Procurement Manager

Experience in Procurement, Vendor Management, and/or Planning.
- Experience communicating and influencing stakeholders to meet deliverables through verbal and written reports.
- Experience developing and refining technical and business operational processes and influencing business decisions using data analysis.
- Experience developing and implementing ideas independently.
- Advanced Excel skills required.

At Amazon we believe that every day is still day one. A day to take a first step. A day to look forward to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It's your day to be part of something great. A day to make your ideas come to life. And your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That's the energy and passion behind Amazon.

Do you want to transform the transportation and delivery service industry? Do you see a clear path where others see roadblocks? Would you rather break the mold to do something right than settle for the status quo? What if you could use your creativity to change the direction of the entire transportation and delivery sector to raise the bar on customer experience? Would you like to participate in ground breaking initiatives related to Transportation? Then, this is the role for you.

Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) is looking for a Procurement Manager to work with the newly set up Surface Transportation Procurement team. In this role, you will support in setting up tenets and bench marking the current capacity procurement process against internal and external standards that will support the growth of the Amazon's Middle Mile Transportation network. You will be responsible for defining, scoping and implementing initiatives to also source Carrier capacity in alignment with the Amazon Transportation Services EU strategy while satisfying performance and budget goals. You will work on defining the business strategy to transform the current transportation environment while influencing Senior Leadership on the direction for the Middle Mile business.

Key job responsibilities
- Drive strategy, prioritize projects/initiatives and feature sets, as well as align and sets stakeholders expectations for Amazon. This requires interaction with Amazon’s WW operations and technical teams.
- Develop the procurement strategy to engage and negotiate with large vendors to introduce new services.
- Set up the structure and process required for Carrier procurement, including processes such as tender creation and carrier selection.
- Work closely with a team of Program and Product Managers to drive the collection and implementation of requirements, ensure alignment with corporate objectives and contractual obligations.
- Define, prioritize and plan the resources and technical requirements needed for programs to be delivered on time.
- Have clear, precise, and regular communication with all stakeholders. This includes ongoing project/program status reports as well as capturing requirements.
- Set up key Procurement KPIs to measure, monitor and improve metrics such as Total Cost of Ownership and Supplier base diversity.
- Introduce innovations to make step changes towards sustainable procurement, including identifying, developing and delivering procurement innovation.
- Monitor project execution and ensure that the project delivery is to the appropriate levels of quality and in line with its target date, ensuring the overall integrity within the program.
- Academic focus on Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Mathematics/Engineering or MBA.
- Proficiency with analytics tools such as TABLEAU, Microsoft Excel to include making charts, data manipulation, pivot tables, creating macros, and visual basic knowledge.
- Fluency in German, French, Polish, or other European languages
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience in vendor management, handling truck sourcing, is a bonus.