Description

Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon websites and when the box arrived wondered how you got it so fast, how much it would have cost Amazon, what kinds of complex transportation systems & processes must be running behind the scenes, who is delivering them and what kind of agreements exist with our carriers to deliver parcels? Are you interested in developing complex strategies and long term-planning to deliver multi-million euros transportation savings/value? Do you want to play a role in the rapid development of Amazon Extra Large (AMXL) in Europe? If so, the EU Transportation Procurement team is for you. Our team covers End-to-End commercial activities for first mile, middle mile and last mile operations across Europe.

Amazon seeks a Procurement Manager to own and develop relationships with suppliers, develop country / program strategies for our Last Mile network and negotiate deals for our AMXL/Special Handling Heavy Bulky Carriers.

This role would have responsibility to define, develop and implement a sustainable strategy for our transportation operations in Europe both from an operational and commercial view with a goal to implement with our 3P suppliers across countries and organizations

Key job responsibilities

• A member of the Transportation Procurement team with responsibility to drive development and roll-out of best practices to support our journey towards Commercial Excellence.

• Develop an aligned strategy including initiatives to establish new and innovative services, drive performance and speed improvements, and secure capacity for growth

• Engage stakeholders to ensure the supply base meets Amazon’s business needs in all areas and is prepared for future requirements

• Establish program and supplier sourcing strategies, lead cross-functional strategic sourcing projects, negotiate with suppliers, and execute sustainable contracts to optimize Amazon’s AMXL e2e benefit and on behalf of our customers

• Identify and implement significant bottom-line cost savings and new sources of revenue through business development.

• Drive appropriate commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving the lowest total cost of ownership that meets the business’ goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement with cost & performance benchmarks in use

• Manage suppliers to proactively identify, monitor and optimize opportunities

• Own supplier relationship management activities to improve performance and add value to Amazon operations

• Establish carrier performance management, define evaluations and classifications, drive towards long-term strategic partnerships with high performing carriers

• Develop and continually improve contract templates in alignment with internal stakeholders (e.g., align requirements for new services / align terms with finance, tax, legal); develop pre-approved standard clauses in order to maximize contract value and fulfilment of customer needs

• Establish structured and lean contract update / renewal process and ensure appropriate contract management discipline

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Luxembourg, LUX

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Knowledge of procurement/commercial strategy definition and implementation (strong commercial acumen).

• Excellent written skills with the experience and capability to create and present documentation to senior executives. Excellent command of the English language

• High level of numeracy, analytical and problem solving skills. Financials understanding (ability to develop should-cost models, P&L / Balance sheet non-finance expert understandings)

• Excellent negotiation skills with knowledge of contract law

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.

• Experience in wider supply chain or operations or logistics

• Fluent in another language is a plus

• Extensive professional experience in business development, partner development, procurement, sales or marketing.

• Experienced in sophisticated negotiations involving senior leaders of partner organization

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