Principal, Supply Chain Manager, WW AMZL Engineering, Supply Chain
Amazon
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is seeking an industry proven and detail oriented Principal 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 Senior 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
Key job responsibilities
• Partner with Innovation & Design (I&D) team to explore new technologies to automate Amazon Logistics (AMZL) delivery stations’ stow and pick processes and lead the Supply Chain effort including Suppliers sourcing, selection, qualification, cost negotiation and delivery from technology development to pilot and future scaling.
• Develop the scaling strategy with cross functional teams inclusive of Business Development, Legal, Design, Advanced Robotics, etc. to develop options for sourcing and deploying automated stow and pick solutions across global last mile network
• Partner with I&D team to create a detailed requirements and roadmap document for the target technologies. Builds mechanisms and leads initiatives to ensure that suppliers’ costs meets or exceeds established payback goals. Constantly seeks ways to reduce spending and demonstrates the ability to advise business owners on whether a given purchase is reasonable and justified.
• Develop and implement Supply Chain strategy, works with cross-functional teams to ensure that strategies are executed, and effectively communicates in both written and verbal format to gain customer and supplier buy-in to drive them towards anticipated outcomes
• Determines which suppliers should be positioned for long-term contracts based on the suppliers’ overall qualification and value to the business and establishes and implements strategies for partnering with these suppliers
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 7+ years of program or project management experience
- 7+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 7+ years of working cross functionally across several teams experience
- 10+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience delivering projects within scope, time, budget and quality
- MBA
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,600/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.