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Strategic Sourcing Manager - Logistics, Global Corporate Procurement

Amazon· Procurement
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Arlington, VA$136.9k - $185.2kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Strategic Sourcing Manager for Logistics within Amazon's Global Corporate Procurement. Leads complex, global sourcing engagements across multiple units and regions, develops category strategies, negotiates multi-faceted partnerships, and drives total cost of ownership improvements in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.

Responsibilities

  • Owning one or more complex (sub-)categories across multiple business units and/or regions, developing and executing (sub-)category strategies
  • Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients, and achieving sustainable relationships with suppliers.
  • Managing categories in markets with limited competition and limited pricing transparency, proactively identifying and mitigating supplier, commercial, and ESG risk.
  • Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis.
  • Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities, including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
  • Leading transformational sourcing projects with complex, global scope, coordinating work across team members and regions.
  • Working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership, and value creation beyond cost savings.
  • Presenting sourcing strategies, recommendations, and decisions to senior leaders up to three levels above you.
  • Contributing inputs to annual and long-range operating plans (OP1, OP2, and three-year forecast).
  • Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazon's global policies.
  • Preparing and holding business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges.
  • Mentoring and sharing best practices with sourcing peers across the global team.

Qualifications

  • - Experience with practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.)
  • - 5+ years of experience managing indirect spend categories that include Logistics, Transportation, and Energy Infrastructure
  • - Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • - 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management in categories such as professional services, operations, maintenance & repair, heavy duty asset, transportation based new product development.
  • - Experience in a non-mandated, indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation
  • - Experience owning complex sourcing categories across multiple business units and/or regions
  • - Experience managing categories in markets with limited competition or limited pricing transparency, including proactive supplier risk management
  • - Experience leading transformational or cross-regional sourcing initiatives with global scope
  • - Experience advising and presenting sourcing strategy to senior executives and influencing C-level vendor relationships
  • - Experience contributing to annual or long-range operating plans
  • - Experience mentoring peers or coordinating sourcing work across a distributed team

Skills

Required:Procurement leadership

Benefits

  • 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
  • Parental leave
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
  • Comprehensive benefits information available at Amazon benefits portal
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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