Spain Procurement Manager, DCSP- Construction

Amazon; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading global e-commerce company is seeking a Construction Services Procurement Manager in Madrid. You will develop procurement strategies, optimize vendor relationships, and implement change programs to improve efficiency within the data center construction environment. The ideal candidate has a strong background in supply chain management and project management. This role offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment and drive impactful projects.

Formación

• Experience in global supply strategy and supply chain management.
• Proven cost-reduction results from negotiations with suppliers.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing operations.

Responsabilidades

• Streamline vendor relationships and ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Drive results by analyzing data and enhancing procurement processes.
• Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to improve efficiency.

Conocimientos

Supply chain management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Change management

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field

Master's degree in Supply Chain or related field

Herramientas

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Descripción del empleo

Overview

AWS is seeking a motivated and data-driven Construction Services Procurement Manager to develop and implement a Procurement Change in data centre construction space. The ideal candidate should have a management consulting or change management background, strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities, construction background, and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into processes used in our data centre operations environment. The candidate must have proven skills in managing operational and project teams for procurement improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• As a Procurement Manager for the Spain region, work closely with Construction and Procurement teams to streamline vendor relationships, focusing on tier 2 and tier 3 vendors, ensuring timely delivery of materials, and mitigating bottlenecks in the procurement process.
• Apply lessons learned from previous projects to enhance efficiency and optimize vendor performance.
• Create and implement change programmes addressing policy, process and system changes needed to raise the maturity of the procurement function.
• Collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce costs and improve procurement function efficiency for AWS.
• Develop mechanisms and metrics to manage improved internal processes.
• Drive results through identifying wasteful processes, analyzing data and market trends to increase the business impact of procurement.
• Create global procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.
• Think long term, drive multiple initiatives, and communicate with and influence customers and suppliers at all levels; work with autonomy and a high sense of urgency.
• Embrace and model Amazon leadership principles, and demonstrate an entrepreneurial, “get it done” mindset.
• Manage a portfolio of change projects within the Construction/Project domain.
• Identify and implement innovative ways to deliver procurement services.
• Engage and coordinate with cross-functional teams on Think Big projects.
• Achieve cost savings through process redesign and improvement.
• Achieve cycle time reduction for procurement, supplier processes and construction.
• Establish supplier framework agreements to reduce the need for competitive bids.
• Identify bottlenecks with Tier 2 and Tier 3 vendors and invent mechanisms to avoid schedule and/or cost impacts.
• Identify options for Data Centre build time reduction.
• Analyze category data and metrics to drive procurement category strategies.
• Understand trends in customers’ needs and concerns across categories and regions to influence priorities.
• Support supplier selection across multiple categories, internal teams, and regions; create longer-term supplier strategies.
• Ensure knowledge of the EMEA construction supply market, supplier capabilities, technically and geographically.
• Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality and cost; create supplier scorecards.
• Innovate within procurement, automating or improving tools or processes to support the procurement life-cycle.
• Work with construction/preconstruction teams to implement new processes in the supply chain and share lessons learned across regions and projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement preassembly initiatives on construction sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field; experience in innovative global supply strategy and global supply chain management; experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments; experience in program, project or product management.
• Master\'s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field; experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies; experience in negotiations with global suppliers with proven cost-reduction results; experience in data analysis using Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau or equivalent; experience with international procurement.

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