Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Global Corporate Procurement

Description

Are you a Strategic Sourcing superstar looking to make a big impact? As Amazon rapidly becomes the world's largest consumer of corporate services, our Global Corporate Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to join us in Arlington, VA.

About the role

Strategic Sourcing Specialists, working under the general direction of more senior team members, manage strategic sourcing engagements as a central team supporting a wide range of Amazon and subsidiary business units. In this pivotal role, you'll design innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. Your mission? Improve performance, optimize efficiency, ensure top-notch quality, and enable new initiatives to launch and scale with lightning speed.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrating a passionate commitment to procurement excellence, you will flawlessly handle and execute sourcing initiatives, communicating efficiently and effectively with stakeholders across various business units.
• Adept at juggling multiple priorities, you will thrive in the fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

• Adept at juggling multiple priorities, you will thrive in the fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities.
• 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.
• Experience working proactively and independently, meeting deadlines, and delivering on projects and tasks.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating the legal terms in a broad range of standard commercial contracts.

Benefits

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $84,500.00 - $147,900.00 USD annually.

Schedule

Not specified.