Site Procurement Manager, Site Procurement Operations

Site Procurement Manager, Site Procurement Operations

Job :  | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Do you want to join a fast paced Global Procurement Organization team focused on Amazon Operations? By joining the Site Procurement Operations Team, you have the opportunity to lead and deliver strategic Procurement projects for our internal Business Partners, at local, regional, national, and European level.

• Understand the business needs and ensure the requirements are justified, analysing and making recommendations to the business. Manage complex projects with high spends, risks, confidentiality, and time constraints, in ambiguous environment, across multiple sites.
• Build effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level in terms of analysing the scope of work, negotiating with vendors on cost, lead times and other key elements for local, regional, country-wide, and Europe-wide projects.
• Utilise various applications and systems to provide accurate metrics, reporting, and data including supplier performance metrics. Use and enhance the available tools to analyse opportunities and risks on spends, categories, vendors, legal aspects.
• Lead the Site Procurement Operations Process, from needs detection and definition, to contracting and implementation follow-up, going through sourcing, suppliers due diligence, negotiation, risk assessment, etc., using Coupa (ERP) and other tools. Deliver complex RFI and RFQ across multiple sites, Business Units, and possibly countries.
• Create and execute contractual agreements such as Work Orders and Master Supply Agreements, driving contract compliance from vendors. Deliver contracts from A to Z mastering CLM (Contract Life Management).
• Execute and support national and EU‑wide procurement projects and initiatives (tenders, cost optimisation, sustainability, process improvements, etc.), proactively collaborating with other Global Procurement Teams such as Category and partnering with Finance.
• Manage and ensure governance on Supplier Performance to ensure a high service level in terms of lead time, quality & maintenance, following‑up contracts. Lead and support M /Q  where required and as agreed with Supplier Management Pillar and Categories. This also includes ensuring the overall invoicing and payment process is running correctly for Amazon and the Vendors, taking corrective and preventive measures where needed.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a local category to identify and seize savings opportunities, perform spend analysis and support a strategy definition for the country network. Deliver additional monetary value by using more complex cost/revenue management levers (operational savings, revenue generation, warrants, long‑term contracts).
• Work with internal stakeholders to understand the needs of the business and embed Amazon’s sustainability goals and processes by reducing waste, re‑using materials and ensuring CSR compliance. Proactively contribute to strategic EU‑wide cross‑functional teams and initiatives (with GPSS, Category, EU SPO Functional improvement Pillars).
• Meet targeted Key Performance Indicators to deliver value for the business such as savings, financial metrics, sustainability and maintaining compliance against these categories.
• Be an ambassador by ensuring full compliance with the company Spending & Transaction policy, educating and driving the correct behaviours of business stakeholders towards internal procurement policy handbook. Lead M  and Q  with main internal and external stakeholders (GM, Change, RME, Vendors).
• Act as Country SME for a large category and/or have the ability to extend SME responsibilities to EU scope level.
• Provide trainings to the other Buyers on functional skills.

• Experience in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business, IT or any other procurement related career.
• Experience with computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience in strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis.
• Experience in written and spoken English and an ability to compose…