Strategic Sourcing Manager (Indirect), Global Corporate Procurement

At Amazon our vision is to be Earths most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the worlds largest consumer of corporate services in many categories the Corporate Strategic Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team. This role is uniquely positioned at the nexus of business units across Amazon and offers singular vision into a broad spectrum of cross-company initiatives and strategies on a global scale. Using this unique insight the Strategic Sourcing Manager will build and lead sourcing engagements for both existing and newly emerging categories of spend as well as negotiate multi-faceted partnership agreements for Amazons high-growth businesses worldwide. Strategic Sourcing Managers own complex categories across multiple business units and regions often in markets with limited competition and pricing transparency and lead transformational sourcing initiatives with global scope. Strategic Sourcing Managers are expert practitioners in creating competitive environments and have a strong bias for decisionmaking rooted in data and analytics. They routinely influence C-level vendor relationships by advising senior Amazon leaders across multiple stakeholder groups on the direction of sourcing projects in support of business unit and corporate goals and they raise the bar for sourcing peers across the global team. Successful candidates must work well in a fast-paced and often ambiguous arena and will be rewarded by working alongside highly collaborative and entrepreneurial colleagues in an environment that feels much more startup than big company. Spend categories under management include indirect categories such as Logistics Technology such as Software Hardware Data Purchase Telecommunication Cybersecurity among others. If you are an experienced sourcing professional with a passion for serving customers and for driving change and impact on a global scale then we would love to talk with you.

Key job responsibilities
Owning one or more complex (sub-)categories across multiple business units and/or regions developing and executing (sub-)category strategies
Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients and achieving sustainable relationships with suppliers.
Managing categories in markets with limited competition and limited pricing transparency proactively identifying and mitigating supplier commercial and ESG risk.
Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis.
Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx spend pattern analysis contract analysis bid evaluation negotiations and supplier consolidation.
Leading transformational sourcing projects with complex global scope coordinating work across team members and regions.
Working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements focusing on total cost of ownership and value creation beyond cost savings.
Presenting sourcing strategies recommendations and decisions to senior leaders up to three levels above you.
Contributing inputs to annual and long-range operating plans (OP1 OP2 and three-year forecast).
Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazons global policies.
Preparing and holding business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance future opportunities and/or challenges.
Mentoring and sharing best practices with sourcing peers across the global team.

A day in the life
Your morning might start with a cross-functional alignment call for an upcoming RFP involving three business units followed by analyzing bid responses and building a recommendation deck for senior leadership. After lunch youre on a negotiation call with a strategic suppliers C-suite to finalize contract terms then pivoting to a spend review with Finance to validate savings actuals against targets. Youll close the day by coaching a business partner through the supplier evaluation framework for an upcoming engagement. No two days look the same youll balance long-range strategic planning with hands-on execution often managing five or more active sourcing engagements simultaneously across different stages of the lifecycle.

About the team
Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) manages Amazons indirect spend across Employee Services Marketing Professional Services Technology Logistics and Real Estate & Facilities. Were a global team of sourcing professionals who combine analytical rigor with creative problem-solving to deliver sustainable value at scale. Our culture values deep ownership intellectual curiosity and a bias for action we move fast but we move smart. Youll be joining a team where your work is visible to senior leadership and directly tied to Amazons bottom line.

- Experience with practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management benchmarking should-cost models RFX reverse auction contracting etc.)
- 5 years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management in categories such as logistics professional services support or maintenance spend supply chain forecasting manufacturing sourcing/procurement or vendor management experience
- Experience managing spend categories that include three or more of the following: Logistics IT Software IT
- Services Corporate Services Marketing Contingent labor Facilities and Real estate Capital Expenditure and Tail Spend (Indirect Categories)

- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in a non-mandated indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation
- Experience owning complex sourcing categories across multiple business units and/or regions
- Experience managing categories in markets with limited competition or limited pricing transparency including proactive supplier risk management
- Experience leading transformational or cross-regional sourcing initiatives with global scope
- Experience advising and presenting sourcing strategy to senior executives and influencing C-level vendor relationships
- Experience contributing to annual or long-range operating plans
- Experience mentoring peers or coordinating sourcing work across a distributed team

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 136900.00 - 185200.00 USD annually

Required Experience:

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