Sourcing Manager, In Private Brands

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

The Amazon team is looking for an entrepreneurial, analytical and highly motivated Sourcing Manager to join our team to launch new high quality products for our global customers. The Sourcing Manager will develop the sourcing approach, drive the supplier selection process, negotiate contracts, and manage our portfolio of manufacturers on a global scale. The Sourcing Manager will be an expert at selecting factories across the globe that can reliably deliver products on spec at high quality levels and targeted costs. The Sourcing Manager will also regularly monitor key aspects of factory and vendor performance levels through a scorecard and audit process.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a passion for delivering high quality products to customers. This candidate will possess amazing negotiation abilities, partner management skills, project management skills, strong financial acumen, a high degree of ownership and integrity, a high attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and be a great team player.

The Sourcing Manager's primary responsibilities will include:

- Develop the sourcing strategy, along with process for evaluating supplier potentials
- Identifying and developing relevant quality protocols and a system for managing quality on an ongoing basis
- Analyzing the marketplace to find the broadest set of capable manufactures globally who provide the best product cost, quality and delivery objectives - insuring maximum bottom-line impact
- Distributing RFQs to suppliers and managing the process to receive completed quotes
- Choosing a final supplier(s) including negotiating the best cost and contract terms (including IP management).
- Managing the supplier relationship on an ongoing basis including holding the supplier to quality and compliance requirements as administered by Amazon's product compliance team
- Managing the supplier manufacturing process to insure they meet delivery performance metrics. Also influencing the supplier's manufacturing processes, technology decisions and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations.
- Developing negotiation strategies to deliver against business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers. This includes periodic rebidding to insure our costs remain competitive
- Developing risk mitigation strategies including contingency plans, lead-time reductions and supply chain efficiencies
- Partnering closely with cross functional teams including the retail category teams, legal, tax, product compliance, social accountability, trade compliance, finance, transportation, and global suppliers to deliver on brand equity, net revenue, and customer satisfaction.
- Collaborating with other members of the team including Brand Management, Product Management, Marketing, and Instock Management on new products and new sourcing strategies

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of account management, project or program management or buying experience
- 2+ years of market research analyst, product manager, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e-commerce experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience driving internal cross-team collaboration

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of doing one of several roles: management consulting, investment banking analyst/associate, or brand manager role at leading consumer packaged goods company experience
- Experience in financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, marketing, business development, consulting, negotiation or supply chain

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