Strategic Sourcing Manager, Global Corporate Procurement

-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global corporation is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join their Global Corporate Procurement Team. This role involves establishing relationships with internal stakeholders, managing sourcing initiatives, and optimizing supplier engagement. Candidates should possess strategic sourcing experience, leadership in complex projects, and analytical skills. The position is office-based, with potential for flexible arrangements. Apply now to be part of a fast-paced, innovative environment that values diversity and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in indirect procurement at a multinational corporation.
• Proven experience in strategic sourcing and procurement practices.
• Experience leading complex sourcing initiatives across Professional Services.

Responsibilities

• Establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Manage sourcing and supplier engagement activities.
• Drive savings and improvements in procurement processes.

Skills

Strategic sourcing experience

Supplier negotiation

Analytical thinking

Customer focus

Project management

Education

BS/BA Degree

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a team that has a meaningful and measurable impact on Amazon's success. At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer‑centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the world's largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Corporate Procurement team is fueling our explosive growth by identifying innovative sourcing strategies and negotiating sustainable, long‑term partnerships. We are seeking a skilled Strategic Sourcing Manager with experience leading complex sourcing initiatives across Professional Services.

Key leadership traits required include the ability to influence and form partnerships with business leaders, and operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously. Strategic Sourcing Managers are expert practitioners in the tools for creating competitive environments, and have a bias for decision‑making rooted in data and analytics. They routinely influence vendor relationships by advising Amazon leaders across multiple stakeholder groups on the direction of sourcing projects in support of business goals. If you are looking for a new challenge in a fast‑paced, innovative company, come make history with Amazon's Corporate Procurement department.

This position is office‑based; however, Amazon encourages open communication about unique needs for flexible arrangements.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Establishing strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
• Dive deep across multiple business units to leverage our supplier base with the goal of optimizing performance, quality, and cost.
• Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking; leveraging key‑insights to inform and support the strategic sourcing strategy development process.
• Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
• Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers and geographies.
• Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, optimizing the return on investment and total cost of ownership.
• Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and best‑practice tools, such as category management, supplier evaluation and supplier diversity.

About the Team

Key coverage areas: Marketing, Professional Services, Employee Services, Technology, Logistics, Real Estate and Facilities services.

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrated strategic sourcing experience, including experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation.
• In‑depth experience in best‑in‑class procurement practices (category management, bench‑marking, RFX, contracting, etc.).
• Experience leading complex sourcing initiatives across Professional Services.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree
• Skilled negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and leading negotiations
• Knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
• An analytical thinker, able to draw conclusions from large data sets
• Customer obsessed self‑starter with the highest integrity and ethics.
• Extremely customer‑focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business
• Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly synthesize, distill and draw conclusions on large amounts of disparate data
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

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