Procurement Specialist II - AMZ24805.3

Amazon•Edison, NJ

15d•$66,560 - $108,200•Hybrid

About The Position

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Procurement Specialist II to manage and optimize procurement processes within its operations network. This role involves measuring, controlling, and benchmarking procurement activities, building category metrics models, and providing operational support for fulfillment centers. The specialist will coordinate the procurement and inventory management of non-merchandise items, lead a team of non-inventory associates, and develop deep knowledge of non-inventory items to drive best practices. Additionally, the role requires managing safety compliance, fostering relationships across the building and network, aligning with internal customers and Finance on budgetary targets and savings, and developing innovative solutions with internal teams and suppliers. The position also involves supporting the centralized Procurement team and Global Procurement Organization pillars, and assisting in the resolution of vendor payment issues.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
Two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
One year of experience in Supply Chain Operations.
Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables) experience.
Employee and performance management experience.
Experience with supplier or vendor relationship management.

Nice To Haves

All applicants must meet all the above listed requirements.

Responsibilities

Manage KPI to measure, control and benchmark procurement processes including creation of recurring metrics reports to drive improvements for the Operations network.
Using input from the category team, build the category metrics model to track and monitor performance in relationship to the category strategy, such as supplier scorecard and other site audits on 3P services.
Provide procurement operations support for the fulfillment center, including supplier management (goods and services), non-inventory labor, flow, and space models, cycle counts, inventory management, and procurement transaction and expediting support.
Coordinate the demand identification, procurement, and inventory management of all non-merchandise items required for building operation. This includes corrugate, packing materials, labor and janitorial services, etc.
Lead and develop team of non-Inventory associates to ensure building has adequate resources and is set up for success.
Develop deep knowledge of non-inventory items and align with like buildings to drive best practices.
Manage and drive safety compliance for non-inventory teams during day-to-day activities and partner with regional/local safety teams for safety issues and escalations at the site level.
Develop relationship across the building and network to ensure best practices are being shared and implemented.
Align with internal customers, Finance and Procurement Operations to understand budgetary targets by building and develop methods of measuring and defining savings, value and other category metrics.
Assist Finance and internal customers to determine budgets and maintenance for blanket PO management.
Measure actual vs planned savings; as savings trends are identified, own action plans to meet goals and develop solutions.
Work in partnership both internally and with suppliers to develop innovative solutions to provide Procurement support to the Operations network.
Develop and implement ways to measure suppliers to drive continuous performance improvement on behalf of Amazon.
Partner with AP, Suppliers and various internal teams to ensure timely resolution of vendor payment issues.
Support the centralized Procurement team (iSChOC), and Global Procurement Organization (GPO) Pillars, including ProcOps, Category, Supplier Diversity, Supplier Management, Procurement Excellence, Reusables, Technology, and PMO.