About The Position
Amazon Global Supply Chain and Transportation Procurement (GSCTP) is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead vendor sourcing and management for its export transportation operations. This team oversees $3+ billion in annual spend across 600+ arcs and 45+ suppliers with worldwide delivery capabilities, managing complex supply chains. The role involves driving large-scale vendor negotiations ($50MM+ total spend), developing consistent negotiation methodology, and ensuring alignment with internal stakeholder teams across export operations, finance, business, controllership, planning, and supply chain design and implementation. A successful candidate will deliver improved financial results, operational excellence, capacity growth, and sustainability initiatives while managing multiple vendors concurrently and providing thought leadership within procurement and across Amazon stakeholder teams. This role will work with large export transportation and logistics providers with varying degrees of complexity and collaborate closely with internal stakeholder teams, including export operations, exports finance, business, controllership, planning, and supply chain design/deployment, as well as managing assigned vendor accounts. The team manages third-party global supply chain and transportation procurement relationships in the export space, committed to building strong partnerships with logistics providers and delivering measurable value to Amazon. They work collaboratively across multiple functions to align procurement strategy with broader business objectives, focusing on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and sustainable practices, contributing to Amazon's global operations and customer service.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
- 5+ years of multi-million dollar contract negotiation experience
- 5+ years of managing stakeholders in cross-functional project experience
- Experience in trade compliance, customs operations, customs brokerage, supply chain, logistics or similar
- 5+ years of procurement, logistics, operations, supply chain, transportation, or related field experience
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree, or MBA in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
- Experience in Logistics/freight forwarding/Supply Chain industry as a Broker/Customs agent
- Experience with ERP and procurement tools, including Oracle, Coupa and Ariba
- 5+ years of negotiations/cost savings, supplier excellence, and risk mitigation experience
- 10+ years of experience in freight forwarding, logistics operations, or supply chain procurement
Responsibilities
- Lead large-scale contract negotiations ($50MM+ total spend) with global logistics providers, delivering measurable financial impact through improved pricing, terms, and operational performance while balancing cost optimization with service quality and capacity requirements.
- Partner with senior leadership across export operations, finance, business, controllership, planning, and supply chain design and implementation teams to align procurement strategy with business objectives, building consensus among diverse stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
- Design and execute comprehensive procurement strategies that balance financial optimization, operational excellence, capacity scalability, and sustainability goals for the export transportation category, translating business strategy into actionable procurement roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
- Own end-to-end vendor relationships from a suite of 45+ suppliers servicing 600+ arcs with worldwide delivery capabilities, managing complex supply chains, ensuring continuity of service, and driving continuous improvement in delivery performance and service levels.
- Navigate technical and operational challenges across the full procurement cycle from sourcing through contract execution, legal requirements, and systems implementation, working through obstacles and planning for unexpected challenges to maintain momentum on critical initiatives.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
