Regional Manager, Site Procurement Operations Center

Description

Our overall mission is simple: we want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation.

This is your chance to make history.

As a Manager for the Site Procurement Operations Center (SPOC), you will lead and be responsible for the growth and development of a team responsible for Amazon’s Fulfillment Center indirect supply chain. You will be responsible for delivering on our commitments to our internal customers across the regions supported by our Global Procurement Organization.

You will be a good listener to understand the demands of your internal customers and maintain strong supplier relationships. Besides your day-to-day activities, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to get involved in projects and innovate as part of a multi-national team.

Will require working in a hybrid model and a minimum of 3 days per week on-site. This role can be based in London, Barcelona or Luxembourg.

Key job responsibilities

The extent of your responsibilities will include but is not limited to:

• Manage a team of Supply Chain Specialists in a hybrid work environment; train and develop team members and peers

• Design and secure the flow of consumable items from the suppliers’ premises to the Amazon locations; provide immediate trouble shooting in support of escalations from site operations teams

• Continuously evaluate supplier performance and proactively engage with suppliers to minimize defects

• Manage supplier and internal key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure, control and benchmark indirect supply chain processes including creation of recurring metrics reports

• Manage and improve communication lines between suppliers, internal stakeholders, and SPOC leadership listed in escalation paths

• Identify and implement savings and efficiency improvement projects in partnership with internal and external stakeholders

• Accountable for supporting new site launches for all SPOC services

• Resolve, document, and root cause indirect supply chain issues throughout the network

• Able to travel up to 50% of working time (EU)

Basic Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, IT, or related field

• Experience in Procurement within the following sub divisions: Materials Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Operations, and/or Shipping Supplies/production materials.

• Experience in supplier/vendor relationship management

• Advanced knowledge of software programs (i.e. MS Excel, Access, Outlook and Word)

• Experience labor planning, managing and coaching employee performance

• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) at all levels

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of ERP and/or MRP systems (such as Oracle, SAP, COUPA etc)

• Lean / Six-Sigma knowledge

• Experience in leading decentralized teams of specialists.

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