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Amazon is seeking a Sr. Manager to lead the Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) Strategic Sourcing team in India. The role can be based in Hyderabad or Bangalore.
At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth’s 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 world’s largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Global Corporate Procurement team is fueling our explosive growth by identifying innovative sourcing strategies and negotiating sustainable, long-term partnerships.
The Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Procurement is a senior leadership role within Amazon’s GCP organization. This role leads a team of Global Category Managers (GCMs) responsible for conducting strategic sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. Spend categories under management include Professional Services, Software and Technology, HR, Travel, Temp Labor, Architecture, Construction, and Facilities, among others. Key required leadership traits include the ability to influence and form strong partnerships with business leaders, operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously, and the ability to support the growth and development of a senior team of direct reports.
The Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Procurement is an expert practitioner in the tools for creating competitive environments, and has a strong bias for decision-making 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. They are responsible for establishing the team structure, vision, and strategy to achieve organizational goals.
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’. If you are looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company, come make history with Amazon’s Global Corporate Procurement organization.
Role Responsibilities
· Serve as GCP’s regional leader for India, including managing a team of direct reports and providing leadership support for all India-based GCP employees.
· Own achievement of regional goals for spend under management (SUM) and savings, including establishing the strategy/vision to rapidly accelerate SUM and savings growth over the next three years.
· Establish effective mechanisms to drive team performance against goals, including processes for developing/managing a robust project pipeline.
· Build strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; build a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across suppliers and/or spend categories.
· Manage team execution of the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
· Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership.
· Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintain procurement ethics in accordance with Amazon’s global policies.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· 10+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience, including experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation with global contracts.
· 10+ years of experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFx, reverse auction, contracting, etc.).
· 3+ years of experience managing a team of direct reports
· Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
· English language proficiency (both written and verbal) is required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Strong negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.
· Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
· Strong experience assessing risk and concisely explaining complex issues to principal business owners.
· Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business.
· Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization.
· Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly synthe, distill and draw conclusions on large amounts of disparate data.
· Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills.
· Passionate self-starter with the highest integrity and ethics.
· Master’s degree (MS/MBA) preferred.


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