Senior Sourcing Manager, Amazon Private Brands

Do you have a passion for global sourcing and product? Do you want to build a business from the ground up? Do you have proven business acumen, analytical capabilities, exceptional communication, project management skills, and the ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced environment? If yes, you should consider Global Sourcing of Amazon Private Brands. The Amazon Private Brands Global Sourcing team is looking for customer-obsessed driven individuals to lead vendor management for new product sourcing, and drive on-going business accelerated growth for our Private Brand business.

The role will manage the global sourcing process from A to Z including vendor strategy setting and management, P&L management, profitability optimizing including cost negotiation, product planning and development. In this role, you will actively manage worldwide supplier relationships, and collaborate with our global business partners such as Business Manager, New Product Development Manager, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain and tech team in North America, Europe, and Japan. The candidate must have strong business acumen and strategic agility, and enjoy identifying defects and opportunities to design/implement long-term solutions as well as fix problems quickly. He or she must be capable of driving business impact and deliver results under ambiguity or coping with the challenges. A successful candidate will thrive in a highly collaborative, analytical, creative, and fast-paced environment. The candidate is willing to roll up their sleeves and get things done. The ideal candidate is also expected to experience working in a global team dealing with multi-stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities

• As Senior Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing category sourcing strategies.
• Your core focus will be driving category profitability through cost optimization levers, utilizing data-driven negotiation approaches and multiple sourcing initiatives to achieve cost efficiencies.
• Supporting top-line growth, you'll maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure consistent product quality and availability across the portfolio.
• The role involves developing new products, providing valuable market insights and industry trends from a sourcing perspective sharing and inputting for new product, product refresh and line extensions roadmap planning.
• Potentially, you'll take ownership of key sourcing initiatives to enhance team performance through automation and scalable solutions, raising operational efficiency across the function.

About the team

Amazon Private Brands global sourcing team partners with suppliers capable of producing and shipping high-quality products globally, with a focus on driving profitable and sustainable business growth.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in influencing senior leadership through data-driven insights
• Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders

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