Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Amazon
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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.
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.
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.
Does this sound like your next great challenge? If you're passionate about finding the right products, goods and services at the right time from the right suppliers, we want to hear from you. Come join our fast-paced, innovative team and help Amazon make history in Corporate Procurement. Apply today!
A day in the life
As a Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you will support complex sourcing projects from start to finish. This will involve closely engaging with a diverse array of internal and external stakeholders to identify sourcing strategy - that balances 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
About The Team
Key coverage areas: Logistics, Fleet products and services, Fuel, EV Charging, Transportation Technology
Basic Qualifications
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in transportation operations and industry knowledge
Key skills/competency
- Strategic Sourcing
- Category Management
- Procurement Excellence
- RFP Management
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder Management
- Spend Analysis
- Market Research
- Supply Chain
- Vendor Management
How to Get Hired at Amazon
- Research Amazon's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Customize your resume to highlight strategic sourcing, category management, and negotiation skills relevant to Amazon.
- Prepare for behavioral interviews: Practice answering questions using the STAR method, focusing on Amazon's Leadership Principles.
- Showcase analytical skills: Be ready to discuss how you've used data and insights to drive sourcing decisions and achieve cost savings.
- Network effectively: Connect with current Amazon employees in procurement or sourcing on LinkedIn for insights and potential referrals.
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