Global Strategic Sourcing Pro, Corporate Procurement

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Global Corporate Procurement team in Austin is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to design innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. You will drive performance, optimize efficiency, and enable new initiatives to launch rapidly in a fast-paced environment.

You will communicate with stakeholders across business units, juggle priorities, and contribute to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic sourcing efforts,

Qualifications

• Experience leading sourcing engagements across indirect spend categories.
• Ability to establish relationships with internal partners and drive savings.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with internal partners and understand priorities across suppliers.
• Support execution of sourcing events across indirect spend categories.
• Deliver savings by driving adoption of automated self-service sourcing technology.
• Support product roadmap of the self-service sourcing application.
• Manage RFx, spend analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluations, and supplier consolidation.
• Work with finance to identify savings and controllership improvements (Total Cost of Ownership).
• Provide procurement guidance to stakeholders in line with Amazon’s policies.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

RFx management

Negotiations

Vendor management

Cost optimization

Job description

Amazon's Global Corporate Procurement team in Austin is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to design innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. You will drive performance, optimize efficiency, and enable new initiatives to launch rapidly in a fast-paced environment.

You will communicate with stakeholders across business units, juggle priorities, and contribute to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic sourcing efforts,