Packaging Manager, Sourcing, World Wide Grocery Stores - Private Brands NA

Amazon • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon’s World-Wide Grocery Private Brands NA team is looking for a Packaging Sourcing Manager to join our team. The Packaging Sourcing Manager will engage with internal and external resources to deliver Amazon Grocery Private Brands products customers love. This role is designed to build strategic partnerships that support growth, cost optimization, while delivering sustainability initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have and in-depth knowledge and experience packaging and souring that can demonstrate a bias for action, think big, ownership, deliver results, and have strong customer empathy. This candidate will have experience diving deep to gain customer insights, launching successful new products, and developing strong relationships with project stakeholders and suppliers. The candidate will possess attention to detail, excellent communication skills, the ability to drive consensus across multiple stakeholders and be a great team player. The ability to work independently and deal with an ambiguous environment is a must.

Requirements

• 3+ years of developing diverse supplier strategies and executing on sourcing activities experience
• Knowledge of sourcing/procurement, building systems and maintenance, vendor management and customer service
• Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects, or experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)
• Knowledge and experience with various packaging substrates production of prototypes, and new product development.
• Experience managing local and international packaging suppliers
• Experience building and managing cost models, systems, and tool that support sourcing activities.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ Years of Packaging Sourcing Experience preferably in CPG.
• Experience with end-to-end packaging & product delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in packaging, logistics, transportation, supply chain, or business.

Responsibilities

• Deliver front end sourcing activities that support new product development.
• Building strategic supplier partnerships.
• Building cost models and delivering packaging cost savings across an expansive portfolio.
• Driving packaging improvements with the business and across cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to work hand in hand with Packaging Engineers to deliver end to end packaging strategies.
• Working with third party co-packers to identify areas of opportunity for packaging consolidation or introducing innovative packaging solutions.
• Continually find ways to drive cost out of our packaging efforts.
• Identifying new packaging innovations that unlock new areas of opportunity for us.
• Evaluating vendor prototypes and providing improvements/suggestions or alternative solutions
• Advising senior management on the latest packaging sourcing trends and optimal solutions.
• Building & maintaining accurate and up to date sourcing tools for packaging materials and procedures.
• Providing technical support for root cause analysis of customer complaints related to packaging.

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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level