Site Procurement Manager, Site ProcurementOperations - Ballstedt, Deutschland - Amazon TA

Beschreibung

Do you want to join a fast paced Global ProcurementOrganization team focused on Amazon Operations? By joining the SiteProcurement Operations Team, you have the opportunity to lead anddeliver strategic Procurement projects for our internal BusinessPartners, at local, regional, national, and european level.

As a Site Procurement Manager, you will workin a team environment with Internal Amazon stakeholders, diverseProcurement peers, and external vendors, to procure value-addingsolutions to the Business.

You will be joining a cross-functionalteam within one of our logistics sites, acting as a strategicBusiness Partner.

You will drive continuousimprovement, innovation, prevent legal and supply risk, andsustainability through your Procurement missions.

Key job responsibilities

• Understand the business needs and ensure the requirements arejustified, analyzing and making recommendations to the business.

Manage complex projects with high spends, risks, confidentiality,and time constraints, in ambiguous environment, across multiplessites;

• Build effective stakeholder relationships,ensuring a high service level in terms of analyzing the scope ofwork, negotiating with vendors on cost, lead times and other keyelements for local, regional, countrywide, and Europewideprojects;
• Utilize various applications and systems toprovide accurate metrics, reporting, and data incl. supplierperformance metrics. Use and enhance the available tools to analyzeopportunities and risks on spends, categories, vendors, legalaspects;
• Lead the Site Procurement Operations Process,from needs detection and definition, to contracting andimplementation followup, going through sourcing, suppliers duediligence, negotiation, risk assessment, etc, using Coupa (ERP) andother tools. Deliver complex RFI and RFQ across multiple sites,BUs, and possibly countries;
• Create and executecontractual agreements such as Work Orders and Master SupplyAgreements, driving contract compliance from vendors. Delivercontracts from A to Z mastering CLM (Contract LifeManagement);
• Execute and support nationaland EUwide procurement projects and initiatives (tenders, costoptimization, sustainability, process improvements etc.),proactively collaborating with other Global Procurement Teams suchas Category and partnering withFinance;
• Manage and ensuregovernance on Supplier Performance to ensure a high service levelin terms of lead time, quality & maintenance, followingupcontracts. Lead and support MBR/QBR where required and as agreedwith Supplier Management Pillar and Categories. This also includesmaking sure the overall invoicing and payment process is runningcorrectly for Amazon and the Vendors, taking corrective andpreventive measures where needed;
• Act asSubject Matter Expert (SME) for a local category to identify andseize savings opportunities, perform spend analysis and support astrategy definition for the country network. Deliver additionalmonetary value by using more complex cost/revenue managementleverages (operational savings, revenue generation, warrants, longterm contracts);
• Work with internalstakeholders to understand the needs of the business and embedAmazon's sustainability goals and processes by reducing waste,reusing materials and ensuring CSR compliance. Proactivelycontribute to strategic EUwide crossfunctional teams andinitiatives (with GPSS, Category, EU SPO Functional improvementPillars);
• Meet targeted Key Performance Indicators todeliver value for the business such as savings, financial metrics,sustainability and maintaining compliance against thesecategories;
• Be an ambassador by ensuring fullcompliance with the company Spending & Transaction policy,educating and driving the correct behaviors of businessstakeholders towards internal procurement policy handbook.

Customers are internal stakeholder departments such as Operations,Finance, Engineering, legal etc. Lead MBR and QBR with maininternal and external stakeholders (GM, Change, RME,Vendors);

• Act as Country SME for a large categoryand/or have the ability to extend SME responsibilities to EU scopelevel;
• Provide trainings to the other Buyers onfunctional skills.

About theteam
Operations sits at the heart of the Amazon customerexperience.

We look after everything from the moment a customerclicks buy, to the moment their item is delivered – from desktop todoorstep.

Across Europe we have more than 50 fulfilment centres,hundreds of delivery stations, thousands of machines, and tens ofthousands of employees, all working together in harmony to makesure the right item gets delivered to the right person, in theright place, at the right time.

In our buildings, millions of itemsare picked and packed by our employees every year.

Andon the road, our teams and partners work hard to make sure we getour customers what they want, when they want, wherever they are.

Weput the safety of our people above everything else, working in amodern, engaging environment as part of a team that welcomesindividuality and diversity.

The culture inour Operation is built on the way our teams bond and a work ethicthat helps our business run like clockwork.

We take real pride in ajob well done, looking out for each other as we play our part indelivering the quality service Amazon is known for around theworld.

Regarding the team, The SiteProcurement Operations team (SPO) works collaboratively withinternal stakeholders and external suppliers to provide procurementsupport and solutions.

This pillar sits at the heart of siteoperations and works with local stakeholders to deliver procurementsolutions to complex on-site projects.

We areopen to hiring candidates to work out of one of the followinglocations:

Erfurt, TH,DEU

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor'sDegree with Procurement or Supply Chain or significant Procurementexperience,

• Relevant experience in a Procurementenvironment,
• Proficient computer literacy in MS officesuite,
• Qualifications and/or experience in sourcing,contract management, or equivalent role,
• Negotiationskills (internal and external)
• Contract managementskills
• English & German language skills (CommonEuropean Framework of Reference C1)

PREFERREDQUALIFICATIONS

- Degree with Procurement or Supply Chainfocus.

• Experience working in a large, global, highlymatrixed organization.
• If no Procurementrelated degree(or on top of it), CIPS/EIPM accreditation or equivalent functionalknowledge or accreditation.
• Experience of ERP(SAP/Coupa)
• Ability to manage multiple complex andsimultaneous projects requiring frequent communication,organization, time management, analysis methodology, andproblemsolving skills.
• Ability to work in a large,global, highly matrixed organization.
• Highlyselfmotivated and customercentric.
• SupplierRelationship Management.
• Able to demonstrateproblemsolving and analytical competence, with the ability toidentify complex issues, develop & deliversolutions.
• Ability to effctively manage stakeholdersacross multiple business functions, sites, regions, and businessunits.

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