Sr. Procurement Program Mgr, Global Procurement Launch and Expansion

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

• The Global Procurement Launch and Expansion (GPLE) team manages the flow of materials to new or expanding sites by monitoring and mitigating supply risks. Our Senior Supply Chain Program Manager role will work with various functional partners to make sure that items and equipment are ordered and delivered to sites just in time. The role will also create and review processes and continuously improve them. Be accountable for ensuring risks and escalations are mitigated to meet launch program timelines for new site launches and expansions in the network.
• Serve as the interface between vendors, procurement, and the business to track, monitor and control procurement project plans.
• Optimize the Supply Chain via deep dive and strategically identifying processes and tools to reduce manual effort, optimize costs and improve data visibility.
• Plan and execute continuous improvement initiatives and alignment in the region, through implementation of best practices, standardization of project execution and governance that deliver long-term value to internal customers.
• Collaborate with suppliers and establish monitoring processes, where applicable, to ensure timely deliveries and quality compliance.
• Manage multiple, competing projects and priorities simultaneously.

At Amazon, you'll work alongside the latest AI and GenAI tools that are increasingly woven into how teams operate: from AI-powered capabilities that accelerate decision-making, to Generative AI that helps you focus on work that truly matters. You'll have opportunities and resources to develop AI fluency at your own pace, with continuous learning built into the culture.

Basic qualifications

• - 5+ years of program or project management experience
• - 5+ years of supply chain experience
• - Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• - Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• - Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English
• - Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese

Preferred qualifications

• - 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• - Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field

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