Site Procurement Manager - Omaha, NE ID-12697

April 24, 2025

About the position

The Site Procurement Manager at Amazon is responsible for overseeing the indirect procurement operations at the fulfillment center. This role involves managing supplier relationships, inventory management, and procurement processes to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The manager will collaborate with various stakeholders to drive improvements and align procurement strategies with operational goals.

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Responsibilities

Provide procurement operations support for the fulfillment center, including forecasting of non-inventory products and inventory management.
Lead a team of non-inventory receivers to ensure adequate resources are available.
Develop knowledge of non-inventory items and align with similar buildings to implement best practices.
Manage KPIs to measure and benchmark procurement processes, creating recurring metrics reports for improvement.
Build relationships across the building and network to share and implement best practices.
Align with internal customers and finance to understand budgetary targets and develop methods to measure savings and value.
Build category metrics models to track performance against category strategies.
Measure actual vs planned savings and own action plans to meet goals.
Work with internal teams and suppliers to develop innovative procurement solutions.
Implement ways to measure suppliers for continuous performance improvement.
Coordinate demand identification, procurement, and inventory management of non-merchandise items required for building operations.
Manage supplier scorecards in partnership with the category team.
Ensure timely resolution of vendor payment issues in collaboration with AP, suppliers, and internal teams.

Requirements

1+ years of experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts, and pivot tables).
1+ years of employee and performance management experience.
3+ years of supply chain experience.
3+ years of supply chain operations experience.
Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience.
Experience with supplier or vendor relationship management.

Nice-to-haves

Experience in procurement.
Experience with Coupa or other financial management/procurement software.
Experience with cost accounting.
Lean / Six-Sigma knowledge.
Highly self-motivated and customer-centric.
Ability to work with ambiguity.

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