Are you interested in accelerating the growth of a program unlocking step-change efficiencies in Amazon and vendor supply chains? Vendor Flex is a program that creates value for our vendors, customers, and supply chain by operating small-scale fulfillment centers co-located in vendor warehouse space. We are looking for a Program Manager who is responsible for negotiating vendor terms, managing vendor relationships, and inventing how to scale the optimization of Vendor Flex sites. The Program Manager designs long-term strategies and mechanisms to simplify negotiations, create predictable processes with internal stakeholders and vendors tracking to launch, and drive program growth with executive-level visibility.

Key job responsibilities
- Facilitate 30 launches/year from prospective to approved, partnering with internal support stakeholders ranging from Operations and Design to Legal and Finance
- Design programmatic solutions to challenges that unlock future scale
- Engage with a range of senior leaders from across both Amazon and external vendors, exhibiting a high degree of discretion and judgement
- Make prioritization and trade-off decisions with little oversight while managing to timelines and partner teams, effectively surfacing debates where needed or driving inspection through the mechanisms you create to anticipate and fix recurring blockers



About the team
Our team culture is goal-oriented, customer obsessed, and collaborative. You will be part of a high functioning team, responsible for delivering on strategic goals with direct impact for consumer businesses' profit and loss (P&L). A strong presence and the ability to influence are critical, as working with a diverse set of stakeholders is a key aspect of this role. Candidates should demonstrate strong customer focus, business acumen, and discipline on setting, communicating and achieving dates upwards and laterally. The ability to understand how different areas of the business are interconnected will be key to building successful programs.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $142,800/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.