Buyer, Global Procurement Central Services (GPCS)
Plan and execute the daily forecast and effective materials management of all non-inventory packaging supplies
The extent of your responsibilities will include but is not limited to:
- Execute purchase order creation
- Liaise with suppliers to secure prompt deliveries
- Develop relationships with primary internal customers (on-site management teams), external suppliers and other Amazon Teams (Operations and Corporate)
- Work in full compliance with the company Spending and Transaction Policy
- Plan truck deliveries in full
- Plan time slots for deliveries upfront with the suppliers
- Communicate the accurate delivery schedule to the local FC materials receiving teams
- Be the escalation POC to ensure deliveries are offloaded as per the agreed timelines with suppliers
- Work with Operations and on site procurement teams to define strategies to mitigate space constraints
- Manage and drive down the number of Invoices on Hold (IOH) requests
- Provide support to other buyers in other regions as and when required
- Provide training to new buyers
- Deliver Procurement metrics in line with set targets. This includes achieving KPI metrics, cost savings for the cluster, no FC stock-out issues and achieving individual project objectives.
- Perform compliance checks on purchase requisitions
- Create, modify or deprecate procurement catalogs
The extent of your responsibilities will include but is not limited to:
- Plan and execute the daily forecast and effective materials management of all non-inventory packaging supplies
- Execute purchase order creation
- Liaise with suppliers to secure prompt deliveries
- Develop relationships with primary internal customers (on-site management teams), external suppliers and other Amazon Teams (Operations and Corporate)
- Work in full compliance with the company Spending and Transaction Policy
- Plan truck deliveries in full
- Plan time slots for deliveries upfront with the suppliers
- Communicate the accurate delivery schedule to the local FC materials receiving teams
- Be the escalation POC to ensure deliveries are offloaded as per the agreed timelines with suppliers
- Work with Operations and on site procurement teams to define strategies to mitigate space constraints
- Manage and drive down the number of Invoices on Hold (IOH) requests
- Provide support to other buyers in other regions as and when required
- Provide training to new buyers
- Deliver Procurement metrics in line with set targets. This includes achieving KPI metrics, cost savings for the cluster, no FC stock-out issues and achieving individual project objectives.
- Perform compliance checks on purchase requisitions
- Create, modify or deprecate procurement catalogs
- Perform Vendor Onboarding tasks
Basic Qualifications
- Knowledge of advanced English at CEFR level B2/C1
- Experience with MS Office, in particular MS Excel
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in procurement and purchasing, including supplier relationship management
- Speak, write, and read fluently in Italian
- Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese
- Speak, write, and read fluently in German
- Speak, write, and read fluently in Arabic