About this role
Description
This role leads a team of Senior Global Commodity Managers, diving deep across business lines that share categories and commodities to leverage our supplier base for performance, quality, efficiency, and cost. You'll serve as an advisor, facilitator, and educator to internal stakeholders, guiding sourcing strategy development and execution.
Export Control License: This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon’s ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf.
Key job responsibilities
• Earn trust with internal business partners; establish enduring relationship, build a robust understanding of commodities, strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across suppliers and/or spend categories.
• Develop global sourcing strategies to deliver against business plans, goals and objectives for internal clients.
• Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis; leveraging key-insights to inform and support the Strategic Sourcing strategy development process.
• Drive results by leveraging RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
• Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, optimizing the return on investment and total cost of ownership.
• Engage the appropriate subject matter experts, including Legal, Tax, Risk, and Information Security, to evaluate and develop strategies to mitigate third party risk
About the team
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Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 5+ years of supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, commodity management or program management experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, WA, Seattle - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually