Procurement Analytics Program Manager
Amazon, United States
Job Description
Amazon Global Mile is seeking qualified candidates to join our Global Mile Inbound Procurement Analytics team. Amazon.com reaches customers around the globe on all seven continents, and are in need of individuals who want to help ensure a fast cost effective solution to delivering packages to every far reach of the world. Do you obsess over how to improve processes to deliver a superior customer experience? Do the words “that can’t be done”, drive you to find a solution for how “that can be done”? Do you desire a career that will focus on how to globalize the B2C delivery service and set the new standard for the balance of the industry to envy? Do you thrive off of detailed data analysis to develop optimized processes and drive continuous improvement of those processes? If these characteristics describe you, then come join the Amazon.com Inbound Procurement Analytics team and help make the world smaller…one package at a time.
The Inbound Procurement Analytics team is looking for a strong candidate for the role of Procurement Program Manager. In this role the successful candidate will manage end to end analytics activities of a procurement event life cycle (Event admin, Bid Analysis, Cost analysis, Legal Approval, Rate Card Maintenance, etc.) This role will work closely with the IB Regional Procurement Manager in successfully executing sourcing events. Besides sourcing events, this role will collaborate with portfolio procurement managers to manage the ongoing relationship with LSPs. This role will also conduct research to identify external sources of information that can help answer both tactical and strategic questions the team faces. This role will regularly interact with our Tech team to provide input from Procurement aspect. The successful candidate will thrive off waking up daily and determining how well we performed to our goals, and how we satisfied our customers today. Knowledge of global logistic is preferred
Job Specification
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· Undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Distribution, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields
· 3+ years in sourcing and procurement experience
· Strong analytical skills and business judgment
· Advanced proficiency in Excel and similar reporting tools
· Strong communication ability in both written and verbal formats
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Distribution, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields
· 5+ years’ experience in a global logistic/distribution environment
· E-Sourcing Platform usage experience (Ariba, Coupa, etc.)
· Advanced Excel proficiency
· Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with both technical and business people; ability to speak at a level appropriate for the audience both upwards and down
· Proven ability to deliver under tight timeline and navigate with some ambiguity
· Strong passion for Global Logistics, Procurement, and Technology
· Experience in SQL, Tableau, and Statistics Analytical tool would be a plus
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