Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management, Global Corporate Procurement (GCP)

Amazon's Global Corporate Procurement organization is seeking an experienced Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management leader. This role will serve as the procurement lead, partnering with our Business Development teams to structure and execute complex, strategic deals where Amazon's customers are also vendors and/or partners across Amazon business units, including Amazon Web Services (AWS). This position requires strong procurement expertise, vendor management skills, business acumen, and strategic thinking to optimize value across Amazon relationships. This includes managing relationships and negotiations that require a centralized advocate, and/or have broader implications to AWS and other Amazon business units.

This role will be focused on vendors and deals with high visibility at the most senior levels of AWS and Amazon. In this role, you will be responsible for balancing fiduciary responsibility for the procurement in the context of competing priorities.

Key job responsibilities

- Manage end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives for complex deals that intersect with Amazon's strategic customer relationships across all business units

- Collaborate with Business Development teams to develop and execute negotiation strategies that optimize total value across the holistic customer and vendor relationship.

- Structure deals that enable Amazon's global spend while growing the overall customer and vendor relationship.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Legal, Finance, Tax, and Business stakeholders to execute procurement agreements

- Develop and implement vendor management strategies for key strategic suppliers, including performance metrics, governance models, and relationship management plans

- Lead regular business reviews with strategic vendors, addressing performance issues, identifying improvement opportunities, and aligning on long-term objectives

- Provide procurement and vendor management expertise to support business decisions regarding strategic partner relationships

- Develop strong working relationships across Amazon business units, Business Development teams, and other key stakeholder groups

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- BA degree, or BS degree

- 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MBA, or Master's degree

- Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent

- Experience in technology procurement or IT vendor management

- Understanding of cloud services procurement and contracting models

- Proven track record negotiating complex deals ($25M+)

- Strong analytical skills with ability to evaluate deal economics and vendor performance metrics

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $203,700/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.