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About the Role
Amazon is seeking a leader with packaging procurement experience to strategically source packaging products for North America and EU Customer Fulfillment Procurement. This role involves coordinating with various Amazon teams and key suppliers to meet organizational needs, develop sourcing strategies, and drive savings and productivity.
Responsibilities
- Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing teams, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon’s competitive position.
- Drive supplier relationships to achieve optimal solutions and cost of ownership that meet business goals, supported by continuous improvement and performance benchmarks.
- Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor, and optimize opportunities.
- Act as a market intelligence provider for categories, anticipating strategic opportunities and informing key stakeholders.
- Drive supplier engagement in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon.
- Identify, achieve, and report on savings and value targets for category sourcing activities.
- Align with internal customers to understand the business application of the category.
Requirements
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL.
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements.
- Experience in program or project management.
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
- Experience in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.
- Experience in supply chain.
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization.
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules.
Skills
- Packaging procurement
- Strategic sourcing
- Negotiation
- Contract execution
- Supplier relationship management
- Market intelligence
- Data analysis
- Process improvement
- Stakeholder management
- Program management
- Project management
Location
- North America
- EU
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Leader
- Advanced
About the Company
- At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth.
- We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.
- We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.
- We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.
- Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon.
- Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
Equal Opportunity
- Amazon is an equal opportunities employer.
- Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
- If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.