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Senior Procurement Manager , Site Procurement Operation

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At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. In Brazil, we're scaling fast and our Procurement Operations team is at the heart of keeping our fulfillment network running smoothly. If you thrive on leading teams, driving standardization, and delivering results at scale, this role is for you.

As a Regional Procurement Manager, you will lead a team of 5 Site Procurement Managers (SPMs) across multiple fulfillment centers in Brazil. You'll be responsible for standardizing procurement processes across sites, driving best practices from one building to another, and leading strategic negotiations for services and supplies. This is a high-impact leadership role that connects local execution with global procurement strategy.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead & Develop a Team: Manage, coach, and develop 5 SPMs, ensuring consistent performance and professional growth across the network
- Standardize Across Sites: Identify gaps and opportunities between buildings, implementing unified processes and playbooks that elevate the entire network
- Lead Strategic Negotiations: Own negotiations for key services, supplies, and contracts (MRO, facilities services, safety equipment, office supplies, and more)
- Own Metrics & Performance: Develop and utilize KPIs to measure operational readiness, supplier performance, and cost efficiency across the region
- Manage Contracts & Compliance: Administer local and national contracts, ensure contract compliance for key spend categories, and resolve payment issues with vendors and accounts payable
- Control Costs: Help manage fixed costs and develop plans to achieve annual savings targets on both fixed and supply costs
- Budget Management: Partner closely with Finance on budget planning, tracking, and forecasting, ensuring procurement spend is aligned with site and regional financial targets
- Manage Procure-to-Pay: Monitor the full P2P cycle

Basic qualifications

- Experience with supplier or vendor relationship management
- Knowledge of Excel at an advanced level
- Experience managing and negotiating contracts and vendor relationships
- Experience in communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal in Portuguese & English
- Supply chain management experience (logistics, procurement or operations)
- Direct management experience

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in managerial capacity in a fulfillment center/distribution center environment of hourly and salaried employees
- MBA, or Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
- Experience with budgeting, scheduling and cost reports
- Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
- Experience with AI/ML technologies

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Senior Procurement Manager , Site Procurement Operation at Amazon scores 34 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 1 of 4 (Little AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.

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