Sr. Materials Lifecycle Specialist, WW Sustainability

Join us at the forefront of Amazons sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazons long term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon were working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there we need exceptionally talented bright and driven people.

The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazons scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally and drive solutions that enable our customers businesses and the world to become more sustainable.

The Worldwide Environment team utilizes science-based approaches to lower Amazons environmental impacts across the operations of our business units and products making meaningful and measurable impacts in the communities in which we operate.

The Worldwide Environment team is looking for a Senior Materials Lifecycle Specialist to apply deep technical expertise in materials science and engineering to help Amazon define and implement strategies that measure and mitigate the environmental and social impacts of commodity supply chains and improve their long-term resilience. Your expertise in materials characterization lifecycle assessment processing and refining pathways and regional and geo-political risk analysis will enable you to develop and implement 3-5 year strategic plans that evolve our materials management standards. You will leverage additional technical knowledge of extended producer responsibility risk- and impact-mitigating standards and certifications used within target commodity supply chains and broad understanding of materials innovation recycling chemistry and circular economy frameworks to advance sustainability.

The ideal candidate will combine deep knowledge of material properties extraction and processing science and recovery pathways with strategic thinking to develop and drive best-in-class sustainability strategies for key materials across Amazons businesses including sourcing guidance circular recovery pathways and supply chain resilience measures. Additionally they will work with Tech and Science teams to develop advanced tooling (including geospatial and AI-enabled systems) for material impact and risk measurement design multi-business KPIs establish data pipelines and work with internal and 3P partners to develop pilot and scale innovative technologies to strengthen our supply chains.

Key job responsibilities
-Serve as a company expert on one or more commodity supply chains applying materials science and engineering knowledge to assess their environmental impacts and develop business-specific risk and impact mitigation strategies.
-Lead technical analysis and global dissemination of sustainability guidance for commodity sourcing materials recovery from end-of-life products and infrastructure and supply chain diversification strategies.
-Develop comprehensive 3-5 year strategic plans grounded in materials science to improve sourcing practices and mitigate supply chain risks and environmental impacts of key commodity sourcing.
-Collaborate with and influence Amazon business units and technical teams to execute strategic plans that result in impact avoidance risk mitigation and materials innovation.
-Collaborate with Amazon Tech and Science teams to develop tools for commodity impact and risk measurement lifecycle assessment and abatement scenario analysis.
-Design and manage pilots of new material production processing and recovery technologies with our businesses and develop the business case for scaling effective approaches.
-Build and maintain deep technical expertise including materials innovation recycling and recovery chemistry industry trends institutional development external stakeholder and industry coalition priorities emerging technologies and sustainability approaches that further risk and impact mitigation within commodity sustainability.


About the team
Diverse Experiences: WorldWide Sustainability values diverse experiences. We encourage all candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying. Inclusive Team Culture: Its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (inclusive diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth: Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- Experience working with a matrixed team of stakeholders to achieve a common goal or equivalent
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
- Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
- Bachelors degree in environmental chemical or materials science engineering or related technical field
- Broad knowledge across supply chain traceability sourcing practices certifications regional risks and environmental tradeoffs
- Experience tracking industry best practices innovation and performance benchmarking related to commodity sourcing and/or sustainability

- Masters degree in supply chain business engineering finance or related technical or quantitative field
- 5 years of experience in a role optimizing sustainability yield and/or operations of commodity supply chains at point of origin or processing
- Experience in materials recovery recycling or secondary sourcing of raw materials; circular economy frameworks industrial ecology and/or reverse logistics
- Experience with supply chain traceability and provenance systems for raw materials
- Familiarity with geospatial analysis tools or methodologies
- Knowledge of AI productivity research and data analysis tools

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 WA Seattle - 139500.00 - 188700.00 USD annually