Senior Procurement Category Manager Logistics

• Work closely with leadership to develop long-term strategic plans to maximize value for Amazon
• Standardize logistics processes, operational tools, operating standards, and supplier management activities.
• Create, manage and communicate RFX documents for logistics requirements, leading the tender process through to techno-commercial evaluation, post tender negotiation, contracting, purchase order and delivery.
• Drive logistics sourcing strategies for the spend under management while strengthening strategic relationships with preferred vendors delivering scalable and sustainable results against business goals supported by a culture of continuous improvement and performance benchmarks
• Act as a spend category market intelligence provider to anticipate strategic opportunities and keep key stakeholders informed
• Drive the performance of category suppliers in Supplier Relationship Management activities to mitigate risk, improve performance and add value to Amazon
• Analyze historic spend data to support budget pricing calculations, rate cards and catalogue adoption and spend/sourcing strategies.
• Strong negotiation skills and a track record of earning stakeholder trust, taking ownership and delivering results
• Manage a number of projects simultaneously, across various stakeholders and spend categories while being able to manage priorities effectively to support and achieve on time delivery of requirements and site launch dates.
• Candidate must be able to travel up to 20%
  

Key job responsibilities

• Earn the trust of key stakeholders to drive alignment and improvements with the business
• Create a logistics strategy in conjunction with internal customers to ensure there is a comprehensive, unified approach for the category.
• Achieve yearly cost saving or value targets appropriate to the category aligned with annual budget processes.
• Define and report on key metrics that measure effectiveness of projects, initiatives and cost savings
• Champion standards and process improvements
  

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

Dubai, ARE

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of program or project management experience
• 8+ years of supply chain experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• 8+ years of driving process improvements experience