mitigation plans, and communicate commitments effectively to executive stakeholders

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