Description
At Amazon Brazil we value Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in all our job positions, therefore, we act intentionally so that our internal environment reflect the plurality of the businesses we play and the customers we serve.
In Brazil, we have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion squad, which is formed by representatives from different roles and areas, as we understand that this agenda must have different perspectives and multiple experiences. Our leadership is committed and understands more and more their role in sharing and acting on our leadership principles, with the purpose of ‘Strive to Be Earth's Best Employer’. Understanding our responsibility and our need for change, we are conscientious that ‘Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility’
Our affinity groups are built from and by volunteers from different businesses and they are an active part of our DE&I strategies definition. Besides that, they act as ambassadors of this agenda, and they will support you from Day1. Remember, at Amazon ‘It’s always Day1’. Our groups are organized in the following fronts: BEN - Black Employee Network, Women@Amazon, Glamazon (LGBTQIA+) and People With Disabilities.
Amazon.com.br is looking for a smart and driven Program Manager to join our Supply Chain Excellence team. The Program Manager will be responsible for leading and executing improvements on Buying systems, focusing on reducing manual effort, achieve system parity with mature countries, standardize process between different Product Families and improve our product variety available for customers. The right candidate thrives in a high energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are expected to be driven in parallel. The Program Manager will be responsible for scaling our current processes, supporting our Business accelerated growth, interacting with several stakeholders globally to find new solutions and build new automated tools. The successful candidate possesses good business judgment and strong analytical thinking, capable of building reports and analyses from scratch. The position requires an individual who can work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail. This role is located in São Paulo, Brazil.
Key job responsibilities
Areas of responsibility include:
Program Management:
• Define the list of high priority projects to ensure alignment of initiatives and the roadmap;
• Monitors and execute projects on time and with high quality standards;
• Effectively communicate projects progress within the organization;
• Work with internal teams to drive system, tools and process improvements/ implementation that affect purchasing and vendor management workflow, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually;
• Develop analysis of key business metrics, with emphasis on developing and executing recommendations for improvements;
• Lead projects from initial development to implementation that will streamline supply systems and processes and drive operational improvements.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sao Paulo, SP, BRA
Basic Qualifications
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 in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
Relevant experience in program or project management.
Fluent in English and Portuguese.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree, or MBA in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing