Senior Vendor Manager, Amazon AIR Vendor Management & Analytics

Amazon Air is looking for a Senior Vendor Manager with strong leadership skills, technical acumen, and a track record of delivering cross-functional, high-impact results. This individual will direct end to end management of one or more third-party vendors that support Amazon AIR’s ground handling operations. In addition, this role will scope large projects, track project timelines, and develop mechanisms for communicating to senior management on status, risks, and business challenges. Existing as both an internal and external facing member of the team, the Senior Vendor Manager must be adept at cross-team coordination, project management, executive presentation skills, thinking big on project scope, diving deep on project financials and have a proven history of delivering results. This individual will enhance gateway performance throughout the Amazon Transportation Services Air network to ensure Amazon can continue to delight its many customers.

Key job responsibilities
– Managing cross-functional project teams, and planning/organizing/executing complex projects across multiple organizations (Operations, Tech, Finance, Third Party vendors, etc.) to enable the launch of new products and processes

– Partnering with key functional stakeholders across the company to lead, support, and influence new business initiatives

– Building strong partnerships with operational leaders to identify the impact of new business initiatives in operations and successfully integrate and deploy them in the four walls and on the road

– Innovating to improve project scope/execution to improve customer outcomes, reduce sustainability impact and decrease the end-to-end supply chain cost

– Escalating risks in the project plan to the relevant owners and teams, following through to resolution to ensure they are resolved.

– Navigating through ambiguity, managing and coordinating multiple project assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, accepting ownership and accountability of the cross-functional processes and delivering on commitments

– Tracking end-to-end project status and incorporating new metrics to transition the project to the normal operations

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 5+ years of program or project management experience
– Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
– Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
– Bachelor’s degree
– 5+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
– 5+ years of aviation (ground handling),or air cargo experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
– Master’s degree, or MBA in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $104,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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