Amazon is seeking an industry proven and detail oriented Supply Chain Manager to oversee Supplier Development Engineers and support supplier sourcing for our Material Handle Equipment (MHE) Automation program. Successful candidates are natural self-starters who have prior experience in the integrated automation project life cycle, contract manufacturing, change management, and system supplier and/or technology sourcing. Our Supply Chain Manager 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 to enable the team to deliver the most advanced and cost effective MHE automation solutions globally.
Key job responsibilities
Develop and manage relationships with our key suppliers and business partners to enable and support project execution.
Review supplier designs and proposals to ensure that scope, pricing, and schedules support Amazon business needs.
Support consistent work package sourcing processes consistent with Amazon sourcing policies.
Facilitate suppliers’ understanding of Amazon global policies, equipment design standards, budget and cost targets, service and quality expectations.
Drive suppliers’ continuous improvement and value engineering in support of program’s performance metrics: quality, delivery, capacity, cost and safety.
Monitor suppliers’ supply chain, manufacturing, human capital with respect to overall program objectives.
Administer change management program that ensures program delivered per supporting commercial agreement with focus on cost, quality, and schedule objectives.
Develop alternate sourcing strategies to optimize costs and ensure continuity of supply.
Position requires 20% travel- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- 2+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements- 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
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $77,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $141,500/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
