Supply Chain Specialist, Global Procurement Launch & Expansion

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Houston, MS - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 14 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Specialist Launch Expansion is responsible for management and coordination of procurement tasks to support the on-time delivery of goods and services for new Amazon Fulfillment Centers. The Supply Chain Specialist will also be responsible for monitoring and executing project progress and performance proactively identifying risks and managing mitigation plans. The person in this role will have excellent communication skills to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and have the ability to focus simultaneously on short term deliverables and continuous improvement initiatives to deliver long term value to internal customers.

Key job responsibilities
- Demonstrate ownership management and coordination of procurement tasks and dependencies to ensure goods and services critical to the launch of new sites are planned for ordered and delivered on time
- Track and report project progress and performance proactively identify risks issues and manage mitigation plans when necessary
- Track Purchase Order status and work with suppliers to ensure on-time activation of all services
- Partner with Category Managers with the objective of standardizing category order and escalation processes driving effective two-way communication and mitigating risks related to all NA launches
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships with internal customers in the Start Up and Launch teams ensuring regular communication channels are in place
- Lead set up of all standard procurement procedures for new sites and identify ways to streamline existing processes to remove waste across multiple businesses groups and categories
- Manage Supplier Relationship including inventory management risks and long term supply chain strategies
- Define key performance indicators develop metrics and service level agreements for core programs
- Partner with internal customers to positively influence spending decisions

- 2 years of program or project management experience
- 1 years of supply chain experience
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables & charts multiple criteria lookups nested logical/IF formulas data cleansing array formulas etc.)

- Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document
- Experience as procurement/purchasing analyst or other operational role within a procurement organization
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TN Nashville - 57800.00 - 86600.00 USD annually
USA TX Houston - 64200.00 - 96200.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 64200.00 - 96200.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 80200.00 - 100600.00 USD annually


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The Supply Chain Specialist Launch Expansion is responsible for management and coordination of procurement tasks to support the on-time delivery of goods and services for new Amazon Fulfillment Centers. The Supply Chain Specialist will also be responsible for monitoring and executing project progres...
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Key Skills

  • Procurement
  • Lawson
  • SAP
  • Supply Chain Experience
  • SAP APO
  • SAP Supply Chain Management
  • Production Planning
  • SAP ERP
  • ERP Systems
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • MRP

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