Supplier Risk Auditor - Global Procurement Organization, Global Supplier Management

Description

The Amazon Supplier Risk Auditor will lead audits across the Global Procurement Organization (GPO) while reporting to the Global Supplier Management team. To align with the goal of making Amazon a world-class leader in Supplier Management, this role will assist by utilizing developed audit tools to pinpoint and address the threats associated with working with a particular supplier. Many potential threats are associated with working with suppliers, like quality issues, delivery issues, financial instability, and human rights and labor conditions violations. This role will assist in developing, monitoring and evaluating corrective actions (CAP) for suppliers due to findings identified during designed audits and assessments.
This role is responsible for managing and executing audits across assigned sites. The role extends to working suppliers to evaluating suppliers corrective actions and effectiveness of the corrective actions. The ideal candidate will be able to foster relationship with suppliers to enable best environment to perform audits.


Key job responsibilities
• Conduct audits to ensure suppliers adhere to contractual agreements, industry regulations, and internal policies.
• Identify potential risks within the supply chain, including quality issues, delivery delays, financial instability, and compliance breaches
• Investigate supplier compliance breaches upon leadership request
• Evaluate suppliers based on risk assessments, financial stability, and compliance records.
• Prepare reports documenting audit findings, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies
• Communicate findings to relevant stakeholders and ensure corrective actions are taken
• Develop and improve supplier risk assessment and monitoring processes, and stay updated on industry standards and regulations
• Work closely with procurement, quality assurance, and other relevant departments to ensure effective supplier risk management
• Improve audit accuracy and capabilities
• Build relationships with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders
• Identify and implement process optimization opportunities
• **Travel expectations will be up to 75%


A day in the life
Global Supplier Management's mission is to optimize Amazon's supply chains by fostering trust and collaboration with stakeholders and suppliers. We drive mutually beneficial, scalable, and sustainable process improvements, resulting in positive outcomes across Global Procurement Organization's (GPO) priorities. Our methods enhance efficiency, reduce costs, reduce risk and ensure long-term value creation throughout our supply chain ecosystem.

About the team
The Global Supplier Management team comprises multi-disciplinary experts specializing in quality assurance, supplier qualifications, operational excellence, and new product qualifications. We prioritize identifying risk with suppliers before they are realized by Amazon’s supply chain by executing detailed assessments and audits during the lifecycle of our suppliers.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of Amazon experience
- Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in SQL Server/MySQL
- Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Outlook
- 5+ years in supply chain role
- ISO Certification or supply chain auditing or assessment experience

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience managing projects and working independently
- Experience creating audits and outcome reports
- Solid track record for delivery of high quality audits
- Strong time management and ownership of deliverables

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.