Global Procurement Process Owner, Global Process Excellence

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Dubai seeks a highly skilled Senior Procurement Manager for Procurement Innovation to lead complex programs across Source to Pay and drive progress on key strategies. The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering measurable improvements.

You will bridge taxonomy solutions with internal customers, manage cross-functional virtual teams, and regularly present to senior management on progress and risks.

Qualifications

• Experience with AS-Is and To-Be process mapping.
• Experience in defining and executing program requirements.
• Data and metrics to determine improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and program management for designated procurement processes.
• Identify business challenges and map to best-in-class solutions.
• Influence long-term capability model strategy and roadmaps.
• Manage high-complexity end-to-end procurement programs and change adoption.

Skills

Process mapping

Supply chain

Data-driven decision making

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Amazons mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there we need to develop leaders who represent and can innovate on behalf of a diverse and demanding global customer base. We are seeking a highly skilled versatile and strong Senior Procurement Manager Procurement Innovation to lean a complex set of projects and initiatives and drive progress on key strategies.

With your help Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation. This is your chance to make history.

The ideal candidate is a creative demonstrated leader with strong ability to challenge ambiguity superior analytical abilities with extensive experience in process improvement and digitalization in procurement / Source to Pay. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with process analysis mapping AS/IS processes and define TO/BE by leading project teams.

At the core of the position is to bridge the gap to the best-in-class Taxonomy solutions in order to solve the needs of internal Global Procurement Operations customers. This opportunity requires excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills.

This position involves regular communication with senior management on progress risks and change control. Ability to steer extended cross-discipline virtual teams as well as project management and executive presentation skills are essential to this role.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead of a) strategy and intake b) program management and adoption and c) serial-life support and continuous improvement for your designated processes
• Identify key business challenges to be solved through process improvement and mapping with best-in-class
• Influence the overall GPO Capability Model strategy and long-term roadmap
• Lead high-complexity end-to-end procurement process programs: from identifying the key business challenges designing the right mechanism of change and delivering the desired strategic outputs and business objectives
• Design an iterative process of development adoption and inspection and identify areas of improvement for next iteration
• Lead change management and adoption of the new process or SOP across the procurement function and business stakeholders
• Regular communication with senior management on progress risks and change control

Key metrics: customer experience efficiency adoption...

• Bachelors degree
• Experience defining and executing program requirements
• Experience in supply chain
• Process mapping experience (AS-Is and To-BE)
• Risk and Gap identification
• Masters degree
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

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