Global Procurement Process Owner, Global Process Excellence

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce company in Dubai is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead strategy and process improvements within procurement operations. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree, strong analytical and communication skills, and experience in process mapping and supply chain management. This role involves driving procurement innovations, managing complex projects, and regular communication with senior management. Competitive compensation offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in process analysis and mapping.
• Experience in supply chain management.
• Ability to lead cross-discipline virtual teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, program management, and support processes.
• Identify business challenges and design mechanisms for change.
• Regularly communicate with senior management on project progress.

Skills

Analytical abilities

Process improvement

Digitalization in procurement

Project management

Technical problem-solving

Communication skills

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 learn 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…

Qualifications

• 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
• Exec

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