The Supply Chain Program Manager, Launch Expansion is responsible for management and coordination of procurement tasks to support the on-time delivery of goods and services for new Amazon Fulfillment Centers. The Supply Chain Program Manager will also be responsible for monitoring and managing project progress and performance, proactively identifying risks and managing mitigation plans. The person in this role will have excellent communication skills to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and have the ability to focus simultaneously on short term deliverables and continuous improvement initiatives to deliver long term value to internal customers.


Key job responsibilities
- Demonstrate ownership, management and coordination of procurement tasks and dependencies to ensure goods critical to the launch of new sites are planned for, ordered and delivered on time
- Track and report project progress and performance, proactively identify risks, issues and manage mitigation plans when necessary
- Track Purchase Order status and work with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of all equipment
- Monitor and mitigate overall materials risk for all new launches buildings
- Continuously improve current processes
- Identify and/or eliminate project related barriers for team members and partners
- Collaborate with suppliers and establish monitoring processes, where applicable, to ensure timely deliveries and quality compliance
- Define key performance indicators – develop metrics and service level agreements for core programs and processes, and track delivery against program objectives
- Drive execution of vision and goals for the team
- Develop sustainable training as needed for new project/program launches
- Manage multiple, competing projects and priorities simultaneously


About the team
GPLE is a global function within GPO that enables the on-time launch of new sites, expansions, and retrofits, by ensuring non-inventory materials are planned for, ordered and delivered in full, and services are mobilized on-time, whilst managing a high level of ambiguity due to differing needs that span across multiple stakeholder organizations.