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Principal, Supply Chain - AMZ15471.9

Amazon

Austin, TXFull-time$144–193K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$144–193K/yr
Location
Austin, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Amazon.com Services LLC seeks a Principal, Supply Chain to manage strategic programs across its supply chain and guide procurement, sourcing, and inventory initiatives. The role partners with operations and internal stakeholders, uses data analysis to develop programs and metrics, and presents business reviews to senior management. Domestic and international travel is required up to 20% of the time.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cost-Benefit AnalysisProcurementData AnalysisData ExtractionData SynthesisCross-Geography LeadershipProject ManagementProgram Management

Qualifications

Master's in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or Related Discipline or Bachelor's in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or Related Discipline2+ Years Job or Related Experience or Bachelor's Path With 5+ Years Post-Baccalaureate Project or Program Management Experience2+ Years Cost-Benefit Analysis Experience2+ Years Procurement or Purchasing Experience2+ Years Advanced Data Analysis Experience2+ Years Leading and Supporting Across Geographies

Full job description

Description

Employer: Amazon.com Services LLC

Position: Principal, Supply Chain - AMZ15471.9

Location: Austin, TX

Multiple Positions Available:

  1. Manage strategic programs that span across Amazon’s entire supply chain.

  2. Build strong partnership with operations field leaders to identify impact of

new business initiatives in operations and successfully integrate and deploy

them onsite.

  1. Conduct strategic, quantitative and deep-dive data/information analytics to

lead the development, execution, implementation and support of innovative

programs, process/road maps, frameworks and objectives that expands

global infrastructure operations, procurement controls, and inventory

management systems

  1. Leads the development of comprehensive sourcing strategy, standardizes

end to end Request for Proposal (RFP) to Purchase Order (PO) process,

cost inputs and final selection.

  1. Identify current state by coordinating across organizations to identify paths

toward desired end-state and developing appropriate actionable plans

  1. Provide sourcing governance to include development of guidelines, policies,

procedures and training to ensure end-user adherence to tool work flows

and ensuring information integrity

  1. Conduct analysis and assessment of tools data and information integrity,

deep dive into root cause and develop action plan to cleanse current

information and process to address work flow gaps and leverage data into

actionable information and metrics

  1. Provide governance and leadership in development of consistent definitions

and metrics so as to create actionable, information-rich metrics packages

and dashboards

  1. Work with local teams and business partners to create and execute action

plans to improve sourcing strategies and spares inventory utilization

efficiency

  1. Provide sourcing business decision support and participate/lead special

project

  1. Develop strategic relationships cross company to ensure optimal use of

resources

  1. Innovate within the space creating, automating or improving tools or

processes that support better management of vendors and associated

spend

  1. Work with colleagues to report vendor metrics, identify and develop

additional or improved metrics to assess and measure vendor performance

and effectiveness

  1. Partner with various operations and key internal stakeholders to support

new business initiatives

  1. Guide the direction of procurement activities, and improve the supply chain

with the latest internal and external information

  1. Present detailed data-driven business reviews to the senior management

team, focused on measuring the impact and performance to create

revolutionary supply chains.

  1. Domestic and international travel required up to 20% of the time.

(40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $143707 - $193200)

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity – Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

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Basic Qualifications

A Master’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related discipline and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. In the alternative, employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related discipline followed by 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in project or program management.

Experience must include:

  1. 2 years of experience in analyzing cost/benefit of projects.

  2. 2 years of experience in procurement or purchasing

  3. 2 years of experience in advanced data analysis skills and the ability to extract and synthesize data.

  4. 2 years of experience in leading and supporting across geographies

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Preferred Qualifications

All applicants must meet all the above listed requirements.

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,156 open Supply Chain jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–193K/yr
  • Texas median$101–177K/yr297 salary ranges
  • US median$98–170K/yr3,509 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $168K, is 22% above the Texas median midpoint ($138K) — in the middle half of Supply Chain salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 648 open Supply Chain jobs in Texas and 6,156 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Supply Chain postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,341 postings).
Education
2,901 of the 6,156 open Supply Chain jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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