Amazon - Bellevue, WA
posted 3 months ago
Amazon Global Supply Chain and Transportation Procurement (GSCTP) is seeking a Procurement Manager II to oversee Vendor Sourcing and Management responsibilities. This role will focus on vendor negotiations, working with leaders to develop consistent negotiation methodology, and ensuring alignment with internal stakeholder teams. A successful candidate will be able to deliver on improved financial results along with vendor performance, capacity, and sustainability efforts. This individual will be expected to manage multiple relationships concurrently, working with a team that contributes significantly to overall transportation and supply chain strategy. Internal and external relationship management is paramount, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. A successful candidate will be able to work with leadership of external vendors and provide strategic negotiation plans to procurement leaders and business stakeholders. Key job responsibilities include delivering improved financial performance through large scale negotiations for supply chain services contracts, leading stakeholder and partner teams indirectly to build a track record of consistently delivering valuable projects, designing and implementing strategy for individual procurement projects and the overall procurement function to support all goals of the business, not just financial goals, and delivering end-to-end contract projects while planning for unexpected challenges to maintain momentum. Additionally, the role requires setting expectations and requirements with external and internal leadership teams, writing well-reasoned and data-driven proposals, and performing data analysis as necessary. The candidate will also need to work through difficult challenges, including the full procurement cycle from sourcing, negotiations, legal requirements, and internal systems updates.