Category Manager, Global Procurement Organization, Associate Commute Services - Luxembourg

Location

Luxembourg | Germany

Job description

DESCRIPTION

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

The Category Procurement Manager within Amazon’s Global Procurement Organization, supports Associate Commute Services Category and is responsible for strategic procurement of employee commute programs across Amazons Fulfillment Network globally. We partner with stakeholders to develop new and improved ways for employees to get to and from work, reducing overall drive-alone commute trips, traffic congestion, carbon emissions, and parking demand. Many Associate Commute Services programs also improve employee morale, recruitment, retention, and positively impact community engagement.

The Category Procurement Manager identifies and leads strategic category sourcing activities to lower overall total cost of ownership of Amazon’s fulfillment operations network ensuring Services are available to meet business owner requirements. They develop and negotiate framework agreements to reduce risk, supporting local teams in project specific needs relevant to category. Successful candidates will be natural self-starters who are comfortable leading complex projects.

Key job responsibilities

• Establish sourcing strategies to operationalize and scale across a global network
• Support, align, and partner with multiple teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies
• Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and supplier to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions
• Identify, achieve, and report on savings and value targets for category sourcing activities
• Create and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to show performance and proactively identify risk
• Act as Subject Matter Expert regarding your categories; anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed
• Develop and maintain relationships with municipalities
• Drive industry best practice that meets the business’ goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement
• Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon
• Create quality analysis on a day-to-day basis
• Create buy-in for the vision with key internal partners

About the team

This role can be based in one of the below locations:
Luxembourg
Madrid
Barcelona
London

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Luxembourg, LUX

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience defining and executing program requirements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
• Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• Fluent in one European language such as, Spanish, German, Polish, and/or French.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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