Vendor Manager, Vendor Strategy & Cost optimization, Selling Partner Services

Amazon • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

Selling Partner Services (SPS) ensures Amazon's Selling Partners and Customers can transact in the safest way possible by detecting and preventing fraudulent purchases among hundreds of millions of e-Commerce transactions globally. SPS utilizes Vendors to add rigor and depth to its processes. As a Vendor Manager, you will lead the strategy between these Vendors and the Product Teams. The Vendor Manager focuses on robust vendor management processes and tools within SPS. This individual facilitates the onboarding of third-party vendors and protects Amazon by adhering to due diligence procedures that mitigate legal, tax, security, and financial risks to the company. Each of these programs includes process control, automation, governance, planning and forecasting, master data management, financial management, negotiations, internal stakeholder management, external stakeholder management, and collaboration with analogous teams across Amazon.

Requirements

• 3+ years of with Excel experience
• 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
• Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
• Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development

Responsibilities

• Contribute to improvements to the Vendor Management strategy, including process, governance, cost optimization, contract negotiations and automation
• Manage the Vendor on-boarding life cycle
• Be able to negotiate contracts, create work orders/purchase orders and accrue costs for the services
• Partner with Product Teams and Risk, Finance, Legal, Tax, Information Security, and Vendors
• Be a good advocate for both Amazon and the Vendors, embracing a win-win approach
• Able to navigate challenging negotiations and escalations with vendor account management and resolve any contract or payment related issues
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly vendor business reviews
• Work closely with stakeholders across Amazon on larger Vendor relationships
• Own and drive metrics tracking for Vendor Management reviews

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