Strategic Procurement Specialist, Strategic Procurement Team, ATS

Amazon Delivery Services is seeking an experienced Strategic Procurement Specialist to lead sourcing projects within the 3PL Warehousing (External Fulfilment) category across Australia.

The successful candidate will be responsible for running end-to-end competitive sourcing processes for third-party warehousing and external fulfilment supplier selection — including RFI, RFP, RFQ, bid evaluation, supplier scoring and award recommendation — as well as tactical elements such as leading commercial negotiations, building cost models and business cases, and collaborating with internal stakeholders (including legal, finance, operations, external fulfilment and supply chain teams) to drive contracts to execution.

The Strategic Procurement Specialist will need to understand the impact of contract terms, compliance obligations and commercial risk, and be able to explain agreement terms to stakeholders whilst identifying ways to meet the business's needs. The successful candidate will lead the effort to resolve supplier questions and concerns throughout negotiations and will partner with internal stakeholders on specific areas of exposure.

The Strategic Procurement Specialist is an expert practitioner in creating competitive environments, and have a strong bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. They land quickly in ambiguous settings, run structured processes independently, and produce commercially credible outputs from day one to advise senior Amazon leaders on the direction of sourcing projects.

Key job responsibilities
Lead end-to-end competitive sourcing — run full RFI/RFP/RFQ processes for 3PL warehousing and external fulfilment, from scoping through to award recommendation.

Own sourcing project delivery — develop and manage project plans, timelines, and stakeholder workstreams to hit defined milestones.

Build supplier shortlists and due diligence — assess supplier capability and run due diligence frameworks appropriate to the Australian 3PL market.

Conduct commercial modelling and analysis — perform landed cost analysis, scenario comparisons, and cost models to underpin sourcing decisions and business cases.

Lead commercial negotiations — negotiate rate structures, MSAs, KPI frameworks, and key Amazon provisions with 3PL providers.

Develop negotiation strategies — aligned to category objectives, market benchmarks, and internal risk appetite.

Drive contracts to execution with Legal — manage redlines, escalation points, and approval processes within project timelines, flagging commercial risk before signing.

Manage supplier and stakeholder engagement — run briefings, Q&A, site visits, and negotiation sessions; partner with Operations, Finance, and Legal to align requirements and secure approvals.

Support onboarding of awarded 3PL partners — contract mobilisation, KPI baseline setting, and integration into governance frameworks.

Maintain sourcing governance and documentation — keep rigorous RFx packs, evaluation matrices, and award records; ensure compliance with Australian regulatory and responsible sourcing obligations.

A day in the life
A Day in the Life
As Strategic Procurement Specialist for 3PL Warehousing, no two days look the same. You'll typically run two sourcing projects in parallel — each at a different stage, thanks to staggered starts — while simultaneously managing live conversations with existing suppliers and progressing multiple contract amendments and lifecycle activities across the category. A morning might begin on your earlier-stage project: refining scope with Operations, building cost models, and shaping the RFx pack. By afternoon you're at the negotiation table on the later-stage project, working through rate structures, MSAs, and KPI frameworks with 3PL providers and driving redlines toward execution with Legal. Woven through the day are supplier check-ins, rate reviews, and amendments to in-flight contracts — keeping existing agreements current while new ones take shape.

You are the person who turns operational capacity requirements into competitive, commercially watertight agreements — creating supplier tension, negotiating from data, and closing complex multi-party deals at pace without cutting governance corners. You'll balance this new-business focus with the discipline of ongoing contract lifecycle management: tracking obligations, processing amendments and addendums, and maintaining strong commercial relationships with your existing supplier base. In between, you'll align closely with Operations and External Fulfilment (your primary customers), Finance for cost and business-case sign-off, and Security & Compliance for supplier due diligence. The problems you solve are real and immediate: securing fulfilment capacity ahead of demand, protecting Amazon commercially and contractually, and advising senior leaders on sourcing direction. Running staggered projects alongside a live contract portfolio gives you a genuine category-wide view — where market intelligence from one deal sharpens your leverage on the next.

About the team
We are Amazon AU's strategic procurement team, driving high-leverage sourcing across transport and logistics. Our mission is simple: secure superior commercial and operational outcomes that scale with the business. We turn complex market dynamics into decisive negotiating advantage, treating every tender as an opportunity to build long-term leverage rather than chase short-term wins.
Our culture is high-ownership, data-driven, raising the bar. We challenge assumptions, reframe problems, and move fast on real-time signals. We partner deeply with operations, finance, and legal earning trust through results. We think like owners, act with precision, and always play the long game.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field, or 3+ years of industry work experience
- Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis
- Knowledge of analytical reporting tools (ie Excel, Tableau)
- Can use AI for legal research, contract analysis, or document review experience
- Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
- We're looking for a seasoned procurement professional who can lead sourcing independently and land quickly in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment. You'll bring:
- Preferred: CSCP, CIPS, or equivalent certification; e-commerce or high-volume logistics experience; familiarity with the Australian 3PL market; and exposure to TAPA, HACCP, or equivalent accreditation requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service
- Experience working in a large team or fast-paced corporate environment
- Law degree
- Able to write SQL scripts for analysis and reporting (SQL, MySQL)
- Proven experience of working in a fast-paced, highly complex analytical environment preferably in Supply Chain, e-Commerce, Consulting or Finance

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
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