Head of Procurement, Global Tail Spend
Job ID: 2750485 | Amazon Spain Services, S.L.U.
The Head of Procurement, Global Tail Spend is a leadership position responsible for overseeing, optimizing, and executing the tail spend strategies within GPO (Global Procurement Organization). This role is pivotal in ensuring that procurement operations are efficient, cost-effective, and aligned with the company's strategic goals. The role leads a team of procurement professionals, interacts with senior leadership inside and outside of GPO, and implements best practices in procurement to drive value and efficiency across the organization.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Develop & implement strategic initiatives for managing tail spend, streamlining and automating the procurement processes to reduce costs.
Lead, develop, and inspire a diverse, global team of procurement professionals, fostering a high-performance and continuous improvement culture and driving process design and execution initiatives to future-proof the function.
Drive tail spend catalogue efficiencies at scale.
Engage and collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders (e.g., finance, operations, IT, suppliers, industry experts) to ensure procurement strategies support overall business objectives.
Define and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) for procurement processes and shared services, analyze data, benchmark against industry best practices, and report on performance to drive continuous improvement.
Develop and manage the procurement budget, ensuring financial targets are met.
Stay updated on industry trends and best practices to ensure the procurement processes and shared services remain competitive and effective.
Use data-driven insights to inform decision-making and prepare & present reports to senior leadership.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience in team management.
Experience in supply chain.
Experience working with, presenting to, and influencing senior executives up to VP level.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization.
MBA.
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to drive improvements.
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