Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
Proven project management experience and skills in Supply Chain/Procurement
Ability to dive deep into challenges, identify and mitigate root causes
Professional experience in Procurement
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
Experience with metrics creation and data presentation
Job Overview:
Amazon is hiring a Procurement Manager to join the EU Launch & Expansion Procurement team. You'll be responsible for:
Providing leadership, management, and coordination of procurement tasks and dependencies to support the on-time delivery of goods and services for new sites as part of the EU launch program.
Analyzing large data sets, identifying improvement areas, and carrying out root cause analysis to detect systemic issues.
Defining and leading process improvement project initiatives across multiple business lines.
Monitoring and controlling multiple project progress and performance simultaneously.
The role is seen as a strategic driver for excellence, implementing best practices and standardized approaches for equipment management. You will be an experienced procurement or project/program management professional, with experience using industry-standard methodologies to lead and manage project management processes and procedures. You will have excellent communication skills to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and the ability to focus simultaneously on short-term deliverables and continuous improvement initiatives to deliver long-term value to internal customers.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Provide leadership, management, and coordination of procurement tasks and dependencies to ensure goods and services critical to the launch of new sites are planned for, ordered, and delivered on time.
Lead the setup of all standard procurement procedures for new sites and identify ways to streamline existing processes to remove waste across multiple business groups and categories.
Track and report project progress and performance, proactively identify risks, issues, and manage mitigation plans when necessary.
Provide fast and responsive support when faced with escalations from senior leadership, own and drive resolution of issues.
Partner with Category Managers to standardize category order and escalation processes, driving effective two-way communication and mitigating risks related to all EU launches.
Provide guidance, coaching, and technical support to internal customers to embed the use of best practice processes.
Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships with internal customers in the Start-Up and Launch teams, ensuring regular communication channels are in place.
About the Team:
The Launch & Expansion Procurement team acts as the procurement frontline, supporting Launch and Start-Up teams in the execution of new building launches for all EU Ops business groups including Customer Fulfillment (CF), Amazon Transportation Services (ATS), Amazon Logistics (AMZL), Global Specialty Fulfillment (GSF), and Amazon Extra Large (AMXL). We program manage the procurement milestones and tasks, track and monitor purchase order delivery timings, report on project progress, and work in close partnership with other internal procurement teams. Our mission is to ensure all goods and services are planned for, ordered, and delivered in line with the program timeline.
Additional Qualifications:
Ability to dive deep into data, identify trends, and define opportunities.
High attention to detail, including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
Focus and passion for high-quality standards and thinking forward on mechanisms to reduce defects.
Analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop a business case.
Strong change management and implementation experience, including a demonstrated ability to engage effectively with high levels of management.
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