Do you want to join a fast paced Global Procurement Organization team focused
on Amazon Operations? By joining the Site Procurement Operations Team, you
have the opportunity to lead and deliver strategic Procurement projects for
our internal Business Partners, at local, regional, national, and european
level.
As a Site Procurement Manager, you will work in a team environment with
Internal Amazon stakeholders, diverse Procurement peers, and external vendors,
to procure value-adding solutions to the Business. You will be joining a
cross-functional team within one of our logistics sites, acting as a strategic
Business Partner.
You will drive continuous improvement, innovation, prevent legal and supply
risk, and sustainability through your Procurement missions.
Key job responsibilities
- Understand the business needs and ensure the requirements are justified,
analyzing and making recommendations to the business. Manage complex projects
with high spends, risks, confidentiality, and time constraints, in ambiguous
environment, across multiples sites;
- Build effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level in
terms of analyzing the scope of work, negotiating with vendors on cost, lead
times and other key elements for local, regional, country-wide, and Europe-
wide projects;
- Utilize various applications and systems to provide accurate metrics,
reporting, and data incl. supplier performance metrics. Use and enhance the
available tools to analyze opportunities and risks on spends, categories,
vendors, legal aspects;
- Lead the Site Procurement Operations Process, from needs detection and
definition, to contracting and implementation follow-up, going through
sourcing, suppliers due diligence, negotiation, risk assessment, etc, using
Coupa (ERP) and other tools. Deliver complex RFI and RFQ across multiple
sites, BUs, and possibly countries;
- Create and execute contractual agreements such as Work Orders and Master
Supply Agreements, driving contract compliance from vendors. Deliver contracts
from A to Z mastering CLM (Contract Life Management);
- Execute and support national and EU-wide procurement projects and
initiatives (tenders, cost optimization, sustainability, process improvements
etc.), proactively collaborating with other Global Procurement Teams such as
Category and partnering with Finance;
- Manage and ensure governance on Supplier Performance to ensure a high
service level in terms of lead time, quality & maintenance, following-up
contracts. Lead and support MBRQBR where required and as agreed with Supplier
Management Pillar and Categories. This also includes making sure the overall
invoicing and payment process is running correctly for Amazon and the Vendors,
taking corrective and preventive measures where needed;
- Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a local category to identify and
seize savings opportunities, perform spend analysis and support a strategy
definition for the country network. Deliver additional monetary value by using
more complex costrevenue management leverages (operational savings, revenue
generation, warrants, long term contracts);
- Work with internal stakeholders to understand the needs of the business and
embed Amazon’s sustainability goals and processes by reducing waste, re-using
materials and ensuring CSR compliance. Proactively contribute to strategic EU-
wide cross-functional teams and initiatives (with GPSS, Category, EU SPO
Functional improvement Pillars);
- Meet targeted Key Performance Indicators to deliver value for the business
such as savings, financial metrics, sustainability and maintaining compliance
against these categories;
- Be an ambassador by ensuring full compliance with the company Spending &
Transaction policy, educating and driving the correct behaviors of business
stakeholders towards internal procurement policy handbook. Customers are
internal stakeholder departments such as Operations, Finance, Engineering,
legal etc. Lead MBR and QBR with main internal and external stakeholders (GM,
Change, RME, Vendors);
- Act as Country SME for a large category andor have the ability to extend
SME responsibilities to EU scope level;
- Provide trainings to the other Buyers on functional skills.
About the team
Operations sits at the heart of the Amazon customer experience. We look after
everything from the moment a customer clicks buy, to the moment their item is
delivered – from desktop to doorstep. Across Europe we have more than 50
fulfilment centres, hundreds of delivery stations, thousands of machines, and
tens of thousands of employees, all working together in harmony to make sure
the right item gets delivered to the right person, in the right place, at the
right time. In our buildings, millions of items are picked and packed by our
employees every year.
And on the road, our teams and partners work hard to make sure we get our
customers what they want, when they want, wherever they are. We put the safety
of our people above everything else, working in a modern, engaging environment
as part of a team that welcomes individuality and diversity.
The culture in our Operation is built on the way our teams bond and a work
ethic that helps our business run like clockwork. We take real pride in a job
well done, looking out for each other as we play our part in delivering the
quality service Amazon is known for around the world.
Regarding the team, The Site Procurement Operations team (SPO) works
collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to provide
procurement support and solutions. This pillar sits at the heart of site
operations and works with local stakeholders to deliver procurement solutions
to complex on-site projects.
### BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree with Procurement or Supply Chain or significant
Procurement experience,
- Relevant experience in a Procurement environment,
- Proficient computer literacy in MS office suite,
- Qualifications andor experience in sourcing, contract management, or
equivalent role,
- Negotiation skills (internal and external)
- Contract management skills
- Highly proficient in spoken and written English and in local language.
### PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree with Procurement or Supply Chain focus.
- Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization.
- If no Procurement-related degree (or on top of it), CIPSEIPM accreditation
or equivalent functional knowledge or accreditation.
- Experience of ERP (SAPCoupa)
- Ability to manage multiple complex and simultaneous projects requiring
frequent communication, organization, time management, analysis methodology,
and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a large, global, highly matrixed organization.
- Highly self-motivated and customer-centric.
- Supplier Relationship Management.
- Able to demonstrate problem-solving and analytical competence, with the
ability to identify complex issues, develop & deliver solutions.
- Ability to effctively manage stakeholders across multiple business
functions, sites, regions, and business units.
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