AmazonStrategic Sourcing Specialist, Global Corporate Procurement
Amazon is hiring a Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Global Corporate Procurement in Austin, United States. It pays $85k-$148k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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Execute strategic sourcing initiatives and support enhancements for internal procurement technology applications.
As Amazon rapidly becomes the world's largest consumer of corporate services, our Global Corporate Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join our team.
Strategic Sourcing Specialists, working under the general direction of more senior team members, manage strategic sourcing engagements as a central team supporting a wide range of Amazon and subsidiary business units.
In this pivotal role, you'll design innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. Your mission? Improve performance, optimize efficiency, ensure top-notch quality, and enable new initiatives to launch and scale with lightning speed.
Demonstrating a passionate commitment to procurement excellence, you will flawlessly handle and execute sourcing initiatives, communicating efficiently and effectively with stakeholders across various business units. Adept at juggling multiple priorities, you will thrive in the fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts.
Does this sound like your next great challenge? If you're passionate about finding the right products, goods and services at the right time from the right suppliers, we want to hear from you.
Come join our fast-paced, innovative team and help Amazon make history in Corporate Procurement.
Apply today!
Key job 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.
Basic qualifications
3+ years of supply chain management, planning, strategic sourcing, commodity management or program management experience
Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis
Experience with spend analysis and category management across indirect spend categories
Proficiency with e-sourcing or procurement technology platforms (e.g., Coupa, Ariba, Fairmarkit, or similar)
Preferred qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results, or experience in forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and interpreting financial results across multiple business areas
5+ years of developing diverse supplier strategies and executing on sourcing activities experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 84,500.00 - 147,900.00 USD annually
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