Amazon is seeking an industry proven and detail oriented Senior Supply Chain Manager to support supply chain innovation and optimization of automation technologies across our Last Mile delivery operation. 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. The Senior 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. We value open minds, customer focus, innovation empowerment, and a team-first mindset to deliver the most advanced and cost-effective automation solutions globally. This role is crucial in optimizing our processes, ensuring efficient and timely delivery of packages to our customers while maintaining strong supplier relationships and driving continuous improvement in our automation initiatives.

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