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Digital Procurement Solution Manager - Sourcing
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Digital Procurement Solution Manager - Sourcing page is loadedDigital Procurement Solution Manager - Sourcing Apply locations London Amsterdam time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id REQ_00037447
We’re looking for a Digital Solutions Procurement Manager - Sourcing join us in London
As a Digital Procurement Solution Manager – Sourcing, you will be instrumental in Liberty Blume’s technology enabled sourcing solution via autonomous sourcing, autonomous negotiations and e-auction capabilities. You will define, prioritize, and deliver sourcing-related features in alignment with our overall solution strategy and in close collaboration with other Digital Procurement Solution Managers across the procurement ecosystem.
This role requires strong expertise in competitive sourcing, including RFPs, RFQs, e-auctions, tactical and tail- spend sourcing and the use of AI to streamline sourcing pack creation and bid analysis. You will lead the standardization and configuration of sourcing templates within e-sourcing platforms, and train AI models to support efficient sourcing delivery and enable stakeholder-led, autonomous sourcing.
You will own sourcing-related backlog items prioritizing, in alignment with other Digital Procurement Solution Managers, to ensure seamless integration across buying channels, including orchestration and pricing automation. The role also focuses on enabling automated rate benchmarking and delivering actionable sourcing insights to drive continuous value creation.
The ideal candidate will be hard-working, motivated and resilient, with demonstrable experience working within a fast paced service design/delivery environment. Relevant experience in a leading procurement technology provider, in-house procurement Centre of Excellence, or a strategic sourcing function. Familiarity with commercial terms and supplier agreements is a strong advantage.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIESE-Sourcing vision and strategy: Define and evolve the sourcing solution vision and roadmap to enable seamless, insight-driven sourcing experiences across autonomous sourcing, negotiations, e-auctions, and emerging AI tools. Ensure full lifecycle integration—from sourcing request to award and downstream purchasing—while driving efficiency, scalability, and business value.
Sourcing and Pricing Templates: Establish and maintain standardized sourcing templates—including pricing formats, RFP structures, questionnaires, kick-off decks, and award decision documents—tailored to customer needs and sourcing categories. Configure these within e-sourcing tools, leveraging AI to enable efficient, scalable, and high-quality execution.
Sourcing Policy and Process: Partner with the policy and governance teams to drive continuous improvement of sourcing practices by introducing innovative approaches such as guided buying, autonomous sourcing, agile or rapid RFx. Participate in drafting, maintaining, and implementing sourcing policies, procedures, and customer- specific guidelines—including support for multiple buying channels—while promoting standardization, ESG alignment in close collaboration with adjacent functions.
Sourcing Insights and Analytics: Establish and continuously enhance sourcing analytics capabilities, including dashboards and reporting on sourcing cycle times, supplier participation, savings performance, pricing benchmarks, and award outcomes. Partner with the Data & Insights team to build robust sourcing data models that enable predictive, actionable insights to drive value and improve sourcing strategies.
Sourcing Backlog Ownership and Configuration: Be familiar with leading e-sourcing platforms and obtain relevant certifications to configure preferred tools independently. Translate business requirements into sourcing system configurations and lead functional testing. Own and prioritize the sourcing solution backlog across multiple connected solutions and platforms. Collaborate with other Digital Procurement Solution Managers to deliver integrated solutions (i.e. orchestration, ERP, CLM) that enhance the end-to-end sourcing experience and ensure alignment, efficiency, and functional completeness across the procurement ecosystem.
Client Enablement: Collaborate with commercial/pre-sales teams to design compelling solution proposals and implementation plans. Participate in client engagements, define best practices and support clients in implementation of those if requested.
Innovation and AI Enablement: Evaluate and support the implementation of innovative sourcing technologies, including agentic AI, to enhance sourcing event creation, supplier engagement, bid analysis, and decision-making. Lead the functional design and rollout of intelligent sourcing features, ensuring they are purpose-built and deliver measurable business value. Proactively scout the market for emerging tools and capabilities to keep the sourcing ecosystem at the forefront of innovation.
Change Management: Lead change management for e-sourcing-related initiatives. Ensure high user adoption through effective communication, training, and stakeholder engagement. Develop and maintain up-to-date training materials, conduct briefings and demos, and facilitate feedback loops for continuous improvement.
Incidents/Issue Resolution: Alerted on critical incidents associated related to sourcing tools operations, participate in defining hot fixes/workarounds for major faults with relevant technology partners.
Collaboration and Partner Engagement : Collaborate closely with industry technology partners, cross-functional teams, including LBPS delivery, strategy and other teams, Blume Technology, and Finance, Legal and other adjacent functions to ensure alignment and seamless sourcing process practices.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCEPREFERRED EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business administration, supply chain management, procurement, or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus. Hands-on experience with issuing RFPs, running e-auctions, managing autonomous sourcing workflows, and conducting negotiations is highly desirable
Qualifications and/or experience in relation to project management/process improvement methodologies e.g. Agile, Lean Six Sigma preferred.
Strong understanding of sourcing processes, including RFI/RFP/RFQ management, auctions, and negotiation workflows.
Proven experience as a product owner, global process owner or similar role focused on procurement or sourcing-related platforms.
Familiarity with suite and best of breed autonomous sourcing technologies, AI/ML-based optimization, and e-sourcing platforms
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable solutions, excellent communication and social skills
Strong knowledge of agile methodologies, including writing user stories, managing backlogs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams
What’s in it for you?
Competitive salary + Bonus **where applicable**
25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
Matched pension contribution up to 10%
Access to our car benefit scheme
Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team
Who we are:
Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!
Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.
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Strategic Sourcing Manager – Ingredients
£65k - £70k plus Package
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Are you ready to take your career to the next level within a dynamic and rapidly growing food business? This role offers the chance to be at the forefront of a well-established company with a rich heritage, now expanding a key branded segment of their business.
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Reporting directly to the Procurement Director, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategic plans. This includes managing and maintaining strategic supplier relationships for ingredients and raw materials. Exceptional relationship skills are essential, as the role requires driving value within the current supply base and ensuring a competitive advantage. Additionally, the role involves proactively building a co-manufacturing supply base to support the brand’s growth.
Candidates must possess a degree and have significant experience at a senior buyer level within the food industry, specifically in purchasing ingredients. A proven track record of strategic supplier management and experience working with third-party manufacturers is essential. Strong decision-making skills are a must, as is the ability to engage effectively with senior-level stakeholders.
This role is an excellent chance to drive the strategic sourcing agenda for a high-quality brand experiencing rapid growth. If you are ready to make a significant impact and advance your career, send your details through today.
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Strategic Sourcing Manager – Ingredients
Posted 8 days ago
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Strategic Sourcing Manager – Ingredients
£65k - £70k plus Package
London
Are you ready to take your career to the next level within a dynamic and rapidly growing food business? This role offers the chance to be at the forefront of a well-established company with a rich heritage, now expanding a key branded segment of their business.
The position of Strategic Sourcing Manager is pivotal in facilitating this exciting phase of growth. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in managing existing supplier relationships and building a co-manufacturing supply base to support the ongoing New Product Development (NPD) pipeline, ensuring the brand’s continued success.
Reporting directly to the Procurement Director, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategic plans. This includes managing and maintaining strategic supplier relationships for ingredients and raw materials. Exceptional relationship skills are essential, as the role requires driving value within the current supply base and ensuring a competitive advantage. Additionally, the role involves proactively building a co-manufacturing supply base to support the brand’s growth.
Candidates must possess a degree and have significant experience at a senior buyer level within the food industry, specifically in purchasing ingredients. A proven track record of strategic supplier management and experience working with third-party manufacturers is essential. Strong decision-making skills are a must, as is the ability to engage effectively with senior-level stakeholders.
This role is an excellent chance to drive the strategic sourcing agenda for a high-quality brand experiencing rapid growth. If you are ready to make a significant impact and advance your career, send your details through today.
This role is forecast to come life in the next month, so if you are interested, please click apply and send your CV.
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Sourcing Manager
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**Who will you be working with?**
We are seeking an experienced Sourcing Manager to join our team at the LH Group (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) based in Burton on Trent we support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.
**Role:** Sourcing Manager
**Salary:** £Competitive
**Location:** Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN) - (Onsite)
**Hours:** Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30pm and Friday 08:00am to 13:00pm, 37 hours per week
**Contract Type:** Permanent, Full-Time
**How will you make a difference?**
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**What will your typical day look like?**
+ Challenge the Bill of Materials to propose price and cost reductions.
+ Align with Regional Commodity strategies:
+ Launch RFQ on selected supplier panel, manage negotiations.
+ Evaluate offers and select the supplier with approval of SQ, Project Manager, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
+ Enable sourcing in Low-Cost Countries and liaise with appropriate commodity teams.
+ Manage purchase contracts and consult with contract/project managers to achieve results through collaboration.
+ To be accountable for transformational work streams from idea to production.
+ Deploy a strategy to aid the delivery of annual deflation aspirations.
+ Support business planning processes in collating the budget material and spending ambition.
+ Facilitate regular review of actual and planned deflation and inflation.
+ Create plans and strategies to deliver reductions or negate increases.
+ Undertake contract reviews for key accounts and purchases above £0.5m.
+ Implement SLAs / FWAs/ Rebate programs with suppliers where necessary.
+ Develop KPIs to measure performance vs budget.
+ Support BCC projects.
+ Work closely with the purchasing manager to deliver a procurement strategy on dual-sourcing existing products of high importance.
**What do we want to know about you?**
+ CIPS qualified or equivalent Business Degree
+ A background in purchasing, procurement, or supplier management.
+ A proven track record of successfully partnering with various suppliers.
+ Can you demonstrate the ability to utilise creative and effective procurement strategies to acquire services while maintaining supplier relationships?
+ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
If you don't have all the above criteria don't worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first and strive to expand what is possible.
**Apply today!**
Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
_*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired._
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Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
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We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles. People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Strategic Sourcing Manager,Global Corporate Procurement
Posted 6 days ago
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At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the worldu2019s largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Corporate Strategic Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team.
This role is uniquely positioned at the nexus of business units across Amazon, and offers singular vision into a broad spectrum of cross-company initiatives and strategies on a global scale. Using this unique insight, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will build and lead sourcing engagements for both existing and newly emerging categories of spend, as well as negotiate multi-faceted partnership agreements for Amazonu2019s high-growth businesses worldwide.
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Successful candidates must work well in a fast-paced and often ambiguous arena, and will be rewarded by working alongside highly collaborative and entrepreneurial colleagues in an environment that feels much more u201cstartupu201d than u201cbig companyu201d.
Spend categories under management include: Employee Services.
If you are an experienced sourcing professional with a passion for serving customers and for driving change and impact on a global scale, then we would love to talk with you.
Key job responsibilities
- Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients, and achieving sustainable relationships with suppliers.
- Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis.
- Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities, including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
- Working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership.
- Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazonu2019s global policies.
- Preparing and holding business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges.
Basic Qualifications
- BS/BA Degree.
- Demonstrated experience within indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation with global contracts.
- Demonstrated in-depth procurement practices (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Masteru2019s Degree (MBA/MS).
- Strong negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.
- Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
- Can assess risk and concisely explain complex issues to principal business owners.
- Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business.
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly synthesize, distill and draw conclusions on large amounts of disparate data.
- Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region youu2019re applying in isnu2019t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Strategic Sourcing Manager,Global Corporate Procurement
Posted 6 days ago
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At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the worldu2019s largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Corporate Strategic Procurement team is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team.
This role is uniquely positioned at the nexus of business units across Amazon, and offers singular vision into a broad spectrum of cross-company initiatives and strategies on a global scale. Using this unique insight, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will build and lead sourcing engagements for both existing and newly emerging categories of spend, as well as negotiate multi-faceted partnership agreements for Amazonu2019s high-growth businesses worldwide.
Strategic Sourcing Managers are expert practitioners in creating competitive environments, and have a strong bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. They routinely influence C-level vendor relationships by advising senior Amazon leaders across multiple stakeholder groups on the direction of sourcing projects in support of business unit and corporate goals.
Successful candidates must work well in a fast-paced and often ambiguous arena, and will be rewarded by working alongside highly collaborative and entrepreneurial colleagues in an environment that feels much more u201cstartupu201d than u201cbig companyu201d.
Spend categories under management include: Employee Services.
If you are an experienced sourcing professional with a passion for serving customers and for driving change and impact on a global scale, then we would love to talk with you.
Key job responsibilities
- Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients, and achieving sustainable relationships with suppliers.
- Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis.
- Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities, including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
- Working with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, focusing on total cost of ownership.
- Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and maintaining procurement ethics in accordance with Amazonu2019s global policies.
- Preparing and holding business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges.
Basic Qualifications
- BS/BA Degree.
- Demonstrated experience within indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation with global contracts.
- Demonstrated in-depth procurement practices (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Masteru2019s Degree (MBA/MS).
- Strong negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.
- Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
- Can assess risk and concisely explain complex issues to principal business owners.
- Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business.
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly synthesize, distill and draw conclusions on large amounts of disparate data.
- Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region youu2019re applying in isnu2019t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Interim Sourcing Manager
Posted 1 day ago
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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Interim Sourcing Manager to contribute to an impactful public sector project. Based in a variety of offices across the North of England. These roles will be working in the office a minimum of 3 days per week! This role will be inside IR35 paying max 550 per day.
Client Details
This organisation operates within the public sector and are looking for an experienced public sector Interim Sourcing Manager to join their growing Procurement team across the North of England, in offices such as Manchester, Leeds, York & Newcastle! There is a mixture of positions across infrastructure, IT/ Tech, R&D and Corporate Services!
Description
As Interim Sourcing Manager you will be responsible for:
- Manage procurement activities to ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
- Support supply chain operations and maintain supplier relationships.
- Conduct market analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Prepare and evaluate tender documents and supplier agreements.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align procurement strategies with organisational goals.
- Monitor supplier performance and address any issues promptly.
- Ensure accurate documentation and reporting of procurement activities.
- Assist in the implementation of procurement best practices.
Profile
A successful procurement professional should have:
- Extensive end-to-end sourcing experience within the public sector.
- Strong understanding of procurement regulations and compliance.
- Proficiency in preparing and evaluating tender documents.
- Ability to build and maintain effective supplier relationships.
- Exceptional organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to work in the office 3 days per week.
Job Offer
- Daily rate of approximately of up to 550 inside IR35.
- Working in one of their Northern offices 3 days per week.
- Immediate Start with Long Term Interim Opportunities!
Interim Sourcing Manager
Posted 4 days ago
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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Interim Sourcing Manager to contribute to an impactful public sector project. Based in a variety of offices across the North of England. These roles will be working in the office a minimum of 3 days per week! This role will be inside IR35 paying max 550 per day.
Client Details
This organisation operates within the public sector and are looking for an experienced public sector Interim Sourcing Manager to join their growing Procurement team across the North of England, in offices such as Manchester, Leeds, York & Newcastle! There is a mixture of positions across infrastructure, IT/ Tech, R&D and Corporate Services!
Description
As Interim Sourcing Manager you will be responsible for:
- Manage procurement activities to ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
- Support supply chain operations and maintain supplier relationships.
- Conduct market analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Prepare and evaluate tender documents and supplier agreements.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align procurement strategies with organisational goals.
- Monitor supplier performance and address any issues promptly.
- Ensure accurate documentation and reporting of procurement activities.
- Assist in the implementation of procurement best practices.
Profile
A successful procurement professional should have:
- Extensive end-to-end sourcing experience within the public sector.
- Strong understanding of procurement regulations and compliance.
- Proficiency in preparing and evaluating tender documents.
- Ability to build and maintain effective supplier relationships.
- Exceptional organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to work in the office 3 days per week.
Job Offer
- Daily rate of approximately of up to 550 inside IR35.
- Working in one of their Northern offices 3 days per week.
- Immediate Start with Long Term Interim Opportunities!
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Strategic Sourcing Manager - Marketing, Global Corporate Procurement
Posted 10 days ago
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Amazon is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a team that has a meaningful and measurable impact on Amazon's success.
At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the world's largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Corporate Procurement team is fueling our explosive growth by identifying innovative sourcing strategies and negotiating sustainable, long-term partnerships.
We are seeking a skilled Strategic Sourcing Manager with experience leading complex sourcing initiatives across Marketing. Key leadership traits required include the ability to influence and form partnerships with business leaders, and operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously.
Strategic Sourcing Managers are expert practitioners in the tools for creating competitive environments, and have a bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. They routinely influence vendor relationships by advising Amazon leaders across multiple stakeholder groups on the direction of sourcing projects in support of business goals. If you are looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company, come make history with Amazon's Corporate Procurement department.
Key job responsibilities
- Establishing strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
- Dive deep across multiple business units to leverage our supplier base with the goal of optimizing performance, quality, and cost.
- Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking; leveraging key-insights to inform and support the strategic sourcing strategy development process.
- Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
- Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers and geographies.
- Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, optimizing the return on investment and total cost of ownership.
- Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and best-practice tools, such as category management, supplier evaluation and supplier diversity.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience, including experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation.
- In-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category management, bench-marking, RFX, contracting, etc.).
- Experience in Marketing and ideally great knowledge of Content Production and Creative
- BS/BA Degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Skilled negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and leading negotiations
- Knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
- An analytical thinker, able to draw conclusions from large data sets
- Customer obsessed self-starter with the highest integrity and ethics.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Strategic Sourcing Manager u2013 Marketing,Global Corporate Procurement
Posted 11 days ago
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Job Description
Amazon is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a team that has a meaningful and measurable impact on Amazonu2019s success.
At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the worldu2019s largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the Corporate Procurement team is fueling our explosive growth by identifying innovative sourcing strategies and negotiating sustainable, long-term partnerships.
We are seeking a skilled Strategic Sourcing Manager with experience leading complex sourcing initiatives across Marketing. Key leadership traits required include the ability to influence and form partnerships with business leaders, and operational excellence in managing multiple complex and competing priorities simultaneously.
Strategic Sourcing Managers are expert practitioners in the tools for creating competitive environments, and have a bias for decision-making rooted in data and analytics. They routinely influence vendor relationships by advising Amazon leaders across multiple stakeholder groups on the direction of sourcing projects in support of business goals. If you are looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company, come make history with Amazonu2019s Corporate Procurement department.
Key job responsibilities
Establishing strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
Dive deep across multiple business units to leverage our supplier base with the goal of optimizing performance, quality, and cost.
Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking; leveraging key-insights to inform and support the strategic sourcing strategy development process.
Managing the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers and geographies.
Work with business and finance leaders to identify and drive savings and controllership improvements, optimizing the return on investment and total cost of ownership.
Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement processes and best-practice tools, such as category management, supplier evaluation and supplier diversity.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience, including experience in an indirect procurement function at a multinational corporation.
In-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category management, bench-marking, RFX, contracting, etc.).
Experience in Marketing and ideally great knowledge of Content Production and Creative
BS/BA Degree
Preferred Qualifications
Skilled negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and leading negotiations
Knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.
An analytical thinker, able to draw conclusions from large data sets
Customer obsessed self-starter with the highest integrity and ethics.
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