Global Sourcing Manager, Procurement Category

Amazon • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Global MHE procurement retrofits team lead and secures supplier MHE upgrade
technologies, solutions, and capacity required to deliver the highly automated
FC technology road-map through site modernization and equipment upgrades across
all Amazon Business Units. Our team builds MHE retrofit sourcing category,
supplier development and selection for Plan of Record (POR) and Engineering
Retrofit projects across North America, customer fulfillment (GCF), specialty
fulfillment (GSF), and transportation (ATS) operations. These solutions require
continuous engineering development, emerging and disruptive technology
innovations, and long-term supplier partnerships while working closely with
expanded MHE category and OMHS teams to secure supply chain continuity. We are
filling a key role on our North America retrofits sourcing team, which will be
exclusively supporting the Megatron program and driving retrofit program awards
to pull-in 2027/2028 programs to build up peak capacity in our First-Mile
network
Amazon is seeking an industry proven and detail oriented indirect sourcing
Category manager (CM) to qualify, develop and manage our key material handling
supplier base. Successful candidates are natural self-starters who have prior
experience in the integrated automation project life cycle, contract
manufacturing, and system supplier and/or technology sourcing. Our CM must be
agile with the ability to quickly adapt strategies, plans and solutions in
response to dynamic business requirements. They also must be comfortable
interfacing and driving various functional teams and individuals at all levels
of the organization. Open minds, customer focus, innovation empowerment,
advanced technologies, team first mindset, and individual drive enable our North
America MHE retrofit team to deliver the most advance fulfillment solutions in
the world.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management in indirect categories such as professional services, support or maintenance spend, supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
• 5+ years of defining and executing against program timeline & requirements experience
• 5+ years of developing diverse supplier strategies and executing on sourcing activities experience
• 3+ years of leading large complex programs experience
• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence, negotiate, and develop relationships at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding our business, projects, solution designs, technology innovations, and opportunities to improve the effectiveness of our capital equipment procurement processes Basic Qualifications

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

Responsibilities

• Engage with the Megatron team as the Single-Threaded Lead from the Retrofit team to provide the best solutions through Turnkey MHE solution and direct sourcing, achieving shorter lead times, lower cost, and increased flexibility and capacity.
• Partner with global and regional procurement teams to qualify, manage and source key MHE Retrofit projects required by Megatron
• Develop and manage strong strategic relationships with our key suppliers and business partners to reduce costs, compress project lifecycles, advance solution quality and improve capital efficiencies.
• Implement strategic sourcing strategies to optimize costs and ensure continuity of supply, ensuring cost efficient supply of critical projects.
• Facilitate suppliers’ understanding of Amazon global policies, equipment design standards, budget and cost targets, and service and quality expectations
• Drive suppliers’ continuous improvement and development program in support of quality, delivery and cost performance metrics.
• Support common global supplier selection processes, global supplier development processes, and continued managed expansion of the global supplier base.
• Manage common global supplier metrics and data reporting to support the achievement of continuous cost improvement targets.
• Support Lean / Cost Out programs to reduce CapEx spend and optimize capital spend efficiency.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed