Job Description
At Amazon, we"re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. If you"d like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.
We are seeking a leader with procurement experience to strategically source rental equipment and services for Global Customer Fulfillment. The person in this role will coordinate with several teams across Amazon and will interact with rental suppliers to satisfy organizational requirements. The position will partner with multiple teams to develop and execute category sourcing strategies, deliver savings and improve productivity across the category.
Key job responsibilities
- Establish category sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing teams, negotiate with suppliers, and execute contracts to optimize Amazon's competitive position
- Drive relationships with category suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the optimal solution and cost of ownership that meets the business' goals
- Manage category suppliers to proactively identify, monitor, and optimize opportunities
- Act as a market intelligence provider regarding categories; anticipate strategic opportunities, and keep key stakeholders informed
- Drive category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance, and add value to Amazon
- Identify, achieve, and report on savings and value targets for category sourcing activities
- Align with internal customers and understand the business application of the category
- Negotiate and implement supplier agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions
- Help develop long-term department strategies and influence the cross-company project development and delivery processes and standard - Travel domestically 20-30% of the time
About the team
This role can be located in Bellevue, WA, Nashville, TN, Houston, TX, or Arlington, VA
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Skills
- Business Solutionsunmatched
- Category Developmentunmatched
- Category Managementunmatched
- Competitive Analysis/Strategyunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Equipment Rentalsunmatched
- Facilities Managementunmatched
- Negotiation Skillsunmatched
- Order/Customer Fulfillmentunmatched
- Performance Managementunmatched
- Procurement Strategyunmatched
- Productivity Managementunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Rentalsunmatched
- Risk Managementunmatched
- Sourcing Strategyunmatched
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
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