Strategic Sourcing Specialist Marketing, Global Corporate Procurement

Are you a Strategic Sourcing superstar looking to make a big impact

As Amazon rapidly becomes the worlds largest consumer of corporate services our Global Corporate Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join us in London UK. This role will focus on the Public Relations (PR) sub-category.

Strategic Sourcing Specialists working under the general direction of more senior team members manage strategic sourcing engagements as a central team supporting a wide range of Amazon and subsidiary business units.

In this pivotal role youll design innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. Your mission Improve performance optimize efficiency ensure top-notch quality and enable new initiatives to launch and scale with lightning speed.

Demonstrating a passionate commitment to procurement excellence you will flawlessly handle and execute sourcing initiatives communicating efficiently and effectively with stakeholders across various business units. Adept at juggling multiple priorities you will thrive in the fast-paced dynamic environment contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts.

Does this sound like your next great challenge If youre passionate about finding the right products goods and services at the right time from the right suppliers we want to hear from you.

Come join our fast-paced innovative team and help Amazon make history in Corporate Procurement.

At Amazon we believe that in-person collaboration is essential to our culture and innovation. While we allow flexibility for personal circumstances we generally expect employees to work from our offices five days a week. This approach has consistently shown that spontaneous interactions rapid problem-solving and the energy of in-person teamwork lead to better results for our particular our data shows that teams working together in person are more effective at making complex decisions onboarding new team members and fostering the kind of creative collaboration that has driven Amazons success. The serendipitous hallway conversations and impromptu whiteboarding sessions that happen naturally in an office environment have proven invaluable to our invention process and maintaining our high bar for excellence.

As a Strategic Sourcing Specialist you will support complex sourcing projects from start to finish. This will involve closely engaging with a diverse array of internal and external stakeholders to identify sourcing strategy - that balances business needs effort and efficiencies.

Key job responsibilities
- Review spend data and market trends for key indirect spend categories
- Participate in cross-functional team meetings to align on sourcing priorities and requirements
- Conduct market research and prepare RFP documents for upcoming sourcing projects
- Manage the RFP process evaluate proposals negotiate commercial deal terms and contracts and create award recommendations
- Contribute to the development of category management plans
- Provide procurement analytics and insights to support data-driven decision making
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in strategic sourcing

- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations global contract management process improvement operational and financial analysis

- Experience working with stakeholders or experience working in a large team or fast-paced corporate environment
- Experience in a procurement organization performing vendor management contract management negotiating complex purchases and bidding
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills attention to detail and effective communication abilities or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service
- Experience managing projects and working independently
- Experience in drafting and negotiating the legal terms in a broad range of standard commercial contracts

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