Purchasing Specialist - Urgently Hiring! Job at Amazon.com, Inc. in Seattle

Amazon Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) is looking for high-performing individuals to serve as the go-to resource for early stage and highly confidential businesses across Amazon. This role will drive cost efficiencies and help internal teams scale quickly. The Special Projects Strategic Sourcing Specialist supports a wide variety of functions (Source-to-Pay, negotiation, vendor management, process improvement, supply chain) for internal businesses that need to rapidly scale from small projects to multi-million dollar opportunities. Strategic Sourcing Specialists, working under the general direction of more senior team members, manage strategic data analysis to identify new customers and drive sourcing engagements across Amazon teams and subsidiaries. In this role, you'll design innovative sourcing and vendor management strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units. Improve performance, optimize efficiency, ensure top-notch quality, and enable new initiatives to launch and scale with lightning speed. Demonstrating a passionate commitment to solving innovative problems, you will help identify new business opportunities for the Sourcing team, handle and execute sourcing initiatives, and vendor management; communicating efficiently and effectively with stakeholders across various business units. Adept at juggling multiple priorities, you will thrive in the fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts. Come join our fast-paced, innovative team and help Amazon make history in Corporate Procurement. As a Special Projects Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you will support complex sourcing projects from start to finish. Identify new internal customers and sourcing opportunities utilizing analysis from multiple sources * Review spend data, contract pipelines, and market trends for key spend categories * Contribute to ongoing customer and vendor management, including development of category and vendor management plans * Partner with business, finance, and legal leaders to identify and implement Procure-to-Pay best practices including savings and controllership * Conduct market research and prepare RFP documents for upcoming sourcing projects * Manage the RFP process, evaluate proposals, negotiate commercial deal terms and contracts, and create award recommendations * Provide procurement analytics and insights to support data-driven decision making * Identify associated risks Our Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) special projects team engages with early stage Amazon teams that do not otherwise have dedicated procurement , business development, or vendor management support. The team serves as internal consultants and embedded procurement resources across multiple categories and industries. 3+ years of relevant Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Development or Data Analysis experience MBA/MS degree * 3+ years of in-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.), Experience working in a startup environment to address immediate tactical purchasing needs while building for future-scale * Extremely customer-focused and takes the time to understand the needs of the business * Working knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms * Ability to assess risk and concisely explain complex issues to principal business owners * 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 * 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. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.