Sourcing Manager FTC 6 months, EU Global Fleet & Products

Amazon; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking an experienced Fleet Sourcing Manager for a 6-month contract based in London. The successful candidate will drive the procurement for Last Mile transportation, require strong analytical and negotiation skills, and manage supplier relationships effectively. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams and necessitates a Bachelor's degree along with proven procurement experience. Travel may be required 10-20% of the time.

Qualifications

• Proven procurement experience.
• Experience dealing with external partners and supplier negotiations.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver on the end-to-end EU sourcing strategy of vehicles for peak 2025.
• Lead in negotiation on commercial terms and build long-term relationships with suppliers.
• Manage a supplier database ensuring it contains necessary information.

Skills

Exceptional excel and data mining skills

Analytical skills

Strong stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job ID: 3128429 | Amazon UK Services Ltd. Role is a 6 month contract and can be based in London, Berlin, Paris, Munich, or Milan.

The Last Mile team within Amazon Logistics is looking for an experienced Fleet Sourcing Manager to drive Amazon’s Last Mile mobility procurement as we expand or scope into additional mobility solutions.

At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. One experience that we’re constantly improving is how we fulfil and deliver orders right to the customer’s doorstep. Our goal is to exceed the expectations of all our customers by ensuring that their orders, no matter how large or small, are delivered where and when they need them, as quickly, accurately, safely, and cost‑effectively as possible. To meet this goal, Amazon is continually striving to innovate and provide best‑in‑class delivery experiences through the introduction of pioneering new products and services in the Last Mile Delivery space.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in the rapidly growing Amazon Logistics organization. The Last Mile initiative is a highly visible program (internally and with our customers). Come join our team and help us make history!

The Fleet Sourcing Manager will be responsible for the improvement and execution of Amazon’s Last Mile variable fleet sourcing of tens of thousands of vans annually across EU. To be successful in this role, you need to be comfortable managing highly complex relationships with external stakeholders and driving multiple internal Amazon teams to achieve your goals. A successful candidate will be analytical, resourceful, customer-focused, team oriented, and will have an ability to work independently under time constraints to meet deadlines. The candidate will have a proven track record in taking on end-to-end ownership, and proven procurement experience.

This role might require the ability to travel 10–20% of the time.

Key job responsibilities

• Deliver on the end-to-end EU sourcing strategy of vehicles for peak 2025
• Support the annual sourcing process (RFP) in collaboration with cross‑functional teams to secure future capacity at optimal terms.
• Lead in negotiation on commercial terms and build long‑term relationship with suppliers.
• Ownership of end-to-end supplier contract process, including automation
• Central EU ownership of suppliers including performance management and central escalations requiring leadership involvement.
• Challenge partners on timelines, quality of service and other potential bottlenecks.
• Use databases and analytical tools to make data‑led decisions.
• Internalize goals and work independently to create appropriate action plans for those goals.
• Communicate effectively so all stakeholders understand the direction and vision and are aligned.
• Proactively engage with all areas of the organization to identify inter‑dependencies, mutually beneficial goals, and influencing leadership.

A day in the life

• Maintaining existing supplier relationships and growing the partnerships through volume increases YoY, negotiating commercial terms and increasing supplier involvement in key initiatives.
• Conducting regular meetings with suppliers to ensure all are on track to deliver the offered volumes, as well as negotiating cancellations.
• Creating and closing work order contracts for volumes and services across the EU and ensuring they are compliant with Legal, Tax and Accounting standards.
• Managing a supplier database and ensuring it contains the necessary supplier information for Fleet teams and the wider organization. This includes updating the account information, supplier escalation matrix, rate cards, and offer information.
• Working with Global Corporate Procurement to enable best practices and efficiencies throughout the procurement process.
• Acting as a POC for all internal stakeholders on any matter related to fleet, which include supporting the Payments team, Fleet Execution and Deployment team, Central Operations for escalations, Finance and Fleet planning.
• Growing the supplier pool by profiling new leads and integrating these suppliers into the Amazon sourcing model. This also includes supporting any new initiatives through lead generation and marketing initiatives.
• Supporting leadership during reviews by providing status updates and offering solutions required for the monthly forecasts.

About the team

The EU Global Fleet & Product team is responsible for Amazon's Last Mile Fleet across Sourcing, Supply Chain planning and execution, Product development and Electrification.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Exceptional excel and data mining skills
• Experience dealing with external partners and with supplier negotiations
• Analytical skills, ability to evaluate trade‑off
• Strong stakeholder management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fleet management, last‑mile operations
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams
• Knowledge of other EU language(s) - ideally Spanish, German and/or French

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