Amazon

Cost Optimization Manager, Worldwide Grocery Stores - Growth & Development

Amazon$90K — $158K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 7+ years in project management, real estate development, or architecture/design
  • Experience in retail construction projects preferred
  • Familiarity with AI/ML technologies is a plus
  • Proficiency in financial performance indicators like KPIs and data interpretation

Responsibilities

  • Build and refine cost baselines for various store formats
  • Conduct budget variance analyses and reconcile spending
  • Identify shifts in cost drivers and align with partners
  • Prepare and present cost performance reports to leadership
  • Engage with contractors and consultants for cost validation
  • Drive improvements in construction management systems
  • Contribute to AI and analytics strategy for data-driven decisions

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off and parental leave policy
  • Access to mental health support and EAP
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare expenses
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement options
Full Job Description
Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores, Growth & Development team is searching for a Construction Cost Manager. As a Construction Cost Manager you'll build program-level frameworks, cost intelligence, and executive insights that determine how we invest, where we can do better, and how we scale smarter across a 600+ location portfolio. You'll be the financial brain behind one of the world's most ambitious physical retail expansions where your cost models and analysis directly shape how we build hundreds of grocery stores.

Key job responsibilities

- Build and continuously refine program-level cost baselines across store formats and retail concepts, keeping our financial models current as market conditions and construction costs evolve.

- Run portfolio-wide budget variance analyses and reconcile actual spend against planned baselines - for both active and completed projects

- Identify required changes in assumptions and inputs as cost drivers shift, and align with design, construction, capital planning, and procurement partners on trade-offs that impact financial goals.

- Prepare and present monthly and quarterly cost performance reports for senior and executive leadership, including facilitating regular leadership review meetings and tracking follow-ups.

- Engage directly with general contractors and external consultants to gather cost data, validate assumptions, and support governance and cost validation processes.

- Drive process improvement, governance, and controls within construction management systems to improve data quality, consistency, and operational efficiency at portfolio scale.

- Contribute to the team's AI and analytics strategy by gathering requirements, influencing tool prioritization, and measuring the impact of new platform adoption.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree

- 7+ years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with AI/ML technologies

- Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses, or experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

- Experience in retail construction projects

- Experience managing external consultant relationships in a construction or real estate development context

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, AUSTIN - 90,300.00 - 158,000.00 USD annually

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