Overview
Procurement Specialist , SPM Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Amazon MENA
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to join afast-pacedGlobal Procurement Organization (GPO) team servicing Amazon Stores Operations? By joining the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Site Procurement Operations Team (SPO), you have the opportunity to lead and deliver strategic Procurement projects for our internal Business Partners at local, national, regional, and worldwide levels. As a Procurement Specialist I, you will be a Business Partner for our sites in a cross-functional environment with Operations, Procurement peers, support departments, and Suppliers.
This will empower you to procure value-adding solutions to the Business and play a key role in drivingcontinuous improvement,innovation,sustainability, and preventing legal & supply risks through your Procurement missions.
Key Job Responsibilities
SOURCING AND PROJECT DELIVERY:
Manage the SPO Process and policy, from needs detection to execution of sourcing requirements, at local, regional, country, and cross-continent levels.
Anticipate and understand the business needs, to provide the right Procurement strategy with optimal requirements.
Lead sourcing, suppliers due diligence, negotiations, risk assessments, and other best practices, using Coupa (ERP) and other tools.
Conduct market research and evaluate Suppliers’ manufacturing capabilities to enhance/develop GPO Suppliers base for current and future needs.
Deliver projects (RFI, RFQ, etc.) with different spend thresholds, complexity, risks, confidentiality, and time constraints. Analyze solutions and make recommendations to the Business.
Execute and support GPO projects and initiatives (tenders, cost optimizations,sustainability, process improvements, etc.) of different scales and magnitudes. Additionally, support the critical yearly peak readiness (e.g., capturing and documenting Lesson Learned and Successes, creating pre-peak readiness presentations, and executing playbook actions).
INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP:
Be the face of Procurement for operations on site, and build effective business partnering.
Proactively partner with (i) SiteLeadership(ii) other GPO teams such as Category or Global Supplier Management (iii) key partner functions such as Finance or Legal.
Where appropriate, lead M Â and Q Â with main internal and external stakeholders (GM, Change, RME, Vendors). Additionally, bring your expertise to key supplier meetings or internal processes such as GEMBAs and Daily Deep Dives.
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) to add value to procurement local categories and processes. Identify and leverage savings opportunities, perform spend analysis, and support strategy definition for the country network. Deliver additional monetary value by usingdiversecost/revenue management leverages (operational savings, revenue generation, warrants, long-term contracts). Have the ability to extend SME responsibilities to different scales, including EMEA level.
Be an ambassador of the internal Spending & Transaction and GPO policies. Educate and drive correct behaviors from Business Partners towards those rules and best practices.
Provide functional skills training, including to other GPO members.
SYSTEMS/TOOLS:
Utilize various applications and systems to provide reliable reporting and data (ERP, Quicksight, Power
BI, etc.) including Supplier performance metrics.
Use and enhance the available tools to analyze and leverage opportunities and risks on spends, categories, vendors, legal, and other aspects.
SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT:
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Title: Procurement Specialist , SPM
Company: Amazon MENA
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Category: Business, Management
