Technical Vendor Manager, Ges Operations Engineering (Xico)

Job Overview

A Technical Vendor Manager will lead end‑to‑end vendor development and engagement for Amazon’s LATAM fulfillment centers, focusing on material handling equipment supply chains. The role involves capacity planning, delivery management, and continuous improvement of project timelines, working closely with suppliers, procurement, and engineering teams. This position requires a traffic driving of cross‑functional collaboration and travel across LATAM, EMEA, and APAC.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end technical vendor management to deliver large‑scale projects.
• Evaluate, simplify, and standardize working procedures and team organization.
• Conduct technical program reviews, drive schedule acceleration, cost savings, and process optimization.
• Deep‑dive into technical details, lead problem resolution, and evaluate operational processes.
• Communicate project status, drive decision making, and timely escalation of risks and delays.
• Act as a business partner with Procurement and Engineering to execute commercial and technical deliverables.
• Coordinate with Engineering / Project Delivery Teams to own equipment delivery to site and provide projections to procurement.
• Develop opportunities for process optimization within the internal team and with external vendors.
• Travel up to 50% across LATAM and emerging countries.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Operations, Manufacturing or Project Engineering.
• 4+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing or related environment.
• Fluent in Spanish and English (B2+).

Preferred Qualifications

• Intermediate knowledge of AutoCAD, VBA, and SQL.
• Experience managing third‑party vendors.
• Experience with Six Sigma or lean manufacturing.
• Additional language skills (French, Polish, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Afrikaans, Zulu) considered desirable.