Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Global Corporate Procurement

About the role

Amazon’s Global Corporate Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join us in Arlington, VA. In this role, you will design innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of Amazon and subsidiary business units. Your mission is to improve performance, optimize efficiency, ensure top-notch quality, and enable new initiatives to launch and scale rapidly.

You will manage strategic sourcing engagements, working under the general direction of senior team members, and demonstrate a passionate commitment to procurement excellence. Adept at juggling multiple priorities, you will thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts.

Responsibilities

• Support complex sourcing projects from start to finish, engaging with diverse internal and external stakeholders to identify sourcing strategies that balance business needs, effort, and efficiencies.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 2+ years of relevant strategic sourcing and category management experience in indirect categories such as professional services, support or maintenance spend, supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with a matrixed team of stakeholders to achieve a common goal.
• Experience in a procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities.
• Experience working proactively and independently, meeting deadlines, and delivering on projects and tasks.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating legal terms in a broad range of standard commercial contracts.
• Passion for delivering exceptional service and working with customers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

Base salary range: $84,500.00 – $147,900.00 USD annually for this position in Arlington, VA.