SR Risk Manager, SR Ops, Sustainability, GPO

Amazons mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there we need to develop leaders who represent and can innovate on behalf of a diverse and demanding global customer base. The Global Procurement Organization (GPO) identifies and procures goods and services at the best value for business maintaining the quality of products and ensuring that alternative sources of supply are available. The Social Responsibility (SR) and Human Rights program drives customer trust and business continuity by ensuring respect for the rights of workers throughout Amazons supply chain and operations. We uphold company standards and expectations (such as Amazons Supply Chain Standards and Human Rights Principles) and seek to constantly improve the tools and processes that we use in doing so.
As a Program Manager in SR Ops within the Global Procurement Sustainability (GPS) team you will work closely with Amazons Social Responsibility team and the Global Procurement Organization to implement mechanisms to meet Amazons human rights principles and Supply Chain Standards and to ensure our suppliers are compliant with those.
You will be responsible for Audit risk assessment activities across Global Operations suppliers and remediation plan coordination. You will work closely with internal and external partners to plan and execute high-quality and impactful audits which address the highest human right risks.
You will insist on the highest standards for your audits and you will be able to dive deep into every audit area apply broad technical knowledge sound business judgment and partner with key stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities
Work across GPO collaborating with external partners (Audit companies) and internal business partners such as Operations WW SR and Sustainability Legal and Risk Management to identify and assess regulatory and human rights compliance risks as it relates to our supplier baseline
Review new and existing suppliers (legacy) ensuring that they meet Human Rights compliance safety terms of service standards investigate suspicious suppliers / driver activity and behaviors that could pose a risk to Amazon our customers or others
Drive cross-functional assessments of risks and controls to align to company strategy and risk appetite. Be able to assess the real situation sometimes with limited information in hand in order to make an independent decision about the suppliers integrity and compliance standards
Be responsible for site-level/ supplier remediation of high-severity issues identified in assessments or external sources (i.e. whistle-blower media alerts worker voice)
Assist with creation of investigation plans to determine root cause and leads the remediation efforts with CSR while maintaining communication with leadership and impacted stakeholders
Coordinate and plan remediation activities for suppliers in case of high-risk findings
Handle day-to-day issues (constantly thinking about how to invent and simplify to improve)

- Bachelors degree in business engineering operations supply chain transportation logistics
- Speak write and read fluently in Japanese
- 5 years of industry work experience
- Experience in project management
- Experience with data analysis and basic Excel skills
- Experience in Audit Risk and/or Compliance experience preferably in operations transportation logistics industry.
- Business communication skill in Japanese and English
- Good level of communication to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Knowledge of procurement and source to pay processes and solutions or equivalent experience

- Advanced degree or MS degree
- Experience in project management methodologies business analysis or process improvement
- Experience in Sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility
- Experience working in risk mitigation compliance function internal controls legal Human Rights compliance labor employment transportation or supply chain experience
- Able to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across different organizations.

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