.5+ years' experience in Procurement in a construction organization performing change management, process improvement and process innovation.Demonstrated ability as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule.Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners to overcome obstacles and deliver results.Fluent in English and Spanish.Some travel is required.AWS is seeking a motivated and data-driven Construction Services Procurement Manager to develop and implement a Procurement Change programme for the EMEA data centre construction space.
The ideal candidate should have a management consulting or change management background, have strong supply chain and procurement skills, analytical and financial acumen, communication capabilities, construction background and a hands-on passion to dive-deep into processes used in our data center operations environment.
The candidate must have proven skills in managing operational and project teams for procurement improvement projects.As a Procurement Manager for the Spain region, you will work closely with the Construction and Procurement teams to streamline vendor relationships, focusing on tier 2 and tier 3 vendors, ensuring timely delivery of materials, and mitigating bottlenecks in the procurement process.
This role will also play a critical part in applying lessons learned from previous projects to enhance efficiency and optimize vendor performance.
You will create and implement change programmes that will address policy, process and system changes needed to raise the maturity of the procurement function and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce costs and improve procurement function efficiency for AWS.
You will develop mechanisms and metrics to manage improved internal processes.
Additionally, you will drive results through methods that include identifying wasteful processes, analysing data and market trends for increasing the business impact of procurement.
You will also create global Procurement processes and tools to drive innovation across teams.The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately and influences customers and suppliers at all levels.
You must be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy.
To be successful in this role you must be: highly analytical; think strategically andglobally; have a sense of urgencyto meet customer timelines; exhibit an intense curiosity and learning drive; succeed in a fast-pacedenvironment; engage and influence key stakeholders; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement.
Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives.
It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon's Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a "get it done" mentality