.Minimum Requirements:- 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 presentationJob 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, to implement best practices and standardized approaches for equipment management. You will be an experienced procurement or project/program management professional, with experience of using industry standard methodologies to take the lead on defining and managing project management processes and procedures. You will have excellent communication skills to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and have 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 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 with the objective of standardizing 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 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
