Description

　　Amazon's Global Procurement Operations team tackles business challenges that help internal customers with innovative procurement strategies. We create value in the supply chain, strive for optimization, and act with one global voice and vision. The Category team owns the strategic relationships with suppliers & internal stakeholders. The team identifies & leads strategic sourcing activities to lower overall total cost of ownership for Amazon operations, ensuring equipment & service availability to meet business owner requirements. The team develops & negotiates framework agreements to reduce risk & support local teams in project specific needs relevant to category.

　　This role in the Global Procurement Organization will have broad responsibility to define the procurement strategy for Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT), sourcing vendors and innovative tools and processes to support a large network of Amazon stakeholders across multiple business lines.

　　This role can be located in Seattle/Bellevue, WA, Nashville, TN, Houston, TX, Arlington, VA

　　Key job responsibilities

　　Develop and deliver processes, tools and long term sourcing strategies, lead key initiatives with cross-functional teams; drive the decision making process of the category roadmap with regional senior leadership

　　Drive commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance

　　Lead supplier performance management including improving sustainability & social responsibility

　　Coordinate and collaborate with local teams to deploy and manage the implementation of your defined strategies

　　A day in the life

　　Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line

　　Developing relationship with internal stakeholder teams

　　Build solid relationship with suppliers

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Arlington, VA, USA | Bellevue, WA, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Nashville, TN, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　7+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience

　　5+ years of supply chain experience

　　Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

　　Experience being responsible/leading large and complex negotiations

　　Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

　　Experience in complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment

　　Experience in program or project management

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　7+ years of purchasing experience

　　Master's degree, or MBA in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field

　　Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $92,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $181,400/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.