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 Procurement Manager for our Operations and Trans team. Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers.
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, should be able to respond quickly to meet fast paced requirements with strong communication and negotiation skills. He or she should be able to manage multiple stakeholders and a reasonable number of vendor partners.
Key responsibilities and deliverables
Procurement category manager is responsible for
1. Defines and implement 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 complete bidding process. Evaluate vendor proposals, Negotiate commercials, contract terms and implementation plan with suppliers, prepares comparisons, analyse and put forward the proposal.
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 Own the supplier relationship and overall supplier development. Ensures vendor compliance with respect to safety, sustainability and social responsibility goals. Will be the spokesperson to represent Amazon in front of supplier 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. Promote the Procurement team internally and externally.
Key job responsibilities
Key responsibilities and deliverables.
Procurement category manager is responsible for
1. Defines and implement 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 complete bidding process. Evaluate vendor proposals, Negotiate commercials, contract terms and implementation plan with suppliers, prepares comparisons, analyse and put forward the proposal.
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 Own the supplier relationship and overall supplier development. Ensures vendor compliance with respect to safety, sustainability and social responsibility goals. Will be the spokesperson to represent Amazon in front of supplier 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. Promote the Procurement team internally and externally.
A day in the life
Same as Above
About the team
Not applicable- Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of procurement experience- Master's degree
- 5+ years of creating, defining, and implementing procurement strategy experience
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