Senior Procurement Manager - Construction, Data Center Sourcing and Procurement EMEA
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within Amazon.com that provides a broad set of infrastructure services including computing power, storage options, networking and databases available on demand. We are the leader in cloud computing and our pioneers are embracing innovation, building the future, and making history.
The Infrastructure team provides AWS and Amazon.com with the compute, network and data centre capacity that are the foundations of the retail and cloud business.
About the Role
AWS is seeking a Construction Services Procurement Senior Manager to lead and develop a team of category managers in the EMEA data centre construction space.
The ideal candidate should have strong people management skills, be experienced in developing teams, have strong supply chain and procurement skills and have experience in people performance management.
Key Responsibilities:
* Managing a Procurement Team and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
* Manage team performance, development and growth to continually meet business requirements.
* Develop goals, mechanisms and metrics to track team performance related to productivity and performance.
* Build strong working relationships with business partners and key stakeholders and the ability to work under pressure in a cross-functional organization.
* Innovate procurement policies, processes and systems.
* Project Manage change initiatives and deliver impactful business changes.
* Prepare Business Review Documents for Senior Leadership.
* Engage and coordinate with cross-functional teams of Think Big projects.
* Deliver cost savings through a variety of cost reduction mechanisms.
* Delve cycle time reduction for procurement processes.
* Establish supplier framework agreements for services which will reduce the need to conduct competitive bids.
* Analyse category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies.
Requirements
* 6+ years' experience in a Procurement organization managing a team.
* Strong people manager skills that can drive team productivity and performance.
* Strong business judgement, instincts, and organizational skills.
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
* Masters degree in Engineering, Procurement & Supply chain or relevant business discipline.
* Experience in data centres, engineering or construction procurement.
* Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools.
* Proven ability to implement procurement strategies globally.
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