Strategic Sourcing Manager, Global Corporate Procurement

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Indirect Procurement to join our Global Corporate Procurement team in North America. This pivotal role leads sourcing engagements across diverse business units to enable new initiatives to launch and scale rapidly, grounded in data-driven decision making and strong stakeholder communication.

The role involves managing RFx, spend analysis, contract evaluation, and supplier consolidation while partnering with finance to maximize savings and

Qualifications

• Experience leading strategic sourcing engagements across multiple business units.
• Ability to translate data insights into actionable procurement strategies.
• Strong communication skills to influence senior leaders and partners.

Responsibilities

• Establish strong relationships with internal partners to understand requirements and priorities.
• Support execution of sourcing events across indirect spend categories.
• Deliver savings by driving adoption of automated self-service sourcing technology.
• Support enhancements and roadmap of the self-service sourcing application.
• Manage RFx processes, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
• Collaborate with business and finance leaders to identify savings and controllership improvements (total cost of ownership).
• Provide guidance on procurement strategies in accordance with Global policies.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Data analytics

Stakeholder communication

Negotiation

Leadership

Tools

Self-service sourcing platform

Job description

At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer and employee-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 Global Corporate Procurement team is seeking a Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Indirect Procurement to join our team in North America.

Global Strategic Sourcing Manager play a pivotal role at Amazon, leading sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units to enable new initiatives to launch and scale rapidly. Global Strategic Sourcing Manager are expert practitioners in creating competitive environments, and have a strong bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. They routinely advise senior Amazon leaders on innovative sourcing strategies that create sustainable, long-term partnerships. They are highly effective communicators, able to articulate the value proposition of partnering with procurement.

Key job responsibilities

• - Establishing strong relationships with internal business partners; building a robust understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories
• - Supporting execution of sourcing events across all indirect spend categories
• - Delivering savings and increased spend under management by driving adoption of a automated self-service sourcing technology application
• - Supporting enhancements and the product development roadmap of the self-service sourcing application based upon purchasing history and stakeholder sourcing requirements
• - Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation
• - Working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership.
• - Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazon’s global policies