Buyer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

We’re expanding our team! If you’re interested in joining a business where you can achieve amazing results and put smiles on people’s faces, this could be the role for you.
ROLE
The buyer is located in the Fulfilment Centers (FC) and is the Procurement Representative to the FC.
The Buyer ensures that the FC requirements are captured and shared with the Category Teams.
The Buyer is acting as a first escalation point for local supplier issues and will ensures that the local stakeholders are appropriately trained on Procurement tools.
The Buyer works with the store coordinator to ensure that the shipping supplies are appropriately accounted for and that the local needs of the FC is met.

RESPONSIBILITIES
· Work in full compliance with the company Spending and Transaction policy, educating and guiding the correct behaviours of business stakeholders
· Build effective local stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level in terms of quotations, quality compliance and lead-times for local projects
· Handle the relationship with internal customers - partner with internal customers to understand business needs, positively influence spending decisions, to analyse and make recommendations to the business
· Support implementation of Catalogues and promote with local requesters higher spend penetration through Catalogues
· Ensure flawless procurement procedures on site - working with the relevant people to make improvements where required
· Identify savings opportunities and partner with Category Managers to deliver savings through tenders/negotiations/contract renewals
· Support to negotiations, contracts implementation and maintenance, incl. supplier performance metrics
· Implement and support local and EU wide procurement projects and initiatives including liaising with the Shared Procurement Center

Why Amazon?
Since our beginnings in 1995, Amazon has been pushing the boundaries of possible further and further. Whether it’s exploring successful new business lines, pushing our technology and processes to get the very quickest delivery times for our customers or delivering record volumes, Amazon has achieved incredible feats in defining industries. Our journey to become the Earth’s most customer-centric company is one full of exciting innovation, pace and change. From the second an order is placed online to the seamless coordination of that order behind the scenes, we strive to stay agile, fluid and intentional in what we do. Our employees move this business forward and hiring great people allows us to continually set records.

Come and join us in building our future!

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

. Procurement, Sourcing, Contracts Management or equivalent role
· Contract and Price negotiation experience is advantageous
· Any additional sourcing and/or purchasing competencies would be advantageous.

If you are engaging, innovative, supportive, or a problem solver we want to hear from you!

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.

All employees working directly for or on behalf of Amazon must apply through jobfinder/amazon.jobs using their internal email address. #NAMZL

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

The Right Candidate...
Has communication skills, demonstrates ownership, leads by example in all areas of performance and has the ability to develop subject matter expertise in all operations processes. You will need to be able to work with data, and stakeholders, but most importantly have the ability to keep the customer at the heart of every decision you make
· Fluency in English and in the local language.
· Bias for action and result driven mindset.
· Ability to identify issues, develop solutions & drive results.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel).
. Effective listening, communication (verbal and written), and commercial mindset
· Problem-solving and analytical ability