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Strategic Sourcing Manager (Indirect), Global Corporate Procurement

Amazon· Procurement
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Seattle, WA$136.9k - $185.2kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Strategic Sourcing Manager to join Amazon's Global Corporate Procurement, owning complex indirect spend categories across multiple business units and regions, leading global sourcing strategies, supplier risk management, and transformational sourcing initiatives with data-driven decision making.

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 relevant strategic sourcing and category management in categories such as logistics, professional services, support or maintenance spend, supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
  • Experience managing spend categories that include three or more of the following: Logistics, IT Software, IT Services, Corporate Services, Marketing, Contingent labor, Facilities and Real estate, Capital Expenditure and Tail Spend (Indirect Categories)

Skills

Required:Procurement strategyCategory managementRFx and contract managementCost modeling and benchmarking

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
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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