Supply Chain Manager, GEMS, NA Startup

Amazon Inc.

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 86,000 - 129,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Sr. Supply Chain Manager to serve as the Vendor Process Lead within NA Startup Support.

You will own portfolio-wide vendor performance strategy, develop scorecards, and drive data-driven improvements across 450+ projects valued at $5B+. You’ll influence sourcing, build contingent-worker development programs, and create dashboards for leadership visibility, with up to 25% travel and office presence as needed.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of program or project management experience.
  • 3+ years cross-functional work with tech and non-tech teams experience.
  • 3+ years of process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience.
  • 2+ years of supply chain experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
  • Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
  • Experience managing vendor relationships and developing performance accountability frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Own portfolio-wide vendor performance strategy, developing scorecards, accountability frameworks, and strategic relationship management approaches that drive measurable improvement year over year
  • Identify cross-vendor performance patterns, conduct root-cause analyses on systemic issues, and implement corrective actions that have broad organizational impact
  • Build and maintain vendor performance dashboards, KPI frameworks, and analytical tools that provide leadership with real-time visibility into portfolio health
  • Ensure that vendor performance data informs sourcing decisions, contract renewals, and strategic investment
  • Influence Amazon's vendor sourcing and integration strategy in partnership with Global Procurement Operations (GPO)
  • Evaluate vendor capabilities at the portfolio level, perform strategic assessments, and generate data-driven recommendations that shape sourcing decisions
  • Design onboarding frameworks, skill-building programs, and performance standards that create consistent requirements for contingent workers
  • Partner with PXT, GES leadership, and execution teams to ensure CW development programs are aligned with organizational needs
  • Influence senior leadership across GES, Finance, GPO, Launch, and partner organizations to align on vendor management standards, secure resources, and drive adoption of best practices
  • Own executive-level communication including Monthly Business Reviews, presenting strategic insights, risk assessments, and recommendations that shape investment decisions
  • Partner with IAS/TVM (technical vendor strategy), execution teams, and cross-functional partners to ensure vendor strategy is integrated across the full project lifecycle
  • Establish and maintain vendor management mechanisms including reporting cadences, performance reviews, escalation processes, and continuous improvement frameworks
  • Drive adoption of vendor management standards across the portfolio, ensuring consistency in how vendor performance is measured, communicated, and acted upon
  • Create comprehensive training programs and knowledge management systems that enable rapid onboarding and reduce single-threaded dependencies

Skills

Program management
Cross-functional collaboration
Process improvement
Supply chain
Vendor management
Data analysis
Performance metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related field
Master's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related field

Tools

Excel
SQL

Job description

Description

Are you a strategic, relationship-driven leader who wants to shape how Amazon partners with its most critical vendors across a world-class fulfillment network? Do you thrive at the intersection of supply chain strategy, vendor performance management, and workforce development? Does the challenge of building portfolio-wide vendor accountability frameworks that drive measurable improvement across hundreds of projects appeal to you? If you are looking for a high-impact role where you will influence sourcing decisions, develop contingent workforce pathways, and drive systemic improvements across a portfolio of 450+ projects valued at $5B+.

Amazon Global Engineering Services (GES) is searching for an innovative and solutions-oriented Sr. Supply Chain Manager to serve as the Vendor Process Lead within our NA Startup Support organization. This role operates horizontally across the full vendor portfolio, rather than owning specific vendor relationships vertically, you will own the strategy, standards, and performance frameworks that make the entire vendor ecosystem stronger each year.

You will be responsible for developing scorecards and performance frameworks, influencing Amazon's vendor sourcing strategy in partnership with Global Procurement Operations, building structured development pathways for contingent workers, and maintaining the analytical tools and dashboards that give leadership visibility into vendor portfolio health. This role requires someone who can see patterns across the portfolio that no single project team can see, and act on them before they repeat.

This role requires up to 25% regional travel and availability to work from a corporate office when not traveling. Candidates should either live near or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Key job responsibilities
Vendor Portfolio Strategy & Performance

Own portfolio-wide vendor performance strategy, developing scorecards, accountability frameworks, and strategic relationship management approaches that drive measurable improvement year over year

Identify cross-vendor performance patterns, conduct root-cause analyses on systemic issues, and implement corrective actions that have broad organizational impact

Build and maintain vendor performance dashboards, KPI frameworks, and analytical tools that provide leadership with real-time visibility into portfolio health

Ensure that vendor performance data informs sourcing decisions, contract renewals, and strategic investment

Sourcing Strategy & GPO Partnership

Influence Amazon's vendor sourcing and integration strategy in partnership with Global Procurement Operations (GPO)

Evaluate vendor capabilities at the portfolio level, perform strategic assessments, and generate data-driven recommendations that shape sourcing decisions

Contingent Worker Development

Design onboarding frameworks, skill-building programs, and performance standards that create consistent requirements for contingent workers

Partner with PXT, GES leadership, and execution teams to ensure CW development programs are aligned with organizational needs

Cross-Functional Influence & Stakeholder Management

Influence senior leadership across GES, Finance, GPO, Launch, and partner organizations to align on vendor management standards, secure resources, and drive adoption of best practices

Own executive-level communication including Monthly Business Reviews, presenting strategic insights, risk assessments, and recommendations that shape investment decisions

Partner with IAS/TVM (technical vendor strategy), execution teams, and cross-functional partners to ensure vendor strategy is integrated across the full project lifecycle

Operational Mechanisms & Standards

Establish and maintain vendor management mechanisms including reporting cadences, performance reviews, escalation processes, and continuous improvement frameworks

Drive adoption of vendor management standards across the portfolio, ensuring consistency in how vendor performance is measured, communicated, and acted upon

Create comprehensive training programs and knowledge management systems that enable rapid onboarding and reduce single-threaded dependencies

A day in the life

Global Engineering Services (GES) NA Startup Support operates at the intersection of strategic vendor management and engineering execution across North America. A day in the life may involve reviewing vendor scorecard data to identify systemic performance patterns, conducting a strategic planning session with your IAS/TVM counterpart on sourcing alignment, facilitating a vendor executive business review, or presenting portfolio risk assessments to GES leadership. You will engage with vendor executives, coordinate with GPO on sourcing decisions, align with execution teams on field performance, and drive cross-portfolio intelligence that no single project team can see. The Vendor Management function is highly collaborative, working daily to make vendor performance consequential, vendor relationships strategic, and Amazon's supply base stronger each year.

About the team

The Vendor Management function within NA Startup Support is a strategy-focused team that manages Amazon's vendor relationships across the full portfolio, from qualification through active project execution, performance accountability, and continuous improvement. This function exists because vendor performance directly impacts whether Amazon's network launches on time, on budget, and at the quality level operations require. We build strategic relationships that unlock decisions site-level teams cannot reach, see patterns across the portfolio that no single project can see, and act on them before they repeat. We partner closely with IAS/TVM (technical vendor strategy), execution teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that vendor management is both technically sound and strategically managed.

Benefits Summary:

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

  1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

  2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

  3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

  4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale.

Basic Qualifications
  • 3+ years of program or project management experience

  • 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience

  • 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience

  • 2+ years of supply chain experience

  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field

  • Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL

  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

  • Experience managing vendor relationships and developing performance accountability frameworks

Preferred Qualifications
  • 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience

  • 3+ years of driving process improvements experience

  • Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

  • Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

  • Master's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, NY, New York - 94,300.00 - 141,500.00 USD annually

USA, TN, Nashville - 77,200.00 - 115,800.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Irving - 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Bellevue - 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually

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