Regional Procurement Operations Specialist (Apply in minutes)

Do you want to join a fast paced Global Procurement Organization team focusedon Amazon Operations? By joining the Site Procurement Operations Team, youhave the opportunity to lead and deliver strategic Procurement projects forour internal Business Partners, at local, regional, national, and europeanlevel. As a Site Procurement Manager, you will work in a team environment withInternal Amazon stakeholders, diverse Procurement peers, and external vendors,to procure value-adding solutions to the Business. You will be joining across-functional team within one of our logistics sites, acting as a strategicBusiness Partner. You will drive continuous improvement, innovation, prevent legal and supplyrisk, 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 projectswith high spends, risks, confidentiality, and time constraints, in ambiguousenvironment, across multiples sites; - Build effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level interms of analyzing the scope of work, negotiating with vendors on cost, leadtimes 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 theavailable tools to analyze opportunities and risks on spends, categories,vendors, legal aspects; - Lead the Site Procurement Operations Process, from needs detection anddefinition, to contracting and implementation follow-up, going throughsourcing, suppliers due diligence, negotiation, risk assessment, etc, usingCoupa (ERP) and other tools. Deliver complex RFI and RFQ across multiplesites, BUs, and possibly countries; - Create and execute contractual agreements such as Work Orders and MasterSupply Agreements, driving contract compliance from vendors. Deliver contractsfrom A to Z mastering CLM (Contract Life Management); - Execute and support national and EU-wide procurement projects andinitiatives (tenders, cost optimization, sustainability, process improvementsetc.), proactively collaborating with other Global Procurement Teams such asCategory and partnering with Finance; - Manage and ensure governance on Supplier Performance to ensure a highservice level in terms of lead time, quality & maintenance, following-upcontracts. Lead and support MBRQBR where required and as agreed with SupplierManagement Pillar and Categories. This also includes making sure the overallinvoicing 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 andseize savings opportunities, perform spend analysis and support a strategydefinition for the country network. Deliver additional monetary value by usingmore complex costrevenue management leverages (operational savings, revenuegeneration, warrants, long term contracts); - Work with internal stakeholders to understand the needs of the business andembed Amazon’s sustainability goals and processes by reducing waste, re-usingmaterials and ensuring CSR compliance. Proactively contribute to strategic EU-wide cross-functional teams and initiatives (with GPSS, Category, EU SPOFunctional improvement Pillars); - Meet targeted Key Performance Indicators to deliver value for the businesssuch as savings, financial metrics, sustainability and maintaining complianceagainst these categories; - Be an ambassador by ensuring full compliance with the company Spending &Transaction policy, educating and driving the correct behaviors of businessstakeholders towards internal procurement policy handbook. Customers areinternal 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 extendSME 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 aftereverything from the moment a customer clicks buy, to the moment their item isdelivered – from desktop to doorstep. Across Europe we have more than 50fulfilment centres, hundreds of delivery stations, thousands of machines, andtens of thousands of employees, all working together in harmony to make surethe right item gets delivered to the right person, in the right place, at theright time. In our buildings, millions of items are picked and packed by ouremployees every year. And on the road, our teams and partners work hard to make sure we get ourcustomers what they want, when they want, wherever they are. We put the safetyof our people above everything else, working in a modern, engaging environmentas part of a team that welcomes individuality and diversity. The culture in our Operation is built on the way our teams bond and a workethic that helps our business run like clockwork. We take real pride in a jobwell done, looking out for each other as we play our part in delivering thequality service Amazon is known for around the world. Regarding the team, The Site Procurement Operations team (SPO) workscollaboratively with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to provideprocurement support and solutions. This pillar sits at the heart of siteoperations and works with local stakeholders to deliver procurement solutionsto complex on-site projects. ### BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor’s Degree with Procurement or Supply Chain or significantProcurement experience, - Relevant experience in a Procurement environment, - Proficient computer literacy in MS office suite, - Qualifications andor experience in sourcing, contract management, orequivalent 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 accreditationor equivalent functional knowledge or accreditation. - Experience of ERP (SAPCoupa) - Ability to manage multiple complex and simultaneous projects requiringfrequent 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 theability to identify complex issues, develop & deliver solutions. - Ability to effctively manage stakeholders across multiple businessfunctions, sites, regions, and business units. 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