Global Strategic Sourcing Manager - Data-Driven Procurement

Amazon Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for the Global Corporate Procurement team. You will lead complex indirect sourcing initiatives, influence leaders across the business, and drive long-term partnerships with vendors using data-driven insights.

Strong stakeholder management, category knowledge, and negotiation expertise are essential as you optimize spend, quality, and overall supplier performance in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation.
• Experience managing spend categories including three or more: IT Software, IT Services, Corporate Services, Marketing, Contingent labor, Facilities/Real estate, Capital Expenditure, Tail Spend.
• Experience with best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFx, contracting, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with internal stakeholders and understand strategic direction and priorities across suppliers and spend categories.
• Dive deep across business units to optimize performance, quality and cost with the supplier base.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities and benchmarking to inform strategic sourcing strategy development.
• Manage RFx, spend analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluations, negotiations and supplier consolidation.
• Identify opportunities by analyzing spend and consolidating requirements across categories and geographies.
• Collaborate with finance to drive savings and total cost of ownership improvements.
• Provide guidance on procurement processes and best-practice tools such as category management and supplier diversity.

Skills

Indirect procurement

Spend analysis

Category management

Negotiation skills

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for the Global Corporate Procurement team. You will lead complex indirect sourcing initiatives, influence leaders across the business, and drive long-term partnerships with vendors using data-driven insights.

Strong stakeholder management, category knowledge, and negotiation expertise are essential as you optimize spend, quality, and overall supplier performance in a fast-paced environment.