Strategic Sourcing Manager, Global Corporate Procurement

About the role

Amazon is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) team. This role has a meaningful and measurable impact on Amazon’s success, driving innovative sourcing strategies and sustainable, long‑term partnerships across Employee Services. The team values deep ownership, intellectual curiosity, and a bias for action, and work is highly visible to senior leadership.

Amazon expects employees to work from the office five days a week, believing that in‑person collaboration drives faster problem‑solving, creative brainstorming, and better outcomes for customers.

Responsibilities

• Establish strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; understand strategic direction, requirements, and priorities across assigned suppliers and spend categories.
• Dive deep across multiple business units to leverage the supplier base, optimizing performance, quality, and cost.
• Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking to inform strategic sourcing strategy development.
• Manage fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
• Identify sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage stakeholders to consolidate requirements across categories, suppliers, and geographies.
• Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, optimizing return on investment and total cost of ownership.
• Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and best‑practice tools such as category management, supplier evaluation, and supplier diversity.
• Balance long‑range strategic planning with hands‑on execution, often managing five or more active sourcing engagements simultaneously across different lifecycle stages.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing, leading, negotiating, and executing end‑to‑end sourcing engagements.
• Experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation.
• Proficiency in best‑in‑class procurement processes, including category management, benchmarking, should‑cost modeling, RFx, reverse auctions, and contract development.
• Experience managing multiple indirect spend categories such as IT Software, IT Services, Corporate Services, Marketing, Contingent Labor, Facilities and Real Estate, Capital Expenditure, and Human Resources/Employee Services.
• Demonstrated experience in Employee Services and HR‑related procurement, including sourcing and managing spend in HR Services, Employee Benefits, and/or Pharmacy/Drug Programs, with a track record in vendor strategy development, competitive bidding, and contract negotiations.
• Experience in project management (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (preferred).

Benefits

Amazon offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Basic Life & AD&D insurance with optional supplemental life plans, Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Pay

Base salary range: $136,900 – $185,200 USD annually. Total compensation may include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs), determined by experience, qualifications, and location.

Schedule

Location: Seattle, WA, USA. Expected work arrangement is in‑office five days per week.