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Supply Chain Manager II, Supplier Center of Excellence

Amazon· Supply Chain / Procurement
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Hybrid (Nashville, TN)$77.2k - $115.8kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Category Manager (Supply Chain Manager) responsible for supplier relationships, category strategies, and end-to-end supply chain management within IT equipment categories. Partners with IT engineering, Product Management, and regional procurement to improve supply agility, cost, risk management, and supplier performance.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as supply chain Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a variety of IT equipment within a category, and manage those categories from a procurement, readiness, supplier performance and risk standpoint.
  • Develop Category Strategies, product roadmaps and other planning to improve supply agility and resilience, supplier coverage, diversification, value and security of supply. Requires collaboration with IT engineering, Product Management and other Supply Chain teams.
  • Be responsible for supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability development, capacity planning, risk identification and mitigation.
  • Interact with business partners to develop, engage and lead supplier relationships for creating the greatest value in cost, security of supply, risk management, and innovation.
  • Engage with Suppliers in a detailed, hands on approach to support everyday operational requirements related to inventory readiness, changes in components and technology, reporting, OTIF and other metrics
  • Support execution of sourcing strategies in collaboration with other sourcing teams and negotiate and manage contract compliance with suppliers and internal stakeholders
  • Keep abreast of changing business requirements and market conditions, and manage suppliers and contracts to maintain value and competitiveness
  • Perform spend analysis based on a variety of relevant information, prepare financial models, identify opportunities for efficiency gains and cost savings, and present business case and recommendations to internal business partners
  • Support the strategic goals of the business partners; act as a ‘consultant’ to help achieve those objectives. Be recognized by business partners for supporting their strategy and driving value
  • Lead or participate in development of policies and procedures, process efficiency, and innovation for related programs
  • Participate in implementation of new procurement systems and technology
  • Network externally to facilitate competitive intelligence including best practices, emerging / potential sources of competitive advantage, market pricing, and benchmarking

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
  • Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Skills

Required:Category strategySupplier relationship managementSourcing and contract managementData analysis and financial modeling
Nice to have:Stakeholder management

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • Maternity and Parental Leave Options
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 401(k) Plan
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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