Supply Chain Program Manager, Global Procurement Organization
Amazon · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BRA ·
- Category
- Project management
- Company size
- 1000+
Manages procurement and supply chain logistics for Amazon’s new site launches and expansions, ensuring timely material delivery, process optimization, and risk mitigation across global operations.
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 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.
Key job responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
About the team
GPLE is a global function within GPO that enables the on-time launch of new sites, expansions, and retrofits, by ensuring non-inventory materials are planned for, ordered and delivered in full, and services are mobilized on-time, whilst managing a high level of ambiguity due to differing needs that span across multiple stakeholder organizations.
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 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.
Key job responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
About the team
GPLE is a global function within GPO that enables the on-time launch of new sites, expansions, and retrofits, by ensuring non-inventory materials are planned for, ordered and delivered in full, and services are mobilized on-time, whilst managing a high level of ambiguity due to differing needs that span across multiple stakeholder organizations.