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We are looking to hire a talented and committed Technical Vendor Manager for our growing Engineering team to play a critical role in managing Amazon's fast growth and technology innovation needs.
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Amazon is seeking an experienced and business oriented Technical Vendor Manager to lead the Vendor development and management. To lead capability and capacity planning and delivery of key equipment/component supply chain development for both expansion of our EU fulfillment network and management or upgrade of existing FCs. Successful candidates will have strong level of ownership and be highly motivated individuals who possess Engineering Program and Project Management experience (MHE/Automotive Engineering, supply chain management/vendor management a plus).

The role will understand the details of an Amazon Fulfillment Center and will deep dive on key equipment/component supply chain elements by working in close collaboration with equipment suppliers, Procurement and Engineering. This individual will be responsible for managing critical path program schedule of equipment delivery with the objective to accelerate our end-to-end project timing.

The Technical Vendor Manager will have high work capacity, results oriented, proven experience in Project and Program Management and a passion to build capability, both external, at suppliers, and internally with robust work processes and people coaching capability. This individual needs to be comfortable with ambiguity, interfacing and driving various functional teams and individuals at all levels of the organization in order to be successful.

Work with external vendors and internal teams to deliver CAPEX projects safely, on time and on cost.

Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures?

The role will be based in (country) with 50% of time traveling either domestically or to other EMEA countries

• Lead overall end-to-end technical vendor management to deliver large scale projects.
• Evaluate and simplify current working procedures and improve organization team structure.
• Lead technical program reviews and drive schedule acceleration, cost savings. Standardization.
• Deep dive on technical details and lead problem resolution on a need basis.
• Communicate project status, drive and elevate decision making and help requests.
• Lead critical path schedule items and escalate to leadership on potential risks and delays.
• Be a business partner with the Procurement and Engineering team, drive execution of commercial and technical deliverables.
• Work very closely with Engineering / Project Delivery Teams and own delivery of equipment to site.
• Assist in providing equipment projections to procurement and partner for best value and competition.
• Coordinate information between various teams in the organization.
• Own and develop accelerated process for equipment installation at site including staging, modularization, assembly and prefabrication.
• Ability to understand Operational processes

• Flexibility to travel 20-50% across projects in Europe.

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