Senior Sourcing Manager, Amazon Global Private

University degree required, ideally in a technical, business or analytical discipline
- 6+ years of work experience, with 3+ years in consumer facing product development experience
- Demonstrated knowledge and interest in global product sourcing
- Proven track record of managing and executing large projects from start to finish, including project management, data gathering and modeling, problem solving, and communicating recommendations
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence across teams
- Strong analytical skills with experience using qualitative and quantitative tools to develop product strategies
- Self-motivation and ownership to drive forward a rapidly growing business, whilst building new initiatives and solutions to complex problems

Job summary

Amazon strives to become a destination where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - we continue to grow and evolve as a world-class ecommerce platform.

As part of our ongoing expansion, Amazon Private Brands Global Sourcing is looking for a Senior Sourcing Manager to join our European team.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to work with our growing European supplier base producing for our global Private Brands business. You will be diving deep into data and researching industry trends to identify new suppliers in Europe which we can partner with. You will also be managing our existing European suppliers, owning the sourcing process, negotiating costs and collaborating with our worldwide teams to bring products to market. The role involves uncovering defects and process improvement opportunities, along with designing and implementing long-term solutions in collaboration with product, quality, operations, transportation, and customer service teams. In this role, you will have autonomy to drive the business forward, owning supplier relationships and aspects of product development.

The location of this role is flexible, with a preference for London, Luxembourg or Munich.

Key job responsibilities
- Identification and development of relationships with key suppliers and supply chain partners.
- Building our European supplier strategy and driving this forward with our international teams.
- Build a KPI-based strategic supplier management framework to strengthen and expand collaboration with partners that meet our high quality standards and add value to our brands.
- Utilize alternative sourcing approaches such as reverse sourcing (working backwards from supplier capabilities) or resourcing (shifting supply from one factory to another) to more effectively manage and leverage existing supplier base.
- Understand global supply chains, sourcing industry and profit drivers
- Partner with Product Managers, Product Development, Quality, and Social Responsibility teams to develop sourcing strategy across multiple categories and launch products globally.
- Identify defects and develop scalable processes/tech solutions to address and accelerate our Private Label business.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve tools and productivity.
- Build new innovations to unlock new opportunities or increase efficiencies across the business and across Amazon.

A day in the life
- You will manage our European supplier base for a range of product categories. This involves factory research, supplier onboarding and management of existing supplier relationships including cost negotiations and product ordering.
- You will own initiatives that enable our business to scale and drive product roadmap alignment across teams such as PM, Sourcing, Quality, Program and Compliance.
- You will build long-term strategy for growing the business in Europe and drive global expansion of our supplier base and production capabilities.

About the team

Our team partners with suppliers capable of producing and shipping high-quality products globally, with a focus on driving profitable and sustainable business growth.
- Master's degree
- Additional European language skills
- Proficiency with SQL
- Experience in negotiations, pricing, lean supply chain management, international logistics, product compliance, product development, and importing
- Knowledge of Amazon’s retail tools is a plus