Procurement & Strategy Mgr II, Global Supply Chain and Transportation Procurement

This position has the option to be located in Nashville TN or Bellevue WA.

Amazon Global Supply Chain and Transportation Procurement (GSCTP) is seeking a Procurement Manager overseeing Vendor Sourcing and Management responsibilities. This role will focus on leading vendor negotiations, developing consistent negotiation methodology, and ensuring alignment with internal stakeholder teams. A successful candidate will be able to deliver on improved financial results, delivery performance, capacity and sustainability efforts. This individual will be expected to manage multiple vendors concurrently and directly, working with a team that contributes significantly to overall transportation and supply chain strategy. Internal and external relationship management is paramount, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. In this role you will be responsible for delivering successful negotiations at scale ($50MM or more in total spend), working with senior leadership of external vendors and providing thought-leadership within procurement and several Amazon stakeholder teams.

Key job responsibilities

• Negotiation: Delivering improved financial performance through large scale negotiations for services contracts
• Leadership: Leading stakeholder and partner teams indirectly to build a track record of consistently delivering valuable projects
• Strategy: Design and implement strategy for individual procurement projects and the overall procurement function to support all the goals of the business, not just financial goals.
• Bias for Action: Delivering end-to-end contract projects, working through the many obstacles along the way and planning for unexpected challenges to maintain momentum.
• Communication: Communicating expectations and requirements with external and internal leadership teams, writing well-reasoned and data-driven proposals, performing your own data analysis as necessary.
• Technical Problem Solving: Utilizing problem-solving skills to work through difficult challenges, including the full procurement cycle from sourcing, negotiations, legal requirements and internal systems updates.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• 3+ years in a procurement capacity.
• 5+ years of transportation and supply chain experience.
• 3+ years of experience negotiating multi-million dollar contracts.
• 5+ years of experience working with cross functional teams across multiple business lanes.
• 3+ years of experience creating, defining, and implementing procurement strategy.
• 3+ years experience performing data analysis using MS Excel and/or SQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, MS or MA (Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Mathematics or Equivalent)
• 5+ years of experience with advanced Microsoft Excel functionality

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $58,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $141,100/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.