Procurement Specialist
6 days ago
Bachelor’s Degree with Procurement or Supply Chain or significant Procurement experience,
- Relevant experience in a Procurement environment,
- Proficient computer literacy in MS office suite,
- Qualifications and/or experience in sourcing, contract management, or equivalent role,
- Negotiation skills (internal and external)
- Contract management skills
- Highly proficient in spoken and written English, and Arabic.
Are you ready to join a dynamic and fast-paced Global Procurement Organization (GPO) supporting Amazon Stores Operations? By Becoming a part of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Site Procurement Operations (SPO) Team, you will have the opportunity to lead and deliver strategic procurement projects for our internal business partners at local, national, regional, and global levels. In the role of Senior Buyer, you will be a business partner for our sites, working in a cross-functional environment with Operations, Procurement peers, support departments, and suppliers. This role empowers you to procure value-adding solutions for the business. You will also play a key role in driving continuous improvement, innovation, sustainability, and mitigating legal and supply risks through your procurement mission.
Key job responsibilities
Overall the role delivers Key SPO Performance Indicators targets that deliver value for the Business such as savings, compliance, sustainability, Invoice on Hold and more
**SOURCING AND PROJECTS DELIVERY**:
- Manage the SPO Process and policy, from needs detection to execution of sourcing requirements, at local, regional, country, and cross continent levels.
- Anticipate and understand the business needs, to provide the right Procurement strategy with optimal requirements.
- Lead sourcing, suppliers’ due diligence, negotiations, risk assessments, and other best practices, using Coupa (ERP) and other tools.
- Conduct market research and evaluate Suppliers manufacturing capabilities to enhance/develop GPO Suppliers base, for current and future needs.
- Deliver projects (RFI, RFQ, etc) with different spend thresholds / complexity / risks / confidentiality / and time constraints. Analyze solutions and make recommendations to the Business.
- Execute and support GPO projects and initiatives (tenders, cost optimizations, sustainability, process improvements etc.) of different scales and magnitudes. Additionally, support the critical yearly peak readiness (e.g. capturing and documenting Lesson Learned and Successes, creating pre-peak readiness presentations, and executing playbook actions).
**INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP**:
- Be the face of Procurement for operations on site, and build effective business partnering.
- Proactively partner with (i) Site Leadership (ii) other GPO teams such as Category or Global Supplier Management (iii) key partner functions such as Finance or Legal.
- Where appropriate lead MBR and QBR with main internal and external stakeholders (GM, Change, RME, Vendors). Additionally, bring your expertise to key supplier meetings, or internal processes such as GEMBAs and Daily Deep Dives.
- Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) to add value to procurement local categories and processes. Identify and leverage savings opportunities, perform spend analysis, and support strategy definition for the country network. Deliver additional monetary value by using diverse cost/revenue management leverages (operational savings, revenue generation, warrants, long term contracts). Have the ability to extend SME responsibilities to different scales, including EMEA level.
- Be an ambassador of the internal Spending & Transaction and GPO policies. Educate and drive correct behaviors from Business Partners towards those rules and best practices.
- Provide functional skills trainings, including to other GPO members.
**SYSTEMS/TOOLS**:
- Use and enhance the available tools to analyze and leverage opportunities and risks on spends, categories, vendors, legal, and other aspects
**SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT**:
- Deliver contracts from A to Z mastering CLM (Contract Life Management) and drive contract compliance from Suppliers.
- Create, negotiate, and execute contractual agreements such as Work Orders and thorough Supply Agreements.
- Manage supplier performance where required as per relevant supplier performance governance
- Ensure the highest levels of services provided based on quality, maintenance, costs, sustainability, lead times, and other key elements.
- Lead and support MBR/QBR where required this includes being the voice of our Suppliers and by making sure the payment process is running smoothly, they have the support needed, and take corrective and preventive measures if needed.
About the team
Operations sits at the heart of the Amazon customer experience. We look after everything from the moment a customer clicks buy, to the moment their item is delivered - from desktop to doorstep. Across EMEA we have more than 100 fulfilment centres, hundreds of delivery stations, thousands of m
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