Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Special Projects, Global Corporate Procurement; GCP

Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Special Projects, Global Corporate Procurement (GCP)

Amazon Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) is looking for high-performing individuals to serve as the go-to resource for early stage and highly confidential businesses across Amazon. This role will drive cost efficiencies and help internal teams scale quickly.

The Special Projects Strategic Sourcing Specialist supports a wide variety of functions (Source-to-Pay, negotiation, vendor management, process improvement, supply chain) for internal businesses that need to rapidly scale from small projects to multi-million dollar opportunities.

Strategic Sourcing Specialists manage strategic data analysis to identify new customers and drive sourcing engagements across Amazon teams and subsidiaries. In this role, you'll design innovative sourcing and vendor management strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units.

A day in the life as a Special Projects Strategic Sourcing Specialist involves supporting complex sourcing projects from start to finish, closely engaging with internal and external stakeholders to identify sourcing strategies that balance business needs, effort, and efficiencies.

Responsibilities include:

• Identify new internal customers and sourcing opportunities utilizing analysis from multiple sources
• Review spend data, contract pipelines, and market trends for key spend categories
• Contribute to cross-functional team meetings to align on Source-to-Pay priorities and requirements
• Contribute to ongoing customer and vendor management, including development of category and vendor management plans
• Partner with business, finance, and legal leaders to identify and implement Procure-to-Pay best practices including savings and controllership
• 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
• Provide procurement analytics and insights to support data-driven decision making
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in strategic sourcing
• Track spend and consumption across key agreements and identify associated risks

About the team:
Our Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) special projects team engages with early stage Amazon teams that do not otherwise have dedicated procurement, business development, or vendor management support.

BS/BA degree

3+ years of relevant Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Development or Data Analysis experience

MBA/MS degree

3+ years of in-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices

Experience working in a startup environment to address immediate tactical purchasing needs while building for future-scale

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