Procurement/Buyer, Leo

About the Role

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network, focused on delivering fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure material availability to support production and engineering schedules.
• Manage inventory levels and support material/product level revisions.
• Interact and coordinate with suppliers to ensure compliance and support business functions.
• Monitor the status of open orders to ensure on-time delivery and resolve issues.
• Expedite or defer orders based on schedule and/or inventory changes.
• Manage and resolve issues related to Purchase Order (PO) to invoice discrepancies, returns, and quality problems with suppliers.
• Provide back-up support for supply chain functions, including shipping, receiving, material handling, and other assigned duties.
• Collaborate with internal customers and provide a high level of customer service, recommending solutions, resources, and alternative supply options.
• Ensure and promote compliance with Company and Procurement policies and procedures.
• Understand and comply with all FAR, DFAR, and ITAR flow down requirements.
• Understand and comply with all import/export requirements.
• Utilize procurement systems like Coupa, SAP, and E2Open for order management and delivery metrics.
• Participate in Daily Deep Dive (DDD) meetings to report on procurement-related metrics.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and analytical platforms.
• Ability to analyze data using pivots and V-Lookups.
• Experience in procurement systems such as Coupa, SAP, and E2Open.

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business, IT, or any other procurement-related career.
• Experience in a relevant industry or academia.
• Experience in procurement, budgeting, forecasting, or asset management.
• Experience running metrics reports, analyzing data to identify problems, and using data analysis to generate and explain metrics.
• Experience in forecasting, MRP, transportation, supply chain, inventory management, or warehousing disciplines.
• Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem-solving abilities.
• Comfort with ambiguity.
• Experience establishing and employing demand-pull material planning methods.

Export Control Requirement: Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.