Overview
Procurement Manager, Global Procurement Organisation
At Amazon, we're working to be the Earth’s Most Customer-centric Company. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Amazon is seeking a Procurement Manager for our Operations and Trans team. Amazon is looking for a high-energy, results oriented individual to manage Sourcing of services (indirect spend). This role works in a fast paced environment with quickly changing priorities, strategic approach, and strong communication and negotiation skills. The role requires the ability to respond quickly to meet fast paced requirements while managing multiple stakeholders and a reasonable number of vendor partners.
Responsibilities
1. Defines and implements sourcing strategy, works with cross-functional teams to ensure that strategies are executed, and effectively communicates initiatives to gain customer and supplier buy-in and to drive them towards anticipated outcomes.
2. Defines negotiation strategy and owns the complete bidding process. Evaluates vendor proposals, negotiates commercials, contract terms and implementation plans with suppliers; prepares comparisons, analyzes and presents proposals.
3. Ensures compliance documents and signing of contracts with suppliers in line with negotiation, by collaborating with legal, business, operations and vendors.
4. Owns and drives cost reduction and cost avoidance goals.
5. Owns the supplier relationship and overall supplier development. Ensures vendor compliance with safety, sustainability and social responsibility goals. Acts as the spokesperson to represent Amazon to suppliers with clarity. Establishes supplier diversity/sourcing targets and expands current supplier selection options accordingly. Regularly evaluates these targets to raise the bar in terms of deliverables.
6. Evaluates key spend, performance, and compliance data to lead supplier or category decisions.
7. Operates with significant autonomy and discretion.
8. Promotes the Procurement team internally and externally.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree
* 7+ years of procurement experience
Preferred Qualifications
* Master's degree
* 5+ years of creating, defining, and implementing procurement strategy experience
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