Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Global Corporate Procurement

Amazon • Austin, TX

12d

About The Position

At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer and employee-centric
company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new
businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the world’s
largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Global Corporate
Procurement team is seeking a Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Indirect
Procurement to join our team in North America. This role will be based out of
Austin, Texas.

Global Strategic Sourcing Manager play a pivotal role at Amazon, leading
sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units to enable new
initiatives to launch and scale rapidly. Global Strategic Sourcing Manager are
expert practitioners in creating competitive environments, and have a strong
bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. They routinely advise
senior Amazon leaders on innovative sourcing strategies that create sustainable,
long-term partnerships. They are highly effective communicators, able to
articulate the value proposition of partnering with procurement.

Requirements

• Experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation
• Experience managing spend categories that include three or more of the following: IT Software, IT Services, Corporate Services, Marketing, Contingent labor, Facilities and Real estate, Capital Expenditure and Tail Spend (Indirect Categories)
• Experience with practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.)
• 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Establishing strong relationships with internal business partners; building a robust understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
• Supporting execution of sourcing events across all indirect spend categories
• Delivering savings and increased spend under management by driving adoption of a automated self-service sourcing technology application
• Supporting enhancements and the product development roadmap of the self-service sourcing application based upon purchasing history and stakeholder sourcing requirements
• Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
• Working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership.
• Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazon’s global policies.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level